everyday environments; historic preservation (history, theory, and practice); urban political ecology; public history; history of placemaking; mid-twentieth century history in the United States; urban renewal; local histories; rhetoric; environmental history and regulation
Shelby Kendrick is a public historian and doctoral student of architecture at UC Berkeley in the History, Theory, and Society program. Her doctoral research focuses on the historic preservation movement and adaptive preservation techniques in the United States. Prior to moving to Berkeley in 2021, she worked in historical and environmental consulting preparing environmental documents for diverse development, planning, land use, and mining reclamation projects throughout California. Shelby is originally from Louisiana, but she has lived in northern California since 2014.
Shelby Kendrick serves as co-editor in chief for Room One Thousand, UC Berkeley's architecture journal. In 2022 through 2023, she was a graduate student researcher for Future History Lab and Arts+Design's A Year on Angel Island: Immigration Histories and Futures project. Her role included organizing the Angel Island Townsend Working Group/Site Project, which culminated in a series of site-specific performances at the Angel Island Immigration Station during the California Preservation Foundation Annual Conference. Finally, Shelby is the Architecture PhD representative on the CED Graduate Student Council.
NOCA Docomomo National Symposium Travel Grant Recipient 2022