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McLain Clutter is an architect and writer. He previously taught in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Clutter earned a bachelor’s of architecture, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University; and a M.Ed. from the Yale School of Architecture. At Yale, Clutter was awarded the Victor Everett Meeks fellowship for academic excellence, and he taught as a fellow in graduate and undergraduate studios. Clutter has worked in design offices in New York, Chicago, and New Haven, Conn. His design work has been exhibited in cities in the U.S. and abroad. Clutter has participated in academic conferences and symposia such as the Market of Effects symposium at Yale in 2007, and the 2004 American Association of Geographer’s conference in Philadelphia. His writings have appeared in Grey Room and the Architect’s Newspaper.Clutter’s current research includes a historical project detailing the use of film by the New York City Planning Commission in the late 1960s, and a project developing innovative urban modeling techniques using GIS software. He joins the college as an assistant professor of architecture.