Kulper has taught at institutions including Cambridge University, The University of Pennsylvania, University of California Los Angeles, and Southern California Institute of Architecture. For the 2010-2011 academic year she is the Steelcase Research Professor at the University of Michigan's Humanities Institute, working on a book manuscript entitled Immanent Natures: The Laboratory as Paradigm for Architectural Production. She is a three-time recipient of the Donna M. Salzer Award for teaching excellence. Kulper is an editorial board member of the Journal of Architectural Education and the journal's design editor.