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LISA C. HENRY holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and is currently enrolled in a PhD program in English at the University of Utah. She is currently Chair and Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Utah (SoA). Her research is focused on how Critical Gender, Race, Queer, and Disability theory intersect with architectural education, pedagogy, design and production. For example, her dissertation analyzes how research and analytical methods in humanities and literature can inform our understanding of architecture and the built environment as a critical tool in the construction of race. Henry lead the transformation of the curriculum at the SoA to focus on the values of global citizenship, social equity, critical agency, resilience, and community engagement. The new curriculum uses research methods integrated with studio to develop a design process that centers the development of disciplinary knowledge in these areas and building these values into design processes and project delivery methods focused on community and cultural resilience.
LESLEY LOKKO holds a PhD in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. She is currently Dean of Architecture at the Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY, and was the founder and former director of the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also the author of eleven best-selling novels.
SHAWN RICKENBACKER is a trained architect, urbanist and urban data researcher. He is currently the Director of the J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures where he directs the Center’s sponsored research and is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture. His research and work at the Bond Center directly confronts the complex intersection of spatial equity and the social and economic impacts of place-based policies, programs and design through the lens of urban data, forensic and design research. He’s served as Senior Research Fellow at the Phyllis M. Taylor Institute for Social Innovation, where he researched ‘Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Social Urbanism’, The Favrot Chair in Architecture at Tulane University, Gensler Distinguished Professor at Cornell University and Director of the Motorola Sponsored Future Interactions Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design. His work and research have been published in The New York Times, NY Daily News and Global Architecture and exhibited at Studio Museum of Harlem and most recently at Temple University. As a frequent lecturer and presenter he’s appeared at University of Southern California, Temple University, Enterprise Community Partners Design Affordable Housing Leadership Institute, and New Museum — New Inc. Shawn holds a MArch with a Certificate in American Urbansim from the University of Virginia where he was the Dupont Scholar and a BArch from Syracuse University.
SANJIVE VAIDYA is the Chair of the Department of Architectural Technology at The New York City College of Technology.
Claire Weisz FAIA is a founding partner of WXY, whose work as an architect and urbanist focuses on innovative approaches to public space, structures, and cities. The firm, recognized for its place-based approach to architecture, urban design, and planning, has played a vital role in design thinking around public space. Claire received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter’s prestigious Medal of Honor and Women in Architecture Award for Innovation by Architectural Record in 2019. Listed as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies 2019: Architecture. Claire was the co-founding and co-executive director of The Design Trust for Public Space. Her work and writing have been published broadly and most recently co-edited Blues Dunes: Climate Change by Design. She has taught design studios at CCNY, NJIT, Georgia Tech, Yale, Pratt, University of Toronto and is currently teaching in the graduate program at Parsons.
DR. SHARON E. SUTTON is a distinguished visiting professor of architecture at Parsons School of Design and a distinguished professor of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
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