Ph.D. and Master of Science Students

Name	Degrees	Research Interests/Specializations
Eliana Abu-Hamdi	Phd Architecture, 2015, UC Berkeley MS Architecture, 2011, UC Berkeley MArch, 2005, NewSchool of Architecture BA Architecture, 2002, UC Berkeley	I entered the PhD program primarily to explore the tension between private and public interests and the seemingly little understood political economy of place and the epidemic of neoliberal development in developing cities of the Middle East. My dissertation considers the role of architecture and its influence on the urban built environment. Specifically, my work focuses on the capital city of Amman, Jordan, and it’s historical narrative of development as it coincides with the influx of refugees from the Circassian's of 1860, to the Iraqi’s of 2002. Further, the dissertation provides historical analysis of development in Amman within the frameworks of governance, nation building and modernization. The dissertations main research question focuses on the history of planned development in Amman and how, after democratization, the state legitimizes its intervention over the city or the making of parts of the city.
AMINA AL-KANDARI		Content to come.
SHAIKHAH ALMUBARAKI		Content to come.
YING-FEN CHEN	M.S. of Engineering: Building and Planning, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Urbanism, Cinema and Cities, Social Activism in East Asian context, Participatory Planning.
Catherine Covey		Content to come.
Alexander Craghead	M.S., Architecture, University of California at Berkeley B. A., Communications, Marylhurst University Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Marylhurst University	I research the cultural intersection of meaning, change, and place, through both form and representation. I therefore study the built environment, the rhetoric that surrounds changes in that environment, and the visual depiction of place. I am particularly interested in the relationship between newness and age, especially in the processes of urban renewal, redevelopment, and gentrification, as well as the history and culture of the historic preservation movement. The nature of my work is interdisciplinary, in that it combines history, geography, and art history. Presently, I study sites on the U.S. West Coast, as here, in the youngest of Euro-American cities, the constructed nature of age and obsolescence is more easily seen. I am particularly interested in the ways that buildings, both intentionally and unintentionally, become arguments in larger cultural struggles, as well as exist as tangible evidence of real winners and losers in the making of place. More broadly, I am interested in architecture as media, the role of the urban imaginary, and cities as cultural landscapes.
Mia Crary	M.S., University of California, Berkeley B.A. Art History, University of Virginia	Architectural history; material culture; historic preservation; history of women; history of feminism. My dissertation explores the role of architecture—specifically, clubhouses—in the construction and institutionalization of modern, organized womanhood in early twentieth century California. Dissertation [working] title: A House of Their Own: An Architectural History of Women’s Clubs in California, 1890-1940
Marianela D'Aprile	B.Arch, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Reciprocal relationship between text and literary media and architecture; concepts of time and progress as expressed by architectural form; narratives and symbols in post-dictatorial spaces in Latin America
CAITLIN DECLERCQ	M.S. Teaching & Curriculum; Specialization in Health Professions Education, Warner Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester B.A. Anthropology; Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley	Social research theories and methods in environmental design; the history and theory of college campus planning and design; social and historical contexts of educational spaces; evidence-based design; college health promotion; place and health; social determinants of health (social epidemiology); physical activity and sedentary physiology
Ann Dennis	B.A. Biology from Pomona College	Achieving energy efficiency while maintaining occupant comfort and indoor environmental quality through analysis of thermal comfort field studies, energy simulations, and knowledge of certifications and standards. Studies passive systems, daylighting, materials, indoor air quality, and life-cycle analysis. Interested in the integration of building technologies and HVAC controls with renewables and energy storage.
Carlos Duarte	M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Idaho B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Idaho	Whole Building Energy Simulation, Radiant Systems, High Performing and Sustainable Buildings
SUJIN EOM	M.S. in Architecture, Seoul National University Bachelor of Architecture, Seoul National University	History of architecture and urbanism; Comparative urban studies; Race/ethnicity/migration and urban space; Cross-boundary flows of architectural and urban forms; Transnational planning history; Archival and Ethnographic research methods.
Giuseppina Forte	M.S. in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley M.A. Equiv., B.A in Architecture, La Sapienza University, Rome NCARB Professional Certification in Architecture, U.S.A. Professional Degree in Architecture, Italian Ministry of Education and Research	Spatial Justice; History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism; Techno- and Cultural Politics; Peripheral Architecture and Urbanization
Jennifer Gaugler	Master of Architecture, Tulane University Bachelor of Science in Art and Design (Architecture), Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Historic and contemporary architecture and urbanism of East Africa; globalization, postcolonialism, vernacular building traditions, and urban planning
Stathis Gerostathopoulos	Master of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley MA (honours) History of Art and Theatre Studies, University of Glasgow, UK	I study modern and contemporary urban history and theory with a focus on debates around ideas of difference within the built environment. A tentative dissertation subject looks at queer place-making strategies, their material manifestations, and cultural exchanges between California and Mexico. With an academic background in Art History and Theater Studies, I completed my Master of Architecture at UC Berkeley and practiced architectural design in the Bay Area before returning to research.
JAIME GÓMEZ	M.Arch.II, McGill University, Canada. B.Arch., Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.	Ordinary buildings and landscapes. History of housing. Domesticity. Cultural landscape studies. Vernacular architecture. Housing design. Dissertation: Learning through Domestic Settings: Institutional Domesticity and the Making of Model Citizens (working title): My dissertation explores how two boarding schools created domestic environments to shape children’s behavior in order to make ideal citizens. I use methods from cultural landscape studies to understand how the values promoted by these schools were coded in the institutions’ domestic settings and practices, and how children learned these values. I read the spatial settings of the institutions studied as domestic space.
Anna Goodman	M.S. in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley B.Arch. Rice University School of Architecture	History of architecture and urbanism; Race/Ethnicity in 20th century America; Architectural Ethics; Theories of design and planning practice; Community Design; Design-build. Dissertation Title: Citizen Architects: Ethics, Education and the Construction of a Profession, 1933-2013
SOOYEON HAN		Content to come.
Soazig Kaam		Content to come.
Zahra Kadkani-Schmitt		Content to come.
Caroline Karmann	Masters in Climate and Energy (2008), INSA Strasbourg, France Masters in Architecture (2006), INSA Strasbourg, France	Indoor environmental quality (including thermal comfort, visual comfort, acoustic comfort & indoor air quality), energy efficiency, user behavior
Razieh Ghorbani Kharaji	Master of Architecture, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor M.S. in Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Urban anthropology; the everyday politics of architecture and construction in the Middle East; postcolonial and alternative modernities; architectural globalization and its rhetoric.
Joyce (Jihyun) Kim	M.S. Sustainable Design, Philadelphia University B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo	Thermal comfort, occupant behavior, machine learning, energy efficiency, demand response and smart grids.
Antony Kim		Content to come.
Megan Kirby	BFA Architectural History, Savannah College of Art and Design MS Architecture, University of California, Berkeley	The intersections of migration and architecture, informal settlements, slum clearance, African urbanism, history of Islamic architecture
Won Hee Ko	B.Arch Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Master in Building Science, University of Southern California	Visual and thermal comfort and its relationship to occupants' well-being and performance, with a focus on the performance of building envelope.
Sben Korsh	B.A. Architecture History, City University of New York	Architecture and Urban History, Spatial Inequalities, Critical Theory, Global History, Cultural Landscapes, Space and Race, Gender, Sexuality.
Jared Landsman	Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering	Passive Heating & Cooling, Thermal Comfort, Natural Ventilation, Post Occupancy Evaluation, High Performance Buildings, Integrated Design, Human-Centered Design
Padma Maitland	Masters of Architecture, Princeton University Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, UC Berkeley	Art and Architecture in South Asia; Buddhism; Conservation and heritage; Countercultural exchanges between India and California.
AYDA MELIKA		Content to come.
Shraddha Navalli		Content to come.
Dongmin Park	M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University, NY M.S. Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea B.E. Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea	Architecture in the Cold War; Political ideology and architecture; Modern architecture of Korea; Historic preservation; Theories of urban design and planning; Cultural anthropology
Eric Peterson	Master of Environmental Design, Yale University Bachelor of Arts, Hampshire College	Architectural and Urban History, Political Economy, Urban Theory, U.S. Cultural History
Rina Priyani	M.S. in Architecture, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia B.Arch. in Architectural Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia Certificate in Cultural Heritage Preservation, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Nara, Japan	History of architecture and urbanism in the 20th century; National identity in developing countries; Ethnicity and territoriality; Colonial and Postcolonial cities; Politics of heritage; Collective memory; Southeast Asia; Indonesia. Dissertation working title: "Remaking Bandung: Ethnic Identities, Colonialism and Building Practice in an Indonesian City"
Trude Renwick	MDesS History and Philosophy of Design - Graduate School of Design at Harvard University B.A. Anthropology from Brandeis University B.A. Urban Studies from Brandeis University	Urban Ethnography in Bangkok, Thailand; Currently Examining the Space of the Market in Bangkok, which includes Malls, Street Markets, and Abandoned Buildings; Urban Conflict and Political Movements; Urban Theory; Non Governmental Organizations; Anthropology
Valentina Rozas-Krause	MS in Urban Planning, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Professional Degree in Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile BA in Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Valentina Rozas Krause is interested in the History of Architecture and Urbanism, Memorials and Monuments, Cultural Memory, Theories of Urban Design and Planning, Landscape Design and Cultural Geography. Her dissertation research focuses on the representation of memories of twentieth century traumas in public urban space in Argentina, Germany and the United States. She studies monuments on two levels: as an emerging global practice of memorialization and as places for everyday life. Valentina grew up in Berlin and Santiago.
Luis Filipe Batista Santos		Content to come.
Shahrzad Shirvani	M.S. in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch) Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch)	Contemporary urban history of developing countries with a focus on Iran; Politics of everyday life in the Middle Eastern cities with a focus on Tehran; Construction of national identity through practices of shared memory and commemoration in Iran; Contemporary histories and narratives of monuments, Traditions and Modernities in the context of the Middle East; Cities, citizenship, and urban transformations; gendered segregation and urban politics of social control; Publicity and ‘freedom’; Public spaces of leisure and entertainment.
Noam Shoked	Master of Architecture, The Cooper Union Master of Architectural History, McGill University	History of architecture and urbanism, ordinary landscapes, and communal settlements
Alec Stewart	M.A. Geography, 2011, George Washington University B.A. Geography, 2005, UC Berkeley; Minor in City and Regional Planning	US metropolitan history and life Twentieth century North American built environment studies Cultural landscape studies American consumer culture Spaces and theories of citizenship and public space Immigration and immigrant space
ELAINE BROWN STILES	BA, Art History, Smith College MA, Preservation Studies, Boston University	Twentieth-century U.S. architecture and urbanism, nineteenth and twentieth-century U.S. and European suburban development and design, the history of consumerism and spaces of consumption, material culture, vernacular architecture, and cultural landscape studies
Sara Tepfer	B.S. Chemistry, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College.	Tools and methods for characterizing health and environmental impacts of building materials, integrated design methods, passive heating and cooling design and evaluation, energy modeling tools for architects, and post-occupancy evaluation.
Sharóne Tomer	MPhil in Architecture, University of Cape Town MArch, University of Oregon BA in Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis	Architectural Modernism(s); Articulations of Race and Gender in Architecture; Urbanism in the Global South (focus on South Africa); Architecture and Social Justice; Housing, Poverty and Inequality. Dissertation: 'After' Modernism: Architectural Articulations of Apartheid's End in Cape Town
Desirée Valadares	M.Arch Urban Design and Housing, McGill University MLA Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph (with coursework in M.Sc. Architectural Conservation, University of Edinburgh) B.Arts Sc. Arts and Science and Art History, McMaster University	I am a landscape architect specializing in cultural heritage management in sites of conflict, neglect and trauma. My research draws from critical race theory, critical legal and prison studies, and cultural landscape studies to address topics as diverse as: Race, space and exclusion Confinement and ethnicity Landscape archaeology and material culture Heritage preservation and cultural property law Transitional justice, redress and reparation politics Commemoration and public memory
Gabriela Vasconcellos	B. A. in Architecture and Urban Planning, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Gabriela has over 5 years of professional experience including LEED certification, energy efficiency, energy modeling and sustainable operations. At UC Berkeley, Gabriela's research interests include passive systems and daylighting, occupant comfort and building metrics.
Swetha Vijayakumar	M.S., Architecture, University of California, Berkeley B. Arch., RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India	Histories of Architecture and Urbanism, Theories of Postcolonialism and Nationalism, Religion and Politics of Postcolonial India, Theories of Tradition and Modernity in the Built Environment, Anthropology of Tourism
Taoning Wang	B.S. Architectural Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Content to come.
Shira Wilkof	M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning, Technion, Haifa, Cum Laude B.A., History (honors) and Geography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Magna Cum Laude	History and Theory of Town Planning and Urbanism; Urban and Human Geography; Middle East Urbanism and Spatial History. Dissertation: “ 'A Homeland to Imagine:' Modernisms, Planned Settlement and the Emergence of Israeli Planning Thought” (working title)
Jonathan Woolley		Content to come.
JIONG (ABINGO) WU	M.Arch., Berlage Institute, Rotterdam B.Engineering, ( South China Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou)	Histories and Approaches of 20th Century Mass Housing; Theories and Histories of 20th Century Urbanism; Interdisciplinary China Study; China urbanizing villages. Dissertation: “Alternative Housing and Living in Guangzhou Peri-urban Villages”