Arfa Aijazi

• B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
• M.S. in Building Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017)

building performance simulations, data visualization, machine learning, and climate change adaptability. 

Heba Alnajada

• M.A. Urban Design (Distinction), The University of Sheffield
• B.S. Architecture, The University of Jordan

• Refugee Camps; Refugee settlements; ethnic and migration studies; modern history of the Middle East; late Ottoman Empire; Levantine studies; Informality; Global South; Legal Pluralism; Human Rights; Humanitarianism; Border studies

Elnaz Bailey

• Master in Design Studies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
• Master of Architecture, University of Utah
• Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, University of Art, Tehran

• Generative Design
• Participatory Design
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• User Experience Research
• Building Performance Analysis

Laura Belik

• M.A. Design Studies - Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
• B.Arch. Architecture and Urban Planning – Escola da Cidade, Sāo Paulo Brazil

Modern and contemporary history and theory of architecture and urbanism / 19^th, 20^th and 21^st Centuries

Exhibitions and curatorial practices

Design studies/ Theory of Design

Public spaces, spatial politics

Preservation and heritage

Refugee and migration studies

Geographical area of interest: Latin America | Brazil

Giuseppina Forte

• M.S. Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
• B.A. Architecture, La Sapienza University, Rome (Summa cum Laude) M.A. Equiv.
• Architecture Licensure, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, U.S.A.
• Professional Degree in Architecture, Ministry of Education and Research, Italy

Spatial Justice; Inequality and Difference in Cities; Urban History and Theory; Architecture Theory and Criticism; Decolonizing Pedagogies; Peripheral Urbanization; Brazil; Global South.

Mohammad Keshavarzi

• Bachelor of Architectural Engineering - University of Tehran
• MS of Architecture - UC Berkeley
• PhD of Architecture - UC Berkeley (Current)

Generative Modeling, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Collaborative Telepresence, Design Computation

Antony Kim

• M.S. in Architecture, University of California Berkeley
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Humboldt State University

Behavioral neurobiology and architecture, lighting for circadian health, post-occupancy evaluation, affordable housing policy, circular economy, and indoor environmental quality in animal research.

Jolene Lee

• B.A.(Arch), National University of Singapore
• M.Arch, National University of Singapore
• M.Des, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

History of Architecture and Urbanism (20th Century), Architecture and Art Exhibition Histories, Ecocriticism, Comparative Asian Studies, Global Modernisms, Environmental Histories

Thomas Oommen

• B.Arch (Professional), National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
• M.Arch (Professional), Texas A&M University
• Master of Urban Planning (Professional), Texas A&M University

Histories of the Indian Ocean, Modern South Asia, Labor and Expertise, History and Philosophy of Science, Post colonial theory, Subaltern Studies

Tania Osorio Harp

• MS, University of California, Berkeley
• B.Arch, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

Design processes, the appropriation of spaces, methods of representation, architecture as an archive, design genealogies, Mexican identity, mestizaje, cultural landscape studies, critical race theories, women and gender studies. 

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"

Alberto Sanchez-Sanchez

• M.S. in Historic Preservation, Columbia University, 2016
• Professional Degree in Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2012

Modern architecture; vernacular architecture; infrastructures and public works; historic preservation; media studies; anthropology; demography; human rights; material culture; public policy; rural areas; Spanish and European studies.

Ettore Santi

• B.S. Architecture, Polytechnic University of Milan
• M.Arch., Polytechnic University of Milan
• M.Arch., Tongji University of Shanghai

Global Agrarian Histories; Urban Design Theory and Criticism; Land and Space; China Rural-Urban Studies.

Haripriya Sathyanarayanan

• M.Sc in Building Science, School of Design & Environment, National University of Singapore (2010)
• B.Arch, University of Madras, India (2001)

Research Interests: Evidence-based Design, Immersive Environments and Experience in Healthcare Spaces, Enhanced Patient and Family Experiences, Human-Centric Design, Smart Hospital Environments, Digital Technology and Disruptions in Healthcare, User Behavior, Healthcare Quality Care & Delivery.

Specializations: Total Building Performance, Sustainable Healthcare Design, Building Performance Simulations, Passive Design Strategies, Healing Environments.

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.

Desirée Valadares

• M.Arch (Post-Professional), Urban Design and Housing, McGill University
• MLA (Professional) Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph
• MLA-Exchange, Coursework in M.Sc. Architectural Conservation, University of Edinburgh
• B.Arts Sc. (Combined Hons.) Arts and Science and Art History, McMaster University

• Critical heritage studies:  sub-surface cultural property, war commemoration
• Legal geography:  land tenure, jurisdiction, territoriality and empire
• Settler colonial studies: Asian North American/Indigenous relationality, sovereignty
• Carceral studies: camps, carceral infrastructure, military geographies
• Transitional justice: redress social movements, judicial accountability in settler states
• Transpacific / Oceanic studies: Pacific Island, Arctic and Pacific Canadian studies 

Swetha Vijayakumar

• MS Architecture in Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
• B Arch, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

Architectural history and historiography, Postcolonial theories in architecture and urbanism, Subaltern architecture, Politics of memory in urban enviroments, Patronage and production of contemporary Hindu sites, Colonial historiographies of Hindu temples, Anthropology of urban tourism, Religious nationalism and emergence of modern religious movements in 20th and 21st century India.