Samia Rab Kirchner makes, studies, and analyzes architecture that contributes to urban civic identity. She is currently tenured Associate Professor of Urban Design and Interim Chair of the Undergraduate Design Department at Morgan State University in Baltimore City. Her research and practice focus on the (trans)formative role of water in City Design, Urban Regeneration and Redevelopment.
As an Equity Diversity and Inclusion expert and a trained Facilitator, she serves on the Board of Trustee of the Interfaith Partnership for the Chesapeake Bay and chaired the Leadership Committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) In 2019-2020. She is also serving as Middle East Area Editor for the forthcoming Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, as Editorial Member of the Journal of Arabian Studies, as Desk Reviewer for ICOMOS on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and as Chair of the Morgan Internationalization of Education Task Force.
Samira Rab Kirchner
Candidate 4, Chair of School of Architecture
May 2-3, 2022
Monday, May 2
7:45 - 8:30 Meet Dean Ellen Bassett for breakfast
8:30-8:45 Return to 214 Architecture East
8:45-9:30 Welcome Meeting with Search Committee
9:30-10:15 Meet with Tenure Track Faculty in Architecture
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:00 Walk to Caddell for IT set up
11:00-12:00 Public Presentation
12:00-12:15 Break
12:15-1:15 Lunch with School Chairs
1:15-2:15 Tour of Arch East, Arch West and Hinman
2:30-3:00 Meet with Provost Steven McLaughlin
3:15-4:00 Meet with Undergraduate Architecture Students
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:00 Meet with Vice Provost for Faculty Michelle Rinehart
6:45+ Dinner with Alumni
Tuesday, May 3
7:45-8:30 Breakfast with Ph.D. students
8:45-9:15 Meet with Alan Harrison, College Administrative Officer
9:15-9:45 Meet with Twyla Moore, Director of HR
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Meet with SoA Tenured Faculty
11:00-12:00 Meet with Diversity and Inclusion Committee
12:00-1:00 Lunch with SoA Staff members
1:00-1:45 Meet with Associate Dean Nancey Green Leigh
1:45-2:00 Break
2:13-3:00 Meet with Architecture graduate students
3:00 - 3:45 Meet with SoA Non-tenure Track Faculty
3:45-4:30 Exit Interview with Search Committee
January 25, 2022
Members of the Search Committee
Chair of the School of Architecture Position
The College of Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA30332
Dear Members of the Search Committee,
I am applying to the position: Chair of the School of Architecture at the College of Design. My goal is to find an academic home that recognizes the moral imperative of architects to create ecologically congruent and socially inclusive built environments. Working in three world regions (North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East) has been instrumental in coalescing my research and teaching in service of underserved communities.
I value shared governance and have held representative positions at every institution: Georgia Tech Graduate Student Senator, University of Hawaii Faculty Senator, American University of Sharjah Faculty Senate Secretary, and Morgan State University General Education Committee Member. At Morgan, I am currently chairing both the Undergraduate Design Department and the University’s Internationalization of Education initiative. At the American University of Sharjah, I chaired the Architecture Department, a diverse community of 350 members from 80+ countries. I collaboratively developed new programs (Heritage, Museums and Middle Eastern Studies) while growing existing programs (Architecture, Interior Design and Urban Planning). I also guided the NAAB accreditation of the architecture program, the first fully accredited program outside North America. I listen deeply, communicate effectively across cultures and classes, and use technology to bring greater transparency in course scheduling, faculty and departmental assessment.
The global pandemic and the looming decline of traditional (post high school) student demographics are pushing us to simultaneously focus on supporting our current students while rethinking the character of prospective (non-traditional) students. Though technological innovations and student-centered pedagogy are making higher education accessible, that is not enough. As a first generation college student, I have personally experienced the challenges of entering and the equalizing power of completing higher education. At Morgan, I have learnt to engage the whole student and develop strategies to increase non-traditional student admission and retention rates. This includes using Scoir to proactively recruit qualified students from Title I schools, developing and implementing advising and registration calendars, using emerging technologies to identify distressed students early in the semester, and hosting open sessions with food as an anchor to build community. For architecture to lead all professions in design-thinking, we need to recruit, retain and matriculate diverse students from all classes who actively promote their Alma mater with a sense of belonging. Based on my Equity Diversity and Inclusion experience, in 2020 the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Past President Rashida Ng, a Georgia Tech alumna, selected me to chair the ACSA Leadership Committee.
Increasing architecture’s relevancy to humanity requires questioning scholarly and design authority, and collaborating across institutions to address global challenges that are not housed within a single discipline. Experiential and service learning play a central role in the tandem urban design studios that I teach across the undergraduate architecture and graduate planning programs. Working with faculty colleagues across programs and colleges allows us to maintain a continuous presence in the topographically highest and socio-economically lowest district of Baltimore city. We build community trust, co-create deep place knowledge, and co-design projects with urban farmers to keep people and water in place. Our work is being published in two multi-authored publications as Participatory Action Research (PAR). In 2020, the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic recognized my contribution to the Park Heights community in Baltimore through its Alan G. Penczek Service-Learning Faculty Award. In seminar courses (Design and Human Behavior), I expose students to their peers in the Middle East-North Africa region and Japan by integrating two Virtual Exchange platforms (Soliya Global Connect and the Collaborative Online International Learning - COIL). Students compare the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on distant communities and bring this knowledge to studio projects in designing socially-distant accessible public places. I have twice co-taught a course on Urban Difference and Change with Justin Garret Moore connecting Morgan students to their peers at Yale University. My faculty profile is included in the Dark Matter University.
I learned to build and hold mentoring relationships from Dr. Ronald B. Lewcock, my PhD advisor at Georgia Tech, whom I still meet regularly via zoom. I have mentored many students who reside across the world and stay in touch professionally. My former students include: Wendi Meguro, Amin Alsaden, Nasreem Altamimi, Budoor Bukhari and Monique Robinson. I have also mentored junior faculty colleagues and take pride in their successes, like Ginger Dossier who was inspired by the traditional coral buildings in the UAE and invented bio-concrete. My studios are blessed with reviewers of diverse professions, perspectives and capabilities.
As alumna, it is humbling to write this letter. Having stayed in touch with many faculty members at your College of Design, I respect the contributions and indelible marks left from the past chairs of the School of Architecture. Reading Georgia Tech’s new Strategic Plan, it is clear that the move to “inclusive innovation” offers exciting opportunities for growth. My commitment toward a respectful work environment, track-record in upholding a culture of inclusive excellence, ability to listen and gather the collective wisdom of faculty will help us prioritize initiatives that enhance a celebrated School of Architecture. As Rumi poetically stated: “a drop is an ocean only when it is in the ocean; otherwise, a drop is a drop and an ocean is an ocean.”
Please let me know if you need any additional information to support my candidacy.
Sincerely yours,
Samia Rab Kirchner, PhD | IA-AIA | NOMA
Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Undergraduate Design Department
Morgan State University
Founder + Sole Proprietor, Village Seeds Design L.L.C.
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Samia Rab Kirchner, PhD | IA-AIA | NOMA Interim Chair | Department of Undergraduate Design School of Architecture + Planning |
Morgan State University |
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. 1997 |
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta-GA, U.S.A. design.gatech.edu Major Field of Study: Architectural History Theory Criticism Minor Field of Study: Historic Preservation and Urban Conservation |
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DIP. 1993 |
ICCROM International Center for Study of Restoration & Preservation of Cultural Properties, Italy www.iccrom.org I.T.A.R.C. Integrative Architecture and Urban Conservation |
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M.S. 1990 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA, U.S.A. sap.mit.edu The Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture (formerly, Design for Muslim Communities) |
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B.Arch. 1987 |
National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan www.nca.edu.pk |
CONTINUING EDUCATION
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2021 |
Soliya Advanced Facilitation Training, endorsed by United Nations Alliance of Civilizations |
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2020 |
Rapid Response Virtual Exchange/COIL Professional Development Program, organized by the American Council on Education (ACE) |
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2020 |
Summer Writing Institute + Mentoring in Higher Education, Morgan State University |
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2015 |
Quality Matters & Teach Online Courses |
PROFESSIONAL
PCATP: |
Pakistan Council of Architects + Town Planners Registration # A0980 |
AIA-IA: |
American Institute of Architects International Affiliate Member #38233889 |
NOMA: |
Board Member + Scholarship Committee Chair, Baltimore Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects |
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2021 |
Founder + Sole Proprietor, Village Seeds Design www.villageseeds.design Project under construction: “Seeds of Park Heights Demonstration Kitchen,” design selected by the AIA Baltimore Exhibition. Project under construction: “GeoAg Box Window,” design for restored houses in Baltimore, patent pending. |
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2021 |
Consultant, the International Center for Conservation in Rome (ICCROM) Foresight: Horizon Study Scans. |
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2017-2020 |
Desk Reviewer, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): Confidential reviews of 6 World Heritage Sites in the Middle East and North Africa. |
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2010-2018 |
Consultant, “Dubai: Urban History,” Gulf Sustainable Urbanism, Harvard College & Msheireb. |
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2008-2012 |
Client Representative for the Government of Sharjah, H.H. Rulers Office on the Heart of Sharjah Urban Redevelopment Plan 2025 www.heartofsharjah.ae |
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2008-2009 |
Regional Coordinator, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva www.akdn.org |
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2008 |
Urban Design Consultant, Dubai Rapid Transit Metro Station, AEDAS-Dubai |
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2002-2005 |
Consultant, “Technical Modules for Conserving Cultural Properties in the Arabian Peninsula,” World Heritage Center, Paris whc.unesco.org |
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1986-1988 |
Project Architect, “Conservation Plan for the Walled City of Lahore,” Pakistan Environmental Planning + Architectural Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan |
ACADEMIC
Dark Matter University |
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2021-present |
Faculty Roster # 132 https://darkmatteruniversity.org/Roster-2021
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Morgan State University, Baltimore USA |
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School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P) www.morgan.edu/sap |
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2022 |
Interim Chair, Department of Undergraduate Design |
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2014-present: |
Associate Professor of Architecture + Planning (Tenured on May 6, 2016)
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Center for Study of Religion and the City https://www.religionandcities.org/leadership |
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2018-2020: |
Founding Board Member
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Division of International Affairs http://www.morgan.edu/internationalaffairs |
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2017-present: |
Chair, Internationalization of Education
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American University of Sharjah, UAE http://www.aus.edu/ |
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College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) |
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2003-2014 |
Associate Professor of Architecture + Planning (Tenure Equivalent Rolling Contract) 2009-2014 Chair, UCPN University City Professional Network, Sharjah |
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2005-2008 |
Chair, Department of Architecture, Interior Design + Urban Planning
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2003-2011 |
Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee Member 2004-2009 Faculty Personal Committee Member |
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2002-2003 |
Faculty Senate General Secretary + Executive Committee Member |
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2000-2005 |
Assistant Professor of Architecture + Coordinator, Graduate Cultural Heritage Program |
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University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA http://www.arch.hawaii.edu/ |
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School of Architecture |
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1997-2000 |
Chair, Kenneth F. Brown Asia-Pacific Culture + Architecture Award Program 1997-2002 Assistant Professor of Architectural History (on leave 2000-2002) |
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1997-2002 |
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Urban + Regional Planning (on leave 2000-2002) |
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1998-2000 |
Executive Committee Member, Center for South Asian Studies |
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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA design.gatech.edu |
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1993-1997 |
College of Architecture: Doctoral Teaching Fellow for five different courses |
GRANTS + HONORS + AWARDS
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2022 |
PI, K.E.E.P Inc. Grant: “GeoAg Architecture Design Research” ($15,000). |
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2021 |
Design Proposal for the Seeds of Park Heights Demonstration Kitchen selected for the Beyond the Built Say It Loud Exhibition in Baltimore MD. |
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2021 |
Research Collaborator on the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) grant for “Middle Branch Estuary Study” with Professors Campo (Planner) & McSherry (Landscape Architect). |
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2021 |
Division of International Affairs Advanced Facilitation Training Grant ($450). |
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2020 |
Winner of the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic (CCMA) Alan G. Penczek Faculty Service- Learning Award. |
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2020 |
PI, Title IX Grant: "Virtual Exchange as preparation for Study Abroad programs", Co-PIs Drs. Bista + Gaulee, School of Education ($10,000). |
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2020 |
Co-PI, National Institute of Food + Agriculture Conference Grant, with Dr. Owolabi, School of Engineering ($70,000). |
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2020 |
Recipient of the Morgan Summer Writing Institute ($1,000). |
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2019 |
Co-Designed Project Entry Transect 7 selected for the AIA-Baltimore Edge Competition. |
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2018 |
Co-PI, NIH-ASCEND Grant for New Course Development: Urban Wellbeing Indicators, with Dr. Liao, School of Social Work ($25,000). |
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2018 |
Co-PI, Lumina Foundation Grant for Environmental Justice, with Dr. Barnes (College of Liberal Arts-Geography ($12,000). |
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2017 |
MDCC Maryland Campus Compact Mini-Grant for Community Engaged Teaching ($2500). |
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2017 |
Collaborator on “Morgan: National Treasure Preservation Plan," with PI D. Green ($550,000. |
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2015-2016 |
Urban Design Consultant for the City of Cambridge, MD Grant, “Pine Street Community Small Area Plan," with PI Dale Glenwood Green ($180,000). |
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2014 |
Morgan State University Faculty Writing Retreat Scholarship ($500). |
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2010 |
Emirates Foundation of Philanthropy Science and Technology Grant to conduct Urban and Space Syntax Analysis of the Historic District of Sharjah, UAE ($50,000). |
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2010 |
National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) summer seminar “Re-Mapping the Renaissance: Exchange between Early Modern Islam + Europe,” Univ. of Maryland ($10,000). |
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2000 |
East West Center Summer Institutes, UH: “Integrating India in Global History” ($4,000). |
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1999 |
Graham Foundation Grant: “Alternative Modernities in Asia-Pacific architecture” ($9,000). |
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2009 |
Association of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Service Award. |
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1998 |
Georgia Tech. Doctoral Achievement Award |
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1998 |
Georgia Tech. Graduate Student Award |
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1997 |
Georgia Tech. CETL Teaching Excellence Award |
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1996 |
Carter Manny Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Recognition Award |
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1992-1993 |
ICCROM + Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship ($20,000) |
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1988-1990 |
MIT, Crompton Award + Aga Khan Scholarship ($160,000 over 2 years) |
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1989 |
MIT, The Aga Khan Research and Co-Travel Grant to document indigenous mosques in the Xingjian Autonomous Region in China, with Anuraddha Joshi ($5,000) |
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1981-1987 |
National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, Merit Scholarship ($25,000 over 5 years) |
PUBLICATIONS
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Book, Chapters + Peer-Reviewed Articles/Proceedings |
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2020 |
Paca, B., Kirchner, S.R. “Preserving Building character for Character building: Two case studies in Community Engaged Repurposing of Plantations.” Advancing Risk Management for the Shared Future. ICOMOS GA2020 - 6ISCs Joint Meeting Proceedings. |
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2019 |
Kirchner, S.R., Soflaei, F. “Middle Eastern Maidans: Lessons for Sustainable Urban Public Places.” ARCC Proceedings (Ryerson Univ.: Toronto). Acceptance Rate 29% |
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2018 |
Kirchner, S.R. “History of Dubai”, “Urban Scale: Dubai” and “Neighborhood Scale: Dubai.” Ardalan, Polalis (ed.) Gulf Sustainable Urbanism (Harvard College). |
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2018 |
Kirchner, S.R., Soflaei, F. “Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore: Historic significance and future role in urban social sustainability.” ARCC Proceedings (Temple University: Philadelphia). Acceptance Rate 29% |
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2016 |
Kirchner, S.R. “Shrinking Cities in a Rapidly Urbanizing World: A Critique of Creative Destruction as an urban redevelopment strategy in Baltimore and Sharjah”. In CROSS- AMERICAS, Santiago. Acceptance Rate 33% |
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2014 |
Kirchner, S.R. “Bank Street: Site of Authentic Modernity” in Lest we forget: structures of memory in the UAE. Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition Catalog. |
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2013 |
Kirchner, S.R. “CompliCity: Transforming Urban Spaces of Sharjah”. Ila Berman, Edward Mitchell (ed.) New Constellations, New Ecologies. Acceptance Rate 38% |
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2012 |
Rab, S. “Maritime Heritage in the UAE: Museums as anchors for Urban Regeneration”. In MUSEUM International, Number 249, Wiley. ISSN: 1350-0775 |
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2012 |
Rab, Kubat, Guney, Özer, Kaya. “Application of Space Syntax in urban regeneration of Sharjah heritage area”. In Greene, Reyes, Castro (ed.) SSS8, Chile. H-Index 8 |
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2011 |
Al-Gohari, Dolkart, Rab (ed.) Conservation of Architecture, Urban Areas & Landscape, CSAAR. ISBN- 10: 995754005X |
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2011 |
Rab, S. “Sharjah: Seascape Urbanis, in a Khaliji Port City”. In Cormier, P., Perez-Gomez (ed.) Where Do You Stand. Acceptance Rate 34% |
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2010 |
Rab, S. “DUBAI: Architectural heritage in service of globalization”. ESPACES URBAINS À L’AUBE DU XXIe SIÈCLE, PUPS l’universite Paris-Sorbonne, p. 231-229. |
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2004 |
Rab, S. “Authenticity in Cultural Heritage Management”. In Architectural Conservation, Dubai, UAE. |
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2003 |
Rab, S. “Rooted Modernity: Reconstructing Memory in Architecture.” In Menin, S. (ed.) Constructing Place, Routledge. ISBN-10: 0415314666 |
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1998 |
Rab, S. “Carlo Scarpa’s Re-designing of Castelvecchio”. In Constructing Identity. |
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1997 |
Rab, S. “Kashgar, China,” and “Hazaras, Pakistan.” In P. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Cambridge University Press. |
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1996 |
Rab, S. “State of the Art and the Art of the State: Akbar’s ambition to bridge the ‘Realm and Religion’ in the Arts and the State.” Traditional Dwellings & Settlements, Vol. 83, Berkeley. |
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1993 |
Rab, S. “Ethnicity and Habitat: Comparison of indigenous and migrant settlements in Quetta.” Traditional Dwellings & Settlements, Vol. 52, Berkeley. |
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Reports |
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2008 |
Rab, S., Urban Continuities for the Heart of Sharjah, Government of Sharjah, UAE. 2004 Rab, S. ICCROM, World Heritage Modules for the Arab Region, WHC, Paris. |
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2003 |
Rab, S. “International charters and their relevance to restoration of historic cities in the Islamic world.” In Conserving Historic Cairo, UNESCO, Paris. |
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2002 |
Rab, S. “Documentation, Evaluation + Exhibition of 4 examples of contemporary architecture in Australia”, AUS Faculty Research Grant Report. |
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2002 |
Rab, S. “The three cycles of the Kenneth F. Brown Asia-Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award Program”, Graham Foundation Grant Report. |
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1988 |
Rab, S. PEPAC, The World Bank and the Lahore Development Authority, Volume II: Architectural Monographs of 25 properties in Walled City of Lahore. |
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Invited Essays |
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2012 |
Rab, S. “Time and Place in Architecture Curriculum”. In Paul McLoughlin (ed.) BownBook: An Urban Guide to the Middle East . Dubai: http://www.brownbook.me/ |
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2008 |
Rab, S. “Conservation Ethics in the UAE”. In Middle East Architect, Vol. 1, No. 4, p.40-48. |
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Forthcoming |
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2022 |
Kirchner, S. R. (Area Editor). “Middle Eastern Women in Architecture (36,000 words).” Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. |
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Book Chapters Under Review |
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Since 2021 |
Wells, Dennis, Kirchner, Vakalahi, Ramsey, Pollock, Rowel. “Closing the Community- Academia Gap to Move Baltimore City to New Heights”. In State of Black Baltimore: A Publication of the Greater Baltimore Urban League. |
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Since 2021 |
Baptista, Chester, Davis, Gray, Kirchner, Otto, Warren. “Morgan State University: A Commitment to Study Abroad & Lessons Learned”. In Andre P. Stevenson & Keshia Abraham (eds.) The Half Yet to Be Told: Study Abroad and HBCUs, The Forum for Education Abroad. |
INVITED SPEAKER
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2022 |
Presentation on: "Urban Seascaping: principles and practices for co-developing cities with shared waters", scheduled for April 26, for the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Science for Communities Lecture Series. |
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2021 |
Presentation on: “Can Creative Cities be just as well? The role of Universities in Addressing Urban Inequities”, for the Digital Cultural Heritage Resource Center, Iraq. |
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2021 |
Provost’s Panel for the Spring Faculty Institute, selected to speak on the topic: Centering Students in Curricular and Assignment Planning: Design/Create learning space for success. Later invited by the Dean of School of Education to share this presentation at their Faculty Meeting. |
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2020 |
Panel Chair for Developing Policies and Shifting Operations for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting. |
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2020 |
Panel Participant for Architect’s Newspaper Trading Notes Seminar on: Concrete Steps towards Racial Equity in Architecture Schools. |
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2020 |
Panel Participant for Session II: Internationalization Practices and Initiatives at HUBCs and Beyond, Morgan State University. |
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2019 |
Qatar National Museum Conference on Traditional Gulf Architecture, October 10-13. |
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2018 |
Qatar National Museum Conference on Traditional Gulf Architecture, May 22-25. |
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2017 |
International Council of Monuments in Sharjah Athar Center, UAE, May 10-11. |
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2017 |
Sharjah Art Biennale Public Program in Dakar, Senegal, January 8-10. |
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2016 |
World Congress on Undergraduate Research in Doha-Qatar, November 13-15. |
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2016 |
MIT Symposium on “New Frontiers in Gulf Urbanism”, March 11. |
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2015 |
Bruges Triennial, Artist Provocateur: Sites for the Art Biennales, August 12-15. |
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2014 |
International symposium on The Essence of Heritage in Architecture, Qatar, Oct 29. |
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2011 |
XIII Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture — BA11, Keynote, Oct 12. |
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2011 |
School of Architecture, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham UK, July 6. |
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2010 |
International Seminar on Museums, Balamand, Lebanon, Invited Speaker, Sept. 29. |
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2007 |
Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, Canada, Invited Speaker, October 30. |
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2006 |
UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, Keynote Speaker, June 4. |
COURSES TAUGHT
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Morgan State University |
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2020-2022 |
ARCH305/ENST739 Design & Human Behavior. In partnership with Kansai University, Japan through American Council of Education’s COIL-BEVI project |
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2020-2021 |
ARCH418 Urban Difference + Change. Co-taught with Professor Justin Garret Moore of Yale University as ARCH4247: https://www.instagram.com/arch.4247/ |
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2018-2021 |
ARCH418 Water Marks: Seascape Urbanism in Global Port Cities. |
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2015-2021 |
ARCH205 & 206 History of Built Environment I + II. Integrated the Soliya Global Connect |
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2015-2021 |
ARCH302 Introduction to Urban Design. Integrated Service-Learning. |
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2014-2021 |
ARCH403 & 404 Urban Regeneration Collaborative Elective Studios. |
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2020 |
ARCH521 Graduate Required Course on Built Environment History I. |
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2015-2018 |
ARCH101 Concepts + Theories of Environmental Design. |
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2018-2019 |
CREP520 City & Regional Planning Studio II (2018-2019). In tandem with ARCH418. |
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2017 |
ARCH501 Graduate Required Course Transitions in Architecture. |
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2017 |
URBS511 Graduate Required Seminar on Urban Design: History + Theory. |
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2016 |
CSUS503 Urban Village (Graduate certificate program in Sustainable Urban Communities). |
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2016 |
CSUS505 Natural and Built Environment (Graduate certificate program in Sustainable Urban Communities). |
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2021 |
Reader, MCRP Thesis: Najahla Olumiji, Addressing Vacant Properties in Baltimore’s “Black Butterfy” . |
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2020 |
Reader, MCRP Thesis: Sha'von Terrell, The Black Church Food Security Network: Strategic Food Access Report |
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2019 |
Reader: CREP792 Thesis Research and Professional Report: Kshitiz Gurung, Urban Heritage Conservation and Urban development in Historic Kathmandu: Durbar Square. |
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2015 |
Reader: MCRP Thesis, Jessica Molina, Affordable, Sustainable, and Empowering Latrine Facilities for Women in West Bengal, India. |
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American University of Sharjah, UAE |
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2011-2013 |
UPL584 Urbanism & Urban Form Analysis. |
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2011-2013 |
HRM194 Islamic Art & Heritage Fulfilled GER for Arts & Humanities. |
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2008-2011 |
ARC225 Islamic Art & Architecture Fulfilled GER for Arts & Humanities. |
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2007-2013 |
ARC325 Ideas in Architecture. |
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2003-2011 |
HRM494 Special Topics in Heritage Resource Management. |
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2003-2011 |
ARC224 Modern Foundations of Art & Architecture. |
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2008-2010 |
IDE223 History of Interior Design. |
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2000-2004 |
DES121/122 History of Material Culture I & II Fulfilled GER for Arts & Humanities. |
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2001-2008 |
ARC591-2 Final Project Advisor for 8 students. |
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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu-HI, USA |
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1997-2000 |
ARCH271 History of World Architecture I. Fulfilled GER Honors Seminar |
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1997-2000 |
ARCH272 History of World Architecture II. Fulfilled GER Honors Seminar |
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1998-1999 |
ARCH399 B.Arch. Thesis Advisor for six students. |
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1999-2000 |
ARCH699 D.Arch. Thesis Advisor for three students. |
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta-GA, USA |
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1995-1997 |
Instructor for ARCH 4247 History of Art I. Fulfilled GER for Arts & Humanities |
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1996 |
Instructor for ARCH Housing and Culture. |
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1994 |
Instructor for ARCH 2202 History of Industrial Design. |
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1993-1994 |
Preceptor for ARCH 2111, 2112, 2113 History of Art & Architecture I, II & III. |
DISSERTATIONS EXAMINED
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2017-2018 |
Andre Khoury, Spatial alterity —in—trace two Beirut interfaces, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. |
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2015-2017 |
Nabil Mohareb, Analyzing urban edges: spatial analysis of historic walled cities in the Arab World, University of Liverpool, UK. |
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2003-2004 |
Barry Rowney, Charters and the Ethics of Conservation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Adelaide University, Australia. |
SCHOLARLY SERVICE
Interfaith Partnership for the Chesapeake (IPC |
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2022 |
Board of Trustees and Development Committee Member |
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Association of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) |
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2019-2020 |
Leadership Committee Chair |
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2008-2009 |
International Accreditation, Membership and Reciprocity Committee Chair |
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2004-present: |
Peer Reviewer for Research Abstracts and Conference Papers |
Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim |
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2022 |
Co-Editor with Dr. Rogaia Abusharaf |
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Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS) |
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2009-pesent |
Editorial Board member |
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County PA (HPTLC) |
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2013-2019 |
Executive Board Member
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Other Organizations |
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2018-present |
Advisory Board Member on Baltimore City Planning Academy. |
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2004-pesent |
Reviewer the Architectural Conservation Conferences in Dubai, Journal of Architectural Engineering, ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning , and the International Journal of Islamic Architecture. |
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2004-pesent |
International Advisor, Post Graduate Center for Heritage Conservation, Pakistan |
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2018-pesent |
External Reviewer, Faculty Tenure & Promotion at six universities. |
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2010-2015 |
Grant Project Reviewer, Qatar National Research Foundation www.qnrf.org |
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2005-2010 |
Executive Member, AUS University General Education Council. |
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2004 |
Local Organizing Committee for the Ninth International Conference of the IASTE. |
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2003-2008 |
Editorial Board Member, Journal TDSR Traditional Dwellings & Settlements. |
LANGUAGES
NATIVE: Persian and Urdu FOREIGN: Arabic, English and Italian