Education

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

  • Doctor of Design (DDes ‘92)
  • Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD ’89)

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

  • Bachelor of Architecture (BArch ‘87)
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA ‘86)

Administrative Experience

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  • Mamdouha El-Sayed Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Since 2023

Rice University, Houston, TX

  • Director, Humanities Research Center, School of Humanities, 2012-2021
  • Director, Graduate Studies, School of Architecture, 2010-2012
  • Chair, Graduate Affairs, School of Architecture, 1997-2010

Academic Experience

Rice University, Houston, TX

  • Professor of Art History, Since 2021
  • Professor of the Humanities, 2014-2020
  • Professor of Architecture, 2012-2014
  • Associate Professor of Architecture, 2003-2012
  • Assistant Professor of Architecture, 1996-2003
  • Caudill Lecturer in Architecture, 1994-1996

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  • Professor of Art History, 2023-2025

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

  • Visiting Professor in Urban Design, 2011, 2013, 2019
  • Visiting Critic in Urban Design, 1993

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

  • Visiting Design Critic, Landscape Architecture, 1990