Harriet Harriss

2024 Summer Fellow

Dr. Harriet Harriss, (ARB, RIBA, (Assoc.)AIA, PFHEA, FRSA, Ph.D.) is a Professor in the MS Historic Preservation Program within the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment at Pratt Institute, following her tenure as the Dean of the School of Architecture. An award-winning educator, writer, and UK-qualified architect, Dr. Harriss has established an international reputation for social justice and climate crisis pedagogy and curriculum design and for pioneering interdisciplinary pedagogies informed by avant-garde thinking, that draw upon queer, feminist, and decolonization theories to advance diversity, equity and inclusion pedagogies, policies and professional practices.  In recognition of her contribution to education, Dr. Harriss won various awards for teaching and research, including, two Daiwa Foundation Fellowships, two Santander Awards, a Brookes Teaching Fellowship, a Winston Churchill Fellowship, and a HEA Internationalization Fellowship. In 2016, Dr. Harriss was awarded a Clore Fellowship for cultural leadership; elected to the European Association of Architectural Education Council (EAAE) in 2017, and in 2018, awarded a Principal Fellowship of the UK’s Higher Education Academy.

2024 Summer Residency
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