Ph.D. in Architecture
PhD-Arch
The PhD in Architecture (PhD-Arch) program at Carnegie Mellon advances interpretive, critical and contextual perspectives on the built environment and spatial design. The program offers students an interdisciplinary platform to investigate built environment cultures, practices and politics across a range of historical and geographical contexts.
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Assistant Professor & PhD-Arch Track Chair
Program Overview
The PhD in Architecture (PhD-Arch) program at Carnegie Mellon advances interpretive, critical and contextual perspectives on the built environment and spatial design. Bringing together methods in history of architecture, urban studies, critical spatial practices, environmental humanities, digital humanities, environmental justice and community-oriented research, the program offers students an interdisciplinary platform to investigate built environment cultures, practices and politics across a range of historical and geographical contexts.
The intellectual foundation of the program is informed by Carnegie Mellon Architecture’s commitments to racial and spatial justice in architectural epistemology, pedagogy and practice. The program builds on and extends the foundational work in the school in the area of community-oriented urban design and research and is supported by the wide-ranging expertise and resources in the school and across the university, particularly in the arts and humanities.
Program Curriculum
Learn more about the PhD-Arch curriculum below.
Program Faculty
For more information about the PhD-Arch program, please contact track chair Nida Rehman.
Assistant Professor, DEI Director & DDes Track Chair
Associate Professor, MUD Track Chair & RCI Director
Associate Professor & Associate Head for Design Ethics
Assistant Professor & PhD-Arch Track Chair
Associate Professor
Special Faculty
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