Hosted by the MIT Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS)Moderated by Jessica Varner
Jennifer Bonner is Director of MALL and Assistant
Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Born in
Alabama, Bonner is a recipient of an AR Award for Emerging Architecture
(Architectural Review), Emerging Voices Award (American Institute of
Architects/ Young Architects Forum), and two Faculty Design Awards
(Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture). Jennifer received a
Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University and a Master of
Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her
research and design work has been published in journals including
Architect Magazine, Architectural Review, Architectural Record,
Wallpaper, a+t, DAMn, ART PAPERS, PLAT, and MAS Context. Most recently,
she was the guest editor for ART PAPERS special architecture and design
issue on Los Angeles and Harvard GSD’s Platform: Still Life. Bonner has
exhibited at the pink comma gallery in Boston, Goat Farm in Atlanta, WUHO
Gallery in Los Angeles, HistoryMIAMI, and the Istanbul Design Biennial.
www.jenniferbonner.com
Andrea Leers
Dedicated to seeking cross-cultural connections,
Andrea Leers is an internationally recognized leader in urban and campus
design, and building for higher education. She is co-founder, with Jane
Weinzapfel, of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, a Boston based practice
whose work lies at the intersection of architecture, urban design, and
infrastructure. In 2007, Leers Weinzapfel Associates received the AIA
Firm Award, the first and only women-owned firm to be so honored. Andrea
is former Director of the Master in Urban Design Program at the Harvard
Graduate School of Design where she was Adjunct Professor of
Architecture and Urban Design from 2001 to 2011. Previously she was
Adjunct Professor at Yale University. In 2007, she was Chaire des
Amériques at the Sorbonne (Université de Paris), in 1997 she was a
Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, and in 1982 was
NEA/Japan U.S. Friendship Commission Design Arts Fellow. Andrea holds an
undergraduate degree in art history from Wellesley College, and a
Masters of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate
School of Fine Arts.
http://www.lwa-architects.com/
Sheila Kennedy
Sheila Kennedy received her Bachelor's Degree in history, philosophy and literature from the College of Letters at Wesleyan University. Kennedy studied architecture at the Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris and received the Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University where she won the SOM National Traveling Fellowship and was graduated with Distinction, the School's highest academic honor. As Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Kennedy was Director of the M Arch II Program from 1991-1995 and is currently Professor of the Practice of Architecture at MIT. As a Principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA), over 15 years Sheila Kennedy has established an internationally recognized design practice that explores architecture, digital technology and emerging public needs.http://www.kvarch.net/