Shundana Yusaf has joined the faculty at the School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Spring 2012. Her teaching interests include modern architecture and mass culture, sound and space, architecture and planning in the age of global imperialism, and British history from early colonialism to late globalization. She has studied architecture at National College of Arts, Lahore, and architectural history at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton University. She has taught at H.ECO College Peshawar University, MIT, Princeton University, and Pratt Institute before joining the faculty at RPI. RPI students interested in developing architectural writing skills and a career in art or architectural history, theory and criticism are encouraged to contact her.

She is currently working on the manuscript of her first book. “Entitled Wireless Sites: Architecture in the Space of British Radio (1927-1945), it is the first detailed exploration of architecture in the age in radiophony. It studies the architectural discourse sponsored by the newly established British Broadcasting Corporation.

Shundana Yusaf has presented her work at ACSA in Québec, IASTE in Bangkok and Oxford University, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture in Paris, and SAH. She has received grants from Paul Mellon Fellowship in British Art and Architecture, Graham Foundation, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Art and Architecture, and the Common Wealth. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Architecture, TDSR, JSAH, and Architecture + Identity, Thresholds.