Rate My Professor Shadi Nazarian

Shadi Nazarian serves as Professor and the inaugural H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, Endowed Chair in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington's School of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, a position she began in September 2023. Previously, she was Associate Research Professor in the Department of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University since 2012, holding affiliate faculty roles in the Additive Manufacturing and Design Program, Material Research Institute, and Stuckeman Center for Design Computing. Earlier appointments include Clinical Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 2002 to 2011 and various teaching positions at Cornell University, such as Visiting Assistant Professor from 1999 to 2002. She earned a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota in 1989, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota in 1983. Her professional experience encompasses architectural design at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in New York from 1989 to 1991 and founding her Studio for Architecture in 1994. In 2022, she co-founded X-Hab 3D, directing architectural design for 3D-printable structures with eco-friendly, low-carbon materials.