Ashley Schafer

Ashley Schafer is a Professor at the Knowlton School. Previously, Schafer taught at Harvard's Graduate School of Design and Tulane University. She received her undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia and her master in architectures from Columbia University where she was awarded the William Kinne Traveling Fellowship. Schafer is a writer, designer, and practicing architect who has lectured and been published internationally.

Schafer is also co-founder and one of the editors of Praxis: a journal of writing + building, which has established itself as a distinctive voice in international architectural culture and a forum that bridges the gap between theory and practice. PRAXIS has received numerous awards and honors, including an I.D. award in 2003, and was twice awarded the largest grant in design from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Education

• Masters of Architecture Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (1995 — 1998)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) University of Virginia (1982 — 1987)

Companies

• Visiting Associate Professor Harvard University (2015)
• Professor Of Architecture The Ohio State University (2005)
• Editor PRAXIS Journal of Writing + Building (1999)
• Curator US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2014 — 2014)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2010 — 2011)
• Head of Architecture The Ohio State University (2005 — 2009)
• Associate Professor Harvard Graduate School of Design (2000 — 2005)
• Assistant Professor of Architecture Tulane University (1998 — 2000)

GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• US State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2014
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Tulane University Department of Architecture, 2013
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Arts, Grant for Publication (with the Architectural
• League of New York), 2012
• National Endowment for the Arts, Creativity Grant in Design, 2004-2005, Largest Award in Design
• I.D. Design Award for PRAXIS cover, Issue 5, 2004
• Designing the High Line, New York, New York, Competition Citation, 2003
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Arts, Grant, 2003
• National Endowment for the Arts, Creativity Grant in Design, 2002, Largest Award in Design
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Arts, Grant, 2000
• New York State Council for the Arts, Technology Grant, 2000
• New York State Council for the Arts, Publications Program Grant, 2000
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Arts, Grant, 1999
• Furthermore Publication Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund Grant, 1999
• COR Fellowship, Tulane University, 1999
• Booth-Bricker Foundation Grant, 1998-1999