Dr. Harriet Harriss

Professor, GCPE Public Director, AIA NY
Dr. Harriet Harriss, (ARB, RIBA, (Assoc.)AIA, PFHEA, FRSA, Ph.D) is a tenured Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment at Pratt Institute School of Architecture, and a Public Director of the AIANY. An award-winning educator, researcher, writer, UK-qualified architect and qualified Death Doula. Dr. Harriss has established an international reputation for pioneering scholarship that draws upon queer, feminist, post-humanist, and anti-colonial theories in efforts to advance diverse, equitable and inclusive pedagogies, policies, and professional practices. The author of 10 successful books and contributor to over 20 other publications, her most recent texts include Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South and Architects Afterlife: the multi-sector Impact of an Architecture Degree—the latter funded by a 330,000-Euro Erasmus Plus research grant. Her most recent title 100 Women Architects in Practice was voted one of the Top 10 Architecture and Design Books 2024. Dr. Harriss will also serve as Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture in Johannesburg, South Africa; where she will collaborate on advancing pedagogy, research, and public programming—bringing her visionary thinking and deep commitment to transformative education and practice.

Project

Sites of Queer Dying in NYC During the AIDS Epidemic (2026)