Dr. Asma Mehan is a researcher, educator, and architect working at the intersection of architectural humanities and critical urban studies. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University College of Architecture. She is the author of the books “Tehran: from Sacred to Radical” (London: Routledge, 2022) and “Kuala Lumpur: Community, Infrastructure, and Urban Inclusivity” (London: Routledge, 2020). Mehan has received several awards from prestigious institutions, such as AESOP, EAHN (European Architectural History Network), Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), and ZK/U Berlin Center for Art and Urbanistics, as well as the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB).