Samia Rab, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, U.S.A., 1997-2000 [ON LEAVE]  
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Consultant, East-West Center, India Institute

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH, U.A.E., 2000-2002
Assistant Professor of Architecture & Heritage Management
Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member

Dr. Rab joined the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah in August 2000. She is on a leave of absence from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has taught lecture courses on history of world architecture, seminar courses on contemporary architecture, and directed the Asia-Pacific Culture & Architecture Design Award Program. She received a Ph.D. in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1997), a S.M.Arch.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990), a B.Arch. from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, (1986), and a Diploma from the International Center for Conservation (ICCROM), Rome, Italy (1993).

Dr. Rab is a recipient of the AUS Research Grant (2001), the Graham Foundation Publication Award (1999), the Georgia Tech’s Doctoral Achievement Award (1998), the Carter Manny recognition Award (1997), the Aga Khan Foundation Scholarship & the MIT Crompton Award (1988-90). She has actively contributed to over 20 national and international conferences. Her presentations at conferences have resulted in three publications and two entries in P. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (1998). She is a registered architect in Pakistan and her professional practice has focused on architectural and urban conservation of historic districts in Cairo, Lahore and Sana’a. At present, she is teaching survey courses on History of Material Culture with global and regional considerations, and developing the newly founded Heritage Management Program. Her current research includes the preparation of two manuscripts for publication: Architecture in Place: the Asia Pacific region and The “monument” in Architecture and Conservation.