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Ersela Kripa is a Professor and Director of the Huckabee College of Architecture in El Paso at Texas Tech University. She is also a registered architect and Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement.
Education:
- M.S. in Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University
- B.Arch., New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Focus on hackable infrastructures, using data to empower marginalized urban communities, and analyzing trans-border shared ecologies along the U.S.-Mexico border. Her work critiques military training sites' influence on urban development in the global south.
Scientific Awards:
- Rome Prize in Architecture (2010–2011)
- Emerging Voices Award (2018)
- MacDowell Colony fellowships (x2)
- New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship
Recent Publication Trends: Her 2020 book FRONTS examines military training sites as a lens for understanding urban morphologies in the developing world, emphasizing GIS mapping and the criminalization of specific urban contexts.
Contact: ersela.kripa@ttu.edu | 806.834.6261
