Nadya Kozinets

Nadya Kozinets serves as an Associate Professor and Interior Design Program Coordinator within the Interior Design Department of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She teaches interior design studios and supporting courses, leveraging extensive professional experience from architectural firms in Minneapolis and Chicago where she designed large-scale office, retail, hospitality, medical, research, and training facilities.

Her educational background includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• MFA in Interior Architecture from Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Dr. Kozinets' research centers on the history and transformation of prefabricated multi-story apartment housing in Ukraine and the former USSR, examining architectural evolution and socio-cultural implications from the Soviet era through post-independence developments. Her work bridges architectural history with contemporary housing studies in Eastern Europe.

Prior academic appointments include teaching positions at Kent State University and Harrington College of Design. Her professional portfolio demonstrates expertise across diverse building typologies while her scholarly focus preserves critical documentation of Soviet-era housing transformations.