Faculty

Headshot of Ifeoma Ebo, smiling at the camera.

Ifeoma Ebo

Assistant Professor

Phone: 212-650-6109

Email: iebo@ccny.cuny.edu

Office: SSA2M05A

https://cuadesign.com

Educational Credentials :

  • Master in City Planning - City Design & Development, MIT, 2006
  • B. Arch., Cornell University, 2002

Teaching Experience :

  • Assistant Professor, City College of New York, 2023-present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cooper Union, 2022-2023
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2020-2023
  • Visiting Professor, University of Virginia, 2022
  • Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University, 2020-2022
  • Visiting Professor, Cornell University, 2019-2022

Professional Experience :

  • Founding Principal, Creative Urban Alchemy LLC, 2010-present
  • Director of Predevelopment Planning and Urban Design Unit, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, 2020-2022
  • Director of Strategic Design Initiatives, New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, 2018-2020
  • Senior Design Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, 2018-2020
  • Urban Designer/Strategic Initiatives Specialist, New York City Department of Design and Construction, 2015-2017
  • Senior Urban Designer/Planner, ARG Design, Cape Town, South Africa, 2013-2015
  • Interim Program Manager, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2012-2013
  • Design Fellow/Program Coordinator, Architecture for Humanity, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010-2011
  • Design Coordinator, Anshen and Allen Architects, San Francisco, California, 2008-2010

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

  • “Housing as Insertion Point for Creative Urban Alchemy,” in Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, ed. Sean Anderson and Mabel Wilson (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021).
  • “On Reclamation and Representation,” Next City: Representation Matters Vol.II (2020).
  • “Safe Places, Active Spaces: A Community Playbook for Transforming Public Spaces in Your Neighborhood,” NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (2019).
  • “Building Resilience and Inspiring Justice,” 2019 Conscious Cities Anthology.
  • “Engaging Communities for Safer Public Spaces,” Center for Active Design (2019).
  • “BlackSpace Manifesto” BlackSpace Urbanist Collective (2018).
  • “Design Around the Edges,” Urban Omnibus (April 4th 2018).
  • “Designing Just Spaces,” Urban Design Forum (2017).
  • “Designing a Police Station That Serves the Community,” Next City (2016).
  • “Design & Construction Excellence 2.0 Guiding Principles,” NYC Department of Design & Construction (2016).

Professional Memberships :

  • American Institute of Architects New York Board of Directors, 2021-present
  • BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Board of Directors, 2019-2021
  • Association for Community Design Board of Directors, 2018-2020
  • Museum of Modern Art Advisory Council: Reconstructions Exhibition (Architecture and Blackness), 2018-2019
  • Cornell Black Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2016
  • National Organization of Minority Architects Member, 2000-present
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