Director of Program

Educational Credentials :

• Harvard University, Department of Fine Arts; 1976-77
• M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1971-73
• Harvard University, Department of Architecture; 1970-71
• Columbia University, Department of English, MA.; 1969-70
• University of Chicago, Committee for the Study of Ideas and the Analysis of Methods, BA.; 1965-69

Teaching Experience :

• Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design. CCNY, Spitzer School of Architecture; 2000-present
• Visiting Professor, Harvard University; 2015, 1992
• Professor, Southern California Institute of Architecture; 2014, 1988-90
• USF SACD Markborough Distinguished Professor. USF, School of Architecture and Community Design, Tampa, FL; 2011
• Guest Professor, Wuhan University; 2007
• 40th Anniversary Distinguished Visiting Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture; 2006
• Eliel Saarinen Visiting Professor, University of Michigan; 2006
• Visiting Professor, North Carolina State University; 2003
• Visiting Professor, Auburn University; 2003
• University of Utah, Visiting Professor; 2001
• Visiting Professor, University of Texas; 2000
• Professor of Urbanism and Director, Institute of Urbanism. Academy of Fine Arts; Vienna. 1993-00
• Visiting Professor, SUNY Buffalo; 1999
• Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute; 1999
• Cass Gilbert Professorship, University of Minnesota; 1999
• Visiting Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture; 1998
• Visiting Professor, Parsons School of Design; 1997
• Gensler Family Chair, Cornell University; 1997
• Visiting Professor, Columbia University; 1996
• Visiting Critic, Carleton University; 1994
• Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; 1992
• Hyde Chair, University of Nebraska; 1992
• Bishop Chair, Yale University; 1991
• Davenport Chair, Yale University; 1990
• Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; 1990-91
• Visiting Professor, Cooper Union; 1983-93
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago; 1986-87
• Visiting Critic, University of Pennsylvania; 1985
• Visiting Critic, University of North Carolina. 1985
• Visiting Critic, Yale University; 1984-85
• Visiting Critic, University of Texas; 1983
• Lecturer, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; 1980
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University; 1978-80

Professional Experience :

• Michael Sorkin Studio LLC, Principal
• Terreform Inc., President
• Institute for Urban Design, President.

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

• New Orleans Under Reconstruction. Edited with Carol Reese and Anthony Fontenot. (London: Verso, 2014)
• All Over The Map. (London: Verso, 2011)
• Twenty Minutes in Manhattan. (London: Reaktion, 2009)
• Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State. Editor. (New York: Routledge, 2007)
• Against the Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace. Editor. (New York NY: The New Press, 2005)
• Analyzing Ambasz. Editor. New York. (Monacelli Press, 2004)
• Starting From Zero: Meditations on Reconstructing New York. (New York: Routledge, 2003)
• The Next Jerusalem: Sharing the Divided City. Editor. (New York: Monacelli Press, 2003)
• After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City. Edited with Sharon Zukin. (New York: Routledge, 2002)
• Pamphlet Architecture 22: Other Plans: University of Chicago Studies 1998-2000. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001)
• Some Assembly Required. (Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota Press, 2001)
• Giving Ground: The Politics of Propinquity. Edited with Joan Copjec. (London: Verso, January 1999)
• Wiggle. (New York: Monacelli Press, 1998)
• Local Code: The Constitution of A City At 42 Degrees N Latitude. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1993)
• Exquisite Corpse - Writing on Buildings. (London: Verso, 1994)
• Variations on a Theme Park, Editor (New York: Hill & Wang, 1992)
• Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects, 1967-1992. (New York: Whitney Library of Design 1991)