Samira Sarabandikachyani

Educational Credentials

• Ph.D., Architecture, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Historic Preservation Certificate, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MRP), Department of Geography and Planning, Arts and Sciences, State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY, USA
• Master of Architecture (M.Arch), School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Instructor, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oh, 2022-2023
• Adjunct Instructor, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oh, 2019
• Teaching Assistant, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oh, 2015-2018
• Lecturer, School of Architecture, Sistan and Baluchistan University, Iran, 2010-2012

Courses taught (past two academic years)

• ARC221/221H, ARC621 History of Architecture I

Areas of Expertise

• History and Theory of Architecture
• Architecture of Borderlands
• Colonialism in Architecture
• Theories of Precedent and Interpretation

Professional Experience/Licenses/Registrations

• Historic Preservation Certificate

Professional Development

• Founder/Senior Architect/ Designer, Otagh-E-Abi (Blue Room) Architectural
• Engineering Studio (NO.183), Zahedan, Sistan and Balucheatn, Iran (2011-Present)

Professional Memberships and Service

• INEF, Iran's National Elites Foundation, Member
• IRCEO, Iran Construction Engineering Organization, Member

Awards/Recognitions/Grants/Competitions

• Graduated Assistantship Award (UGA)-(2015-2018), Ph.D. in Architecture, University of Cincinnati, OH.
  Professional Award (2014), Outstanding Student Project, for “Palenville, New York Greenway plan”, APA NY Chapter.
• Full Fellowship (2012-2014), Master of Regional Planning, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY.
• Honor Student in MA (2010), University of Tehran, Iran.
• 9th Khwarizmi Young Award (2007), Significant Scientific Festival in Iran.
• Honor Student in BA (2007), University of Tehran, Iran.

Significant Publications/Creative Projects/Paper Presentations

• “Sustainable Housing Design Strategies in Rural Areas: Ghale-E-No Village, Sistan, Iran”, Journal of First International Conference on Rural Settlement: Housing and Texture, edited by Mohsen Sartipipoor, Islamic Housing Foundation, Tehran, Iran. Volume II (Fall 2010).