Harvard GSD presents Loeb Fellowship class of 2025

The Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Loeb Fellowship Class of 2025 cohort was announced this morning. Each mid-career professional will come to campus with a diverse background and abilities to reconstitute architecture around equity and resilience as they "harness the power of collective action."

The ten-month fellowship will allow them time for academic immersion in the GSD and via audited MIT exchange courses. Fellows will also host workshops and participate in academic life in other ways before joining a prestigious alumni network of past Loeb Fellows that dates to its inception in 1970.

In a press statement, Dean Sarah Whiting said: "Every year, Loeb Fellows bring an incomparable breadth and diversity of experience to the GSD. They inspire us with their accomplishments, enrich conversation across our school, and challenge us to think critically about how designers can create a more just world. I could not be more excited to welcome the class of 2025 to campus next fall, and to see what they achieve during their year in residence with us."

The ten incoming Loeb Fellows for the Class of 2025 are:

• Mariana Alegre, Founder and Executive Director of Sistema Urbano, Lima, Peru
• Pierre-Emmanuel Becherand, Head of Design, Culture, and Urban Planning for Grand Paris Express, Paris, France
• Leanne Brady, Health Systems Activist and Filmmaker, Cape Town, South Africa
• Shana M. griffin, Founder of PUNCTUATE, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Nikishka Iyengar, Founder and CEO of The Guild, Atlanta, GA, USA
• Tawkiyah Jordan, Vice President of Housing and Community Strategy, Habitat for Humanity, New York, NY, USA
• Tosin Oshinowo, Curator of Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 and Founder and Principal of Oshinówò Studio, Lagos, Nigeria
• Sahar Qawasmi, Cofounder of Sakiya - Art | Science | Agriculture, Ramallah, Palestine
• Matt Smith, Cofounder of Building Common Ground, Santa Fe, NM, USA
• Tunde Wey, Social Practice Artist, Lagos, Nigeria and Detroit, MI, USA

Shana M. griffin joins the other fellows as the fourth Loeb/ArtLab Fellowship recipient. She will enjoy a studio space at the Harvard ArtLab for the academic year. Bree Edwards, the director of the ArtLab, said: "I look forward to ways that the ArtLab’s creative community will engage with and learn from the cross-disciplinary practice of artist, activist, and scholar."