Farhana Ferdous, PhD

Dr. Farhana Ferdous is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Howard University. She is an educator, designer, and scholar known globally for her scholarly contributions on the topics of the design of ADRD care facilities, healthy urbanism, environmental design, health and well-being in built and urban settings. She continues to make symbiotic interconnections between design, practice, and research especially one which is focused on health, design, and marginalized African American or aging population. As an Environmental Gerontologist, Dr. Ferdous has published widely on urban and environmental design and environmental psychology for the elderly. Her scholarship has been supported by several prestigious grants and awards such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowship, Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) Fellowship, Endeavour Postgraduate Award, Toyota Foundation Grant, Academy of Architecture Health Foundation (AAHF), Graham Foundation Grant, Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant, Innovations in Pedagogy/Teaching Fellowship and National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship.