Text Box: Ashraf Salama, Ph.D. E-mail1: asalama@gmail.com E-mail2: archpedagogy@gmail.com URL1:http://www.arti-arch.org URL2:http://archnet.org/shared/biography-one.tcl?user_id=941&public_p=0   Text Box: Specialization/Interests:     Design Pedagogy, Curriculum Development, Programming - Evaluation, Architecture Criticism, Community Development Learning Environments, Workplaces, Sustainable Urban Conservation, and Eco-tourist Facilities.       Text Box: Biography Dr. Ashraf Salama is Professor of Architecture, consultant, and researcher, currently teaching and conducting research at Qatar University. He held the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture,  King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-KFUPM (2004-06). He was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Consultants in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (2001-04). He is a licensed architect in Egypt, trained at Al Azhar University and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. USA. He is Professor of Architecture, Al Azhar University, Cairo (on leave), and former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Misr International University in Cairo (1996-01). With varied experience in design and consultancy, teaching, and academic research, Dr. Salama bridges theory and design and pedagogy and practice in his professional activities. He has written over 50 articles and papers in local and international conferences and archival journals, and trade magazines; authored and co-edited five books on Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio, Human Factors in Environmental Design, Architectural Education Today with colleagues from Switzerland, Architecture as Language of Peace with Colleagues from Italy, and recently Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future published by the Urban International Press. Dr. Salama delivered lectures and presentations in over 25 countries; and contributed widely to international publications. He was member of the UIA/UNESCO International Committee of Architectural Education, and  the Director of Architectural Education Work Program of the International Union of Architects-UIA (1995-00). He is currently co-Convener of the International Association for People-Environments Studies-IAPS Education Network. Dr. Salama serves on the scientific board of several international conferences and is the editor of Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research. He is on the board of editors and reviewers of Open House International, Time Based Architecture International, and Architects for Peace Organization. He was the recipient of the first award of the International Architecture Design Studio, University of Montreal, Canada, 1990, and in 1998 he won the Paul Chemetove Prize for his project on Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations International Ideas Competition. Dr. Salama served as a consultant to the Egyptian Ministries of Tourism and Culture. He also served as member in the international jury for projects within the context of the revitalization of Sarajevo, Bosnia, and a UIA Jury member in the international competition on designing a central urban park in La Paz, Bolivia. Recently, he has chaired the jury team for the International Students Competitions: Enlightening Learning Environments (2005) and Sustainable and Humane Workplaces (2006),  organized by the the IAHH-The International Association for Humane Habitat, Mumbai, India.  Dr. Salama has been appointed a technical reviewer for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva, Award Cycle (1998-01).  He has been involved with the Community Development Group of the College of Design, North Carolina State University, conducting research and teaching at the graduate level (1993-95).  His academic experience includes teaching courses on Programming and Space Planning, Research and Design Methods, Applications of Socio-Behavioral Studies in Design, and Interior, Architectural and Community Design Studios. His professional experience includes consultancy for several government and public agencies, and managing design projects from inception through programming and space planning, encountering users and environmental constraints. His recent research places emphasis on design studio teaching practices, and workplace and learning environments.