Sarah Lopez is an Associate Professor at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Weitzman University. She is a historian of the built environment and a migration scholar focusing on the impacts of migration from Mexico to the United States over centuries. Her book, "Remittance Landscape: Spaces of Migration in Rural Mexico and Urban USA," delves into how migrant remittances influence architecture and landscapes in both regions. Through her research, she studies the materials and infrastructure created by migrants, particularly the usage of volcanic tuff, known as 'Mexico’s marble,' in various construction projects across the United States. Lopez’s teaching interests include architectural and urban histories of the Americas, the interaction between migration and architecture, and employing interdisciplinary methods, including ethnography, to explore historical contexts. She has received several grants and fellowships to support her work, including the Princeton-Mellon Architecture, Urbanism, & Humanities program, and her book won the 2017 Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians.
Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Weitzman University • Philadelphia, PA
Teaching and researching in the fields of architectural history and migration studies.