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Yolande Daniels is an Associate Professor and Director of Architecture Urbanism, and the founder of studioSUMO based in West Los Angeles and co-founding design principal at studioSUMO in New York. Her work spans various institutional and cultural projects including education, arts, and housing on multiple scales both domestically and internationally. Daniels' independent design research investigates the spatial effects of race and gender within the built environment, with a focus on uncovering narratives of resistance and autonomy. Her recent publications include contributions to the anthology, 'Search African American Space: Redressing Racism', and she is currently featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art for her project 'Black City: Los Angeles Edition'. An active member of the Black Reconstruction Collective, she has been awarded the Rome Prize in Architecture by the American Academy in Rome and has contributed to the MacDowell Independent Study Program and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Daniels holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the City University of New York. She has also held teaching positions at prestigious institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Washington University in St. Louis, Pratt Institute, and City College, among others. Her background includes being the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University and the Silcott Chair at Howard University, as well as serving as Interim Director of the Master of Architecture program at Parsons School of Constructed Environments.