Sharon Haar

Associate Professor

haar@uic.edu

MArch, Princeton University
BA, Wesleyan University

Sharon Haar's recent publications include: "Urban Archaeology Chicago: The Hull-House Settlement and the University of Illinois at Chicago," "Envisioning China: Education and Practice in the Global City" in the Spring 2006 issue of Practices, editing Schools for Cities: Urban Strategies (NEA/Princeton Architectural Press, 2002), "At Home in Public" in Embodied Utopias (Routledge, 2002), "Location, Location, Location: Gender and the Archaeology of Urban Settlement" in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Architectural Education. She also publishes in venues such as Architect's Newspaper. She is working on a book titled City As Campus: Situating Urban Pedagogy. She has recently presented papers at conferences in Hong Kong (2005) and Beijing (2006).

She is the recipient of numerous grants from institutions including: The Graham Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts and American Architecture Foundation. She has organized conferences on contemporary architectural education, housing, and schools and urban development. She has also developed programs for the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Public Library.

Haar received her Master of Architecture from Princeton University. She teaches courses and studios in housing design, urban design and theory, and globalization. She is the former Reviews Editor for the JAE.