Joanna Joseph

Assistant Professor Adjunct

Joanna Joseph is an editor, researcher, and educator based in Brooklyn. She is assistant director of Columbia Books on Architecture and the City and contributing editor of the Avery Review. She is a co-editor of the publications Sketches on Everlasting Plastics (2023) and Everlasting Plastics (Forthcoming 2024). She has previously held teaching appointments at Columbia University GSAPP and the Parsons School of Constructed Environments. Her writing has appeared in Spike Art Magazine, New York Review of Architecture, and Ed, among other places. Joseph is a co-founder, with Nicholas Korody, of the research practice Adjustments Agency; their writing has been published in the Harvard Design Magazine the Real Review, and elsewhere. They have presented their work at numerous events, including the Milan Architecture Triennale, the Swiss Institute, and the Cooper Union. She holds an M.S. in Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices from Columbia University GSAPP.

Joseph's CV is available here

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