In view of the resurgence of anti-immigrant and xenophobic policies in the US, gaining a comprehensive understanding about the American borderlands' built environment and their cross-border interconnectedness is becoming increasingly relevant and necessary.

The second-year teaching and research fellow shows students how the built environment can shed light on issues of race, class, gender and more.

New faculty members Malcolm Rio and Germán Pallares-Avitia explore architectural history through the lens of decoloniality.

It's been a great first year at RISD. As the semester and the academic year are nearing their end, it's good to recount the great things that being an SEI fellow and a professor in the architecture department have allowed me to accomplish.

In the Fall of 2021, RISD Architecture welcomed seven new faculty members with expertise in racial, social, and environmental justice. In this video RISD Architecture Assistant Professor Malcolm Rio and Social Equity and Inclusion Fellow Germán Pallares discuss racial and social justice in architectural education, the challenges of teaching architectural history through the lens of decoloniality, Germán's podcast on borderization, and Rio's research on ballroom culture.