· April 23, 2021
Devi Nayar
Devi is a first-year Ph.D. candidate in the combined degree program of Architecture and Anthropology at Yale University. Prior to this, she received her Master’s degree in the Master of Environmental Design program from the Yale School of Architecture. Her research interests include transnational architecture and the anthropology of dwelling in the Indian Ocean network, and the intersection of space, gender, and religion in the Middle-Eastern and South Asian context.
Prior to coming to Yale, she ran her own architectural practice and furniture design studio. She holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, and a Master of Science in Architecture from Tampere University of Technology, Finland. She is currently the Deputy Instagram Lead at YPCCC.