Books By Nisha A. Fernando - Author

Nisha A. Fernando is Director and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture, School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas. Previously, she was Professor of Interior Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She received her Ph.D. in Architecture (Environment-Behaviour Studies) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Her research focuses on culture-space interactions, including sensory aspects of built environments, place attachment and meaning, as well as interior architecture pedagogy. Her most recent publication (2024, co-edited with Kapila D. Silva) is Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport, a festschrift to her doctoral advisor Professor Amos Rapoport, published by Routledge. It received the EDRA Achievement Award in 2024.