Department of Applied Design

Education

• PhD, Architecture History & Theory, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• SMArchS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• BArch, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Teaching and Research Interest(s) 

• Summer Sutton Adlparvar is a designer and architectural historian whose teaching and research investigate the connection between architecture, design history, and the built environment. Her scholarship focuses on the ways architecture mediates relationships among communities, landscapes, and systems of governance.

Professional Affiliation(s)

• Sequoyah Fellow, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
• American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers (AICAE)

Publication(s) and/or Exhibition(s)

• · Making Space for Resistance, Yale North Gallery Exhibition, Fall 2019
• · Blackhawk, N., Sutton, Summer. “Spaces for Expression: Art and Knowledge Sharing at the Native American Cultural Center.” Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art, 37-48. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2019.

Something Fun

• · “When I'm not working, I enjoy reading history books, embarking on overly ambitious sewing projects, and spending time with family.”