Cassim Shepard

Cassim Shepard

Doctoral Researcher affiliated with the Curatorial Research Collective

20172024

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Cassim Shepard is an urbanist based in New York City. His video work has been exhibited at venues including the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Museum of the City of New York, the United Nations, the Pavillon de l’Arsenale (Paris), the African Centre for Cities (Cape Town), and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. His writing on cities has appeared in Next City, Places, Domus, Public Culture, Strangers Guide, and others. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Urban Omnibus, an online publication of The Architectural League of New York, and he has taught urbanism at Columbia University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. His first book, Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism, was published by Monacelli Press in 2017.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Education/Academic qualification

Urban studies, Master, Master of City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1 Sept 20051 Sept 2007

Award Date: 1 Sept 2007

Geography, Master, Master of Arts in Cities, Culture, and Social Change, King's College London

1 Sept 200327 Aug 2004

Award Date: 27 Aug 2004

Art and architecture, Bachelor, Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Environmental Studies (film), Harvard University

1 Sept 19976 Jun 2001

Award Date: 6 Jun 2001

External positions

Distinguished Lecturer, City College of New York

25 Jan 2022 → …

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