Eric Nay

Eric Nay is a tenured associate professor of architectural history & theory + environmental design at OCAD University in Toronto (Canada) and teaches human geography in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mt. Allison University (New Brunswick, Canada) as well architectural and urban design history and theory at the Daniels School of the University of Toronto (Canada). Eric holds the degrees: B.Arch (Kentucky), M.Arch (Cornell); PhD (Toronto) and was a Judge Kenneth Brille Scholar in Law (Hamline). Trained as an architect, Eric’s professional experience includes practice in New York City, Chicago and California including working as an architectural designer in SOM's Chicago office. Eric has taught across a range of design disciplines at the aforementioned schools as well as Ball State University (US), the University of North Carolina (US), the American University of Sharjah (UAE), the University of California at Davis (US), the Irish Architecture Foundation (Ireland) and others. His written work has appeared in publications including docomomo (US), ICOMOS (Germany), Ediciones ARQ (Chile), Spool (Netherlands), Alternatives Journal (Canada), Open House International (UK), et. al. Eric's research interests include modern architectural heritage; space, place and social justice; as well as ecological design and climate change. He has presented more than thirty papers at universities across the globe from Jyväskylä, Nuuk and Longyearben to Homs and Bangmod.