Through teaching, writing and practice, Joel Sanders, FAIA, Principal, Joel Sanders Architect, has pioneered the examination of the relationship between architecture, gender, and embodied experience, producing design research projects committed to the creation of inclusive spaces that meet the needs of people of different ages, genders and disabilities. In addition to running his New York City-based studio, Sanders is a Professor of Architecture at Yale University and was previously the Director of the Graduate Program in Architecture at Parsons School of Design and an Assistant Professor at Princeton University. The editor of Stud: Architectures of Masculinity (Princeton Architectural Press, 1996), he frequently writes about art and design, most recently in Pin-up, Art Forum, and the Harvard Design Magazine. Sanders serves on committees and panels on behalf of the American Academy in Rome, MacDowell Colony, American Institute of Architects, Architectural League, the GSA Peer Review, and Van Alen Institute’s Program Leadership Council.