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Gloria Chang is MArch II and MDes (Master in Design Studies) candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, with a concentration in Risk and Resilience. At HLS PILAC, Gloria finds graphic representations and methods to communicate the Program’s research visually, including through contributions to the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project and the Goals of War and War’s End Project.

Gloria’s interest in the rebuilding of cities post-conflict in an effort to effect increased resistance against potential recurrences was inspired by her time in Rwanda, where she served as a US Peace Corps volunteer. She is particularly interested in patterns of behavior and theories of spatial organization, at the individual level to the global scale. The projects that Gloria designed and implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Ugandan Mentors focused on literacy, gender equality, health, and sexuality, with an emphasis on diverse methodologies for optimal delivery, and included participants in every province. She has also worked at varying types of architectural firms, predominantly in New York City. Gloria received her Bachelor of Architecture and BA in Architecture and Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) from Rice University.

Page last updated: January 2018.