Arièle Dionne-Krosnick is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her dissertation, “Swimming Pools, Civil Rights, and the American City in the 1960s,” proposes that Black civil rights protests that took place at swimming pools contesting unjust racial and spatial segregation had the potential to radically transform the symbolic and physical built environment of American cities. She was a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016-2020), and previously worked at the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She completed her BFA in Art History and Studio Arts (2012) at Concordia University, Montreal and holds an MA in Visual and Critical Studies (2014) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

An experienced designer and preservationist, Angela currently works as designer and preservation planner at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Originally from Mumbai, India, she practiced as an architect and researcher in India for over four years post-graduation gaining experience in varied design, research and preservation roles along the way. Her interest in the preservation of modern architecture peaked during her time working at Art Deco Mumbai Trust, extensively researching, documenting, and advocating for the preservation of Mumbai’s Art Deco, as a part of ‘The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai’-UNESCO World Heritage Site.