I was honored to receive Purdue University’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging‘s 2023 Seed Grant for Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Inclusive Excellence and Sense of Belonging. This grant will fund the the work of three Honors students in Urban Matter Lab’s inaugural research project in the John Martinson Honors College to create a repository of documentation on Black…

I was honored to receive Purdue University’s Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence‘s 2022-2023 Research Project Grant. This grant will fund my inaugural research project in the John Martinson Honors College, working with students to create a repository of documentation on Black heritage sites in the Greater Lafayette area. This research project grant for…

Excited to share the publication of my recent article “The Evolving Role of Contemporary Conservation Architects in India: Beyond Traditional Professional Practice” in Change Over Time by PennPress. View article here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/807670

Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial IndiaApproaches and Challenges Edited By  Manish Chalana and Ashima Krishna Where to order your copy: Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Heritage-Conservation-in-Postcolonial-India-Approaches-and-Challenges/Chalana-Krishna/p/book/9780367619947 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Conservation-Postcolonial-India-Architectural/dp/0367619946 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heritage-conservation-in-postcolonial-india-manish-chalana/1137456656 Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/heritage-conservation-in-postcolonial-india/id1543780858?ign-gact=1 Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Heritage_Conservation_in_Postcolonial_In/3pAIEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Krishna, Ashima, Kerry Traynor, and Joy Resor. 2019. “Rethinking the Historical Significance of Modern Architecture: Lessons from the Local Landmarking of Shoreline Apartments, a Low-Income Housing Project in Buffalo.” Preservation Education & Research 11: 56–80. https://doi.org/10.5749/preseducrese.11.2019.0056. Article link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/preseducrese.11.2019.0056 Image credit: George Everard Kidder, 1973-77. Niagara Street between Carolina and West Mohawk, Buffalo, NY 14202; general…