Provost Diversity Fellow: Cecilia Resende Santos

Cecilia Resende Santos, PhD candidate

Bio
Cecília Resende Santos is a Ph.D. student in modern architecture and planning with an interest in the historical projects of modernization and development in the Americas. She received a B.A. in Art History from the University of Chicago, where her thesis examining the private-public relationships that shaped postindustrial Chicago received the department’s annual thesis prize. Before entering the program in 2021, Cecília served as Curatorial Fellow at the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial and held positions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Graham Foundation.

Advisor
Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Associate Professor

Favorite hangout on or off campus
Rockaway Beach

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