Deborah Schneiderman, PhD, RA, LEED-AP, is Professor of Interior Design at Pratt Institute and principal/founder of deSc: architecture/design/research.  Schneiderman’s scholarship and praxis explore the emerging fabricated environment and its materiality. Schneiderman’s publications include the books The Prefabricated Interior, Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors, Textile, Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space, Interiors Beyond Architecture, Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors, Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior, The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History, Interior Design on Edge, and Appropriated Interiors. She has published multiple journal articles and chapters in edited volumes, including The Interior Architecture Theory Reader (Routledge) and The Handbook of Design for Sustainability (Bloomsbury). Schneiderman has exhibited work and lectured internationally at peer-reviewed conferences and invited venues, including the Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Center for Architecture, and Van Alen Institute. She is also the recipient of multiple awards, including the Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal for Architecture and Allied Arts, the inaugural Pratt Research Recognition Award, the Interior Design Educators Council Book Award for Interiors Beyond Architecture, CIDA (Council for Interior Design Education) Excellence in Interior Design Education Honorable Mention, the Interior Design Educators Council Book Award for Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior, and the Taconic Fellowship. Schneiderman earned her Bachelor of Science in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University, an MArch from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Westminster (London).