Ifeoma Ebo

Ifeoma Ebo is a Nigerian-American Brooklyn-based designer with a keen focus on equity, justice, and design excellence. Her work as a designer, artist, and urbanist has been rooted in dynamic, diasporic understandings of the Black experience. She has used her craft to advocate for, design, plan with, and visually showcase the stories of communities of color.

As assistant professor of design and sustainability at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, Ebo engages in research and teaches transdisciplinary courses exploring cultural, climate and environmental justice. She has most recently received awards and fellowships from the Black Artists & Designers Guild, NYS Council on the Arts, the Associate for Collegiate Schools of Architecture, the Architectural League, and United States Artists. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of City Design and Development from MIT.