Ashley Schafer

{{short description|American architect}}

Ashley Schafer is a professor of architecture at the Ohio State University,{{cite web|url=http://knowlton.osu.edu/people/schafer|title=Knowlton School|accessdate=25 October 2014}} where she was head of architecture from 2005 to 2009. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, she was an associate professor of architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

She has played an important role in the development of architectural discourse in North America, and her writing is internationally known.{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=UvEV09QAAAAJ|title=Ashley Schafer - Google Scholar Citations|accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicResults?la=&wc=on&fc=off&vf=all&bk=off&pm=off&jo=off&ar=off&re=off&ms=off&Query=%22Ashley+Schafer%22&sbq=%22Ashley+Schafer%22&si=1&aori=off&Go=Go&so=rel&hp=25|title = JSTOR: Search Results}}{{cite web|url=http://places.designobserver.com/feature/architecture-school-the-future-that-is-now/32728/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140901014723/http://places.designobserver.com/feature/architecture-school-the-future-that-is-now/32728/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 September 2014 |title=The Future That Is Now |author=Stan Allen |date=12 March 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2014 }} Schafer is the founding co-editor of the scholarly journal PRAXIS,{{cite web|url=http://www.praxisjournal.net|title=PRAXIS: journal of writing + building|accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{Cite book|isbn = 0970314086|title = Re: Programming|last1 = Lawrence|first1 = Amanda Reeser|last2 = Schafer|first2 = Ashley|year = 2006}} which is the leading project-based academic architectural publication in North America. The journal has received numerous awards and honors and has twice been awarded the largest grant in Design from the National Endowment for the Arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/02grants/Creativity.html#design |title=2002 GRANT AWARDS - Creativity |accessdate=2013-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220181731/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/02grants/Creativity.html |archivedate=2013-02-20 }}

She is a curator for the U.S. Pavilion at the 14th International Venice Biennale of Architecture.{{Cite web | url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/curators-chosen-for-american-pavilion-at-architecture-biennale/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | title=Curators Chosen for American Pavilion at Architecture Biennale| date=2013-09-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/the-global-office/|title=The Global Office - Magazine - Art in America|date=28 May 2014|accessdate=25 October 2014}}

She received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from the University of Virginia in 1986 and a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University (GSAPP) in 1998.