Menna Agha is a third-generation displaced Fadicha Nubian, a legacy that infuses her research interests in race, gender, space, and territory. She is an architect and researcher who has recently been coordinating the spatial justice agenda at the Flanders Architecture Institute in Belgium. She is professor of Design and Spatial Justice at Carleton University in Ottawa. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Antwerp, and a Master of Arts in Gender and Design from Köln International School of Design.