Shalini Agrawal

Structural Change Guest Teacher

Shalini Agrawal brings over 25 years of hands-on experience in community-engaged practice in design and architecture. She has dedicated her career to bringing diversity and inclusive practices to architecture and design. She is co-director of Pathways to Equity, a leadership experience that brings public interest design and self-reflective practice together to support responsible social impact design practice. She is founder and principal of Public Design for Equity, an equity-driven practice for equity-driven outcomes. Shalini is Associate Professor in Critical Ethnic Studies, Interdisciplinary Studio and the Decolonial School at California College of the Arts. Shalini’s research and practice focuses on revealing the historical legacies of colonization in architecture and design and dismantling its lasting impacts.