Deborah Schneiderman is a Professor of Interior Design in the School of Design at Pratt Institute. She is also a registered architect and the principal and founder of deSc: architecture/design/research, a Brooklyn based research practice. Schneiderman’s scholarship and teaching explore the emerging fabricated interior environment. Her research has been widely published and includes the books Inside Prefab: the Ready-Made Interior (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012), The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History (McFarland, 2014) an architectural graphic novel style history (illustrated by Bishakh Som), and the edited volumes Textile, Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space (co-edited with Alexa Griffith Winton, Bloomsbury, 2015) & Interiors Beyond Architecture (co-edited with Amy Campos, Routledge, 2017). She has also published articles in the academic journals including Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture, The Journal of Interior Design, and Home Cultures in addition to lecturing internationally. Schneiderman earned a BS in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture (MArch) fro SCI-Arc.