PhD Candidate Willa Granger Receives Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard

Willa Granger, a Ph.D. candidate in Architectural History, has received a postdoctoral fellowship at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. 

As a Fellow-in-Residence, Willa will study alongside a multidisciplinary group of scholars as she works to revise her dissertation and first book project, Constructing Old Age: Race, Ethnicity, Religion and the Architecture of Homes for the Aged, 1870-1965. This research relies upon the built environment to consider the ethics of aging, ageism, and age segregation: What does American society owe its oldest citizens, and to whom does this responsibility fall in material practice? Willa will also begin a project examining the implications of COVID-19 on the future of eldercare design.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics seeks to strengthen teaching and research about pressing ethical issues, foster sound norms of ethical reasoning and civic discussion, and share the work of the Safra community in the public interest.