Dr. Asma Mehan is an Assistant Professor at the Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, USA, where she directs the Architectural Humanities and Urbanism Lab (AHU_Lab). She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of plaNext: Next Generation Planning. Her research sits at the intersection of architectural humanities, critical urban studies, industrial heritage, adaptive reuse, public space, climate resilience, and spatial justice. Dr. Mehan has authored four books and edited two volumes. Her first book, Kuala Lumpur: Community, Infrastructure, and Urban Inclusivity (Routledge, 2020), examines how infrastructure shapes social equity and urban inclusivity in the Malaysian metropolis. Her second book, Tehran: From Sacred to Radical (Routledge, 2022), offers a critical analysis of political transformation and public space in Tehran from a Global South perspective. Her third authored book, The Affective Agency of Public Space: Social Inclusion and Community Cohesion (De Gruyter Brill, 2024), explores how public spaces in cities such as Amsterdam and Houston foster civic interaction, urban connection, and community cohesion. Her newest book, Decolonizing Industrial Heritage: Adaptive Reuse, Community Engagement, and Climate Resilience (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026), investigates how post-industrial sites can be reimagined as civic, ecological, and community-centered infrastructures. She has also edited After Oil: A Comparative Analysis of Oil Heritage, Urban Transformations, and Resilience Paradigms (Springer, 2025), which examines post-industrial urban futures, and City, Public Space, and Body: The Embodied Experience of Urban Life (Routledge, 2025), which explores embodied, affective, and spatial experiences of urban life.