Samuel Dubois
Samuel Dubois is a trained geographer, licensed architect (OAQ), and academic researcher born in Thetford Mines, Canada. He holds a B.A. in Geography (Honours program) from McGill University, a B.Sc. in Architecture from Université de Montréal, and a Master of Architecture from Carleton University. Samuel has several years of experience working in award-winning architectural firms, notably in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Canada. Since 2020, he has been pursuing doctoral studies in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture program at MIT, under the supervision of Professor Mark Jarzombek. Samuel's research interests center on the relationship between architecture and cultural identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly within historically marginalized communities in Québec and Canada.
During his doctoral studies, Samuel has been invited to present his research at prestigious institutions, including the University of Oxford, the New York Public Library, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. His writings, in both French and English, have been published by the Canadian Centre for Architecture and in notable publications such as Imprint, Pidgin, Azure, and Argus. His forthcoming work is slated to appear in peer-reviewed journals, including Divergence in Architectural Research and the Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture, as well as in an edited volume titled Utopia and Hubris: Classicism in Canada, to be published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Samuel is also the co-editor of the 52nd edition of Thresholds, MIT's annual peer-reviewed journal on architecture and art, published by MIT Press.
Samuel is the recipient of several awards and scholarships, including the MIT Presidential Fellowship, the Joseph-Armand-Bombardier Scholarship, the Prix d'excellence de la Fondation Habitat 67, and the Excellence Award in Steel Design of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. His academic work has benefited from the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (for both his master's and doctoral studies), the Canadian Centre for Architecture, MIT's Department of Architecture, and MIT's Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI).
