Chelsea Spencer

Chelsea Spencer is a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture program at MIT. Her research examines the production and mediation of architecture in the modern era, particularly as these relate to histories of capitalism and economic life in the United States. Her most recent writing has been published in Places and Grey Room. Chelsea received an MDes in History and Philosophy of Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she cofounded the biweekly zine Open Letters, and a BA in art and architectural history from Emory University. Before beginning her studies at MIT, she was the managing editor of Log.