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| Gardens at Darulaman Palace, Kabul Afghanistan (Photo: Sutika Sipus 2012) |
MITCHELL SUTIKA SIPUS
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati
2011 M.S. Architecture advanced research/teaching degree in urban spatial structure and theory
2010 MCP Community Planning in International Development
2010 MCP Community Planning in International Development
2007 Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation
The American University of Cairo
2009 Dipl. Forced Migration & Refugee Studies. The American University in Cairo
The American University of Cairo
2009 Dipl. Forced Migration & Refugee Studies. The American University in Cairo
Art Academy of Cincinnati
2004 BFA Art and Design
Publications and Guest Writing (SELECTION)
2013 "Rebuilding Mogadishu with Lessons from Kabul" in Space and Place Vol. 3, Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press, UK. (In Press)
2012 Mogadishu Somalia: A City in Healing After Two Decades of War [LINK]
2013 "Rebuilding Mogadishu with Lessons from Kabul" in Space and Place Vol. 3, Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press, UK. (In Press)
2012 Mogadishu Somalia: A City in Healing After Two Decades of War [LINK]
Conferences (SELECTION)
Invited Speaker. Decoding Kabul: Mobile Technology to Decipher Urban Imagery in Kabul, Afghanistan MIT8: Public Space, Private Space. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. May 2013
Invited Speaker. Rebuilding Mogadishu with Lessons from Kabul
3rd International Conference on Space and Place. Oxford University, Oxford UK. September 2012
Invited Speaker. Decoding Kabul: Mobile Technology to Decipher Urban Imagery in Kabul, Afghanistan MIT8: Public Space, Private Space. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. May 2013
Invited Speaker. Rebuilding Mogadishu with Lessons from Kabul
3rd International Conference on Space and Place. Oxford University, Oxford UK. September 2012
Panelist. Humanitarian Standards in Complex Emergencies.
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service. Washington DC. April
2010
Relevant Accomplishments (SELECTION)
2013 American University of Afghanistan Faculty of the Year Teaching Award
2009 UNESCO Fellowship Alternate in Post-War Reconstruction Education Sector
2009 UNESCO Fellowship Alternate in Post-War Reconstruction Education Sector
2008 U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellowship to Cairo Egypt for
Urban and International Development
Languages
English (native), Arabic – Egyptian Dialect (Proficient) Dari/Farsi (Conversational) French, Spanish, Kiswahili (basic to fair)
Experience
Director and CEO
Sutika Sipus LLC
Sutika Sipus LLC is a strategic design and planning firm that creates strategic solutions for governments and organizations in complex environments.
Full-time Faculty
The American
University of Afghanistan – Kabul, Afghanistan
07/2011-
Present
Urban Planner
The
Municipality of Kabul, USAID Kabul City Initiative – Kabul, Afghanistan
04/2012 –
5/27/2012
Advisor on Post-War Reconstruction and Planning
The Benadiir Administration– Mogadishu Somalia
01/2012 –
Present
Assistant
Editor, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA
08/2010-07/2011
Consultant,
Burundi Foundation for Hope and Restoration,
Baltimore Maryland
02/2010 – 03/2010
Consultant,
Samasource, Program Evaluation and Development, Nairobi, Kenya
11/2009-12/2009
Consultant, Arab African Development Agency - Somalia
Projects Evaluation, Cairo, Egypt
09/2010-10/2009
Gang
Violence Project Coordinator, Youth
LEAD Project Cairo, Egypt
08/2008 – 08/2009
Sustainability Researcher, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
OH, USA
08/2007 – 05/2008
Consultant, Save the Children UK, Dadaab Kenya/Somalia
07/2007 – 08/2007
Researcher, Norwegian Refugee Council, Dadaab
Refugee Camps, Kenya/Somalia
06/2007 – 08/2007
Project Planner, Engineers Without Borders Cincinnati OH, Nyando Kenya
10/2006-12/2006
Technical
Specialist, Historic Conservation, Gray
and Pape Cultural Resource Consultants, USA
