M.A., Architecture with a focus on Architecture and Ecology, Cornell University, New York, USA
Granted the Cornell AAP MArch II Award for Outstanding Performance in Architecture
B.A., Architecture (with distinction), American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Dana Muhsen is an architect, designer and educator. Currently, she is a lecturer at the Lebanese American University and the American University of Beirut, instructing design studios ranging from first-year to upper-level architecture and design students. Dana has contributed to several academic publications, including her most recent work, Rethinking Udine: An Academic Experience in Lebanon. She is also the founder of byfiveten, a multidisciplinary design practice based in Beirut focused on a playful, innovative, and human-centered design discourse – a philosophy that she extends to her teaching, encouraging students to explore the intersections of architecture and design thinking to address human needs through an expanded understanding of architectural praxis.