Ph.D. Architecture       University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1995                                      Environment – Behaviour Studies in Urban Design   M.Sc. Architecture       Cairo University - Egypt, 1989                                       Human Aspects in Housing and Residential Environments   B. Sc. Architecture       Cairo University - Egypt, 1984     Dina K. Shehayeb,  is a professor in the Institute of Architecture and Housing, at the Housing and Building National Research Centre (HBRC) in Cairo, Egypt, as well as an adjunct faculty member at the American University in Cairo.  She graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecure in 1984, and earned her Masters Degree in Architecture from the same university in 1989 focusing on human aspects in neighbourhood design and planning.  She got her Ph.D. Degree in Architecture and Environment-Behaviour Studies from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 1995, where she studied under the supervision of Prof. Emiritus Amos Rapoport. With two decades of interdisciplinary research behind her, she works on bridging the gap, in research and design, between the physical built environment and its socio-psychological and cultural dimensions. Besides her research activity through the HBRC aiming at more culturally appropriate housing policy, she has been practicing as a consultant since 1998 in the field of community-based housing program development and participatory design, through which she worked with the Aga Khan Cultural Services- Egypt for 6 years on the Darb Al-Ahmar neighborhood revitalization project, the Institut de Recherche et Development and local organizations such as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Community Development Services (CDS) Cairo.   Her work includes interdisciplinary baseline surveys, community mobilization, qualitative needs assessment, Perceived and "Use Value" analysis, "Lifestyle Assessment," and activity pattern mapping.  She has more than 25 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings.  She serves on several committies, including the committee of 'Streets and Sidewalks' at the National Agency for Civic Design and Harmony, the committee for developing the 'Egyptian Code of Accessability for the Disabled,' the committee for developing the 'Egyptian Code of Residential Environments,' the Housing Committee of the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology, the Advisory Board of the Global Research Network on Human Settlements - UN-HABITAT, and the Advisory Board for the State of the World Cities Report 2008 - UN-HABITAT.  She is also an editorial board member of the HBRC Journal since its inception in 2004.