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Delia Wendel is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research incorporates perspectives from urban and architectural studies, cultural geography, and anthropology. She studies cities, conflicts, and natural disasters in Central and East Africa. Current writing builds from ethnographic and historical research in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide to explore how state peacebuilding objectives are realized and challenged in the rebuilding of housing, settlements, and civic space. Wendel previously worked as an architect, and holds degrees in urban planning (PhD, Harvard), cultural geography (University College London), architectural history and theory (Harvard), and architecture (Rice University). She served as a UN-HABITAT research consultant in