Asma Mehan is an Assistant Professor at the Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, USA, and Director of the Architectural Humanities and Urbanism Lab (AHU_Lab). She is also Editor-in-Chief of plaNext: Next Generation Planning. Her research bridges architectural humanities, critical urban studies, industrial heritage, adaptive reuse, public space, climate resilience, and spatial justice. She is the author of four books, including Kuala Lumpur: Community, Infrastructure, and Urban Inclusivity (Routledge, 2020), Tehran: From Sacred to Radical (Routledge, 2022), The Affective Agency of Public Space (2024), and Decolonizing Industrial Heritage (2026). She has also edited After Oil: A Comparative Analysis of Oil Heritage, Urban Transformations, and Resilience Paradigms (2025) and City, Public Space, and Body (Routledge, 2025), advancing comparative debates on post-industrial urban futures, public space, embodiment, and resilience.