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Faculty

Prof. Dr. Munawar Iqbal Ahmed serves as Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, providing academic leadership rooted in creative excellence, critical inquiry, and interdisciplinary education. His role focuses on advancing innovative curricula, strengthening research culture, supporting faculty development, and fostering contemporary studio practices across art, design, architecture, and media disciplines. Through academic vision and institutional collaboration, he encourages an environment that promotes experimentation, cultural engagement, and the development of emerging creative professionals.

Mr. Munawar Iqbal

Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Idrees Hanif is a visual artist, curriculum designer, and educator specializing in contemporary art and design education. He earned his M.Phil. in Art and Design Education from the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design and graduated with distinction in Visual Arts from Beaconhouse National University. Hanif’s artistic practice focuses on sculpture, material transformation, and the relationship between objects, space, and human experience. His work has been exhibited in galleries and group exhibitions in Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates, including shows at Satrang Gallery Islamabad, Taseer Art Gallery Lahore, and Sanat Gallery Karachi. His research and creative work continue to contribute to contemporary discourse in art, design, and visual culture.

Idrees Hanif

Head Of Department

Mirela Peerzada is a sculptor, puppeteer, and performance artist associated with the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop, one of Pakistan’s leading institutions for theatre and performing arts. Her work explores performance, sculpture, and interdisciplinary creative practices, with a strong focus on experimental visual expression and theatre-based learning. Peerzada has conducted performance art workshops and academic engagements with students at Beaconhouse National University, where she introduced foundation and visual arts students to contemporary performance practices and theatrical exercises. She has also contributed to sculpture and studio-based learning environments through collaborative art and performance initiatives connected with Pakistan’s contemporary art community.

Mirela Peerzada

Assistant Professor

Sehrish Mustafa is a visual artist and educator whose practice integrates contemporary art, installation, and interdisciplinary visual research. A graduate of the National College of Arts, she has contributed to creative learning environments through workshops, exhibitions, and collaborative projects connected with institutions and galleries including Canvas Gallery. Her engagement with residency and curatorial programs reflects a strong commitment to experimental art education, critical thinking, and the development of contemporary visual culture within academic and professional art practices.

Sehrish Mustafa

Lecturer/Foundation Year Coordinator

Farooq Usman Shahid is an architect and educator who graduated from the Razia Hassan School of Architecture at Beaconhouse National University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. His professional and academic work focuses on architecture, spatial design, and sustainable low cost housing solutions, with experience contributing to collaborative design and research initiatives. Shahid has also been involved in architectural education and studio based learning, supporting students through design mentorship, critical thinking, and practical engagement with contemporary architectural challenges.

Farooq Usman Shahid

Asst. Professor

Hassaan Amjad is an architect, curator, and creative entrepreneur who graduated from Beaconhouse National University with a degree in Architecture in 2016. As the founder of HAAM Gallery, he has developed a contemporary platform that connects art, design, and spatial practice through exhibitions, collaborative projects, and interdisciplinary creative engagement. His work in the gallery sector reflects a strong commitment to supporting emerging artists, fostering experimental visual culture, and creating educational dialogue between architecture, contemporary art, and design practices in Pakistan.

Hassaan Amjad

Architect/Lecturer

After graduating from Estudiar University with a MA in Communications, Rachel Gomez served as the director of Freshman and Transfer Programs before becoming the Vice President for Student Affairs. Holding both a BA and MA degree in Communications from Estudiar University, Rachel Gomez has spent much of her professional life at the College.

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Rachel Gomez

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Franklin Doyle is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Psychology Research, the premier honorary organization for scientists working at the interface of behavior and medicine, and he has been appointed to serve on two consensus committees at the Estudiar Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Outside of the academy, Doyle’s research has been cited in several amicus curiae briefs.

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Franklin Doyle

Assistant Professor of History

Rodney Estrada is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Estudiar University. She has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, which have appeared in leading journals.Before coming to Estudiar, Rodney earned a B.A. from Carleton College (2006), an M.F.A. in philosophy from New York University (2010), and a Ph.D. in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015).

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Rodney Estrada

Lecturer in Philosophy

Calvin Foster is BA Journalism course leader and I teaches on the BA and the MA Magazine and MA journalism courses. He currently leads four modules – level 6 International Journalism Special Study, level 5 Journalism Research Paper, level 4 Journalism and the Wider World and MA Feature Writing. I also teach MA ethics and on a foundation module. Before joining Estudiar, he spent two decades working full time as a journalist including ten years at the Independent newspaper.

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Calvin Foster

Lecturer in Journalism

Professor Eva Willis received her Ph.D. from Cornell in 2005 and began teaching at Princeton, coming to Estudiar in 2009. Her interests include philosophy of mind and moral psychology, the nature of testimony, aesthetics and the philosophy of literature, and the later Wittgenstein. Eva Willis has recently taught courses on the above topics, and on speech-acts, philosophy of action, self-consciousness and intersubjectivity, and Marcel Proust.

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Eva Willis

Assistant Professor of Science and Philosophy

Hester Cox received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin, after which she taught at Illinois State University for three years before coming to Estudiar. Her research interests are in the areas of social and political philosophy and ethics. Her most sustained research projects concern political liberalism and political legitimacy, educational justice, and the gendered division of labor.

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Hester Cox

Professor of Politics

Cordelia Nichols is the Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Estudiar and a Professorial Fellow at University College. Before that she was a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. She has held visiting positions at the University of California, Los Angeles philosophy department and at the University of Chicago Law School. 

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Cordelia Nichols

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Luke Robertson is an intellectual historian specializing in twentieth-century Europe. He earned his BA in Mathematics and History at the University of Cambridge, and his PhD at Harvard University. Before coming to Estudiar, he taught for a decade at Drew University. Baring has held fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the ACLS, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. At Estudiar he holds a joint appointment with the University Center for Human Values.

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Luke Robertson

Assistant Professor of History

Eleanor Parsons is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Estudiar University. Her research interests include decision theory, social choice theory, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Her book Risk and Rationality (2013) concerns how an individual ought to take risk into account when making decisions. It vindicates the ordinary decision-maker from the point of view of even ideal rationality.

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Eleanor Parsons

Lecturer in Philosophy

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