Asma Mehan is assistant professor at the Huckabee College of Architecture at Texas Tech University and director of the Architectural Humanities and Urbanism Lab. Her research focuses on postindustrial heritage, urban resilience, and planning history. She is the author of Tehran: From Sacred to Radical (Routledge, 2022), Kuala Lumpur: Community, Infrastructure and Urban Inclusivity (Routledge, 2020), The Affective Agency of Public Space (2024), and After Oil (2025).