José Ibarra is a Venezuelan designer, researcher, and educator whose interdisciplinary work focuses on the intersection of architecture and environmental uncertainty. He is assistant professor of architecture at the University of Colorado Denver, founder of Studio José Ibarra, and cofounder of House Operations and AWP. Currently, he serves as chair of the 2023–2024 ACSA Research & Scholarship Committee. Through his teaching, design work, and writing, Ibarra generates multifocal ways to redefine design amidst social unrest, environmental degradation, and climate crisis. Together with Caroline O’Donnell, he coedited the book, Werewolf: The Architecture of Lunacy, Shapeshifting, and Material Metamorphosis (AR+D, 2022). He is the curator of Table Manners, a series of academically engaging events that prioritizes bringing people together in unexpected ways. Ibarra was the Urban Edge Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee during 2019–2020 and an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Virginia during 2020–2022. Most recently, he was awarded the 2022 ACSA/AIA New Faculty Teaching Award, and he received a Graham Foundation grant for his collaborative project with Liz Gálvez, Latinx Coalition Chats.