Cynthia Hammond graduated with a BFA from McMaster University, an MA in Art History and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the Humanities Doctoral Programme, Concordia University in 2002. Her dissertation combined architectural history, feminist theory and performance/site-specific art practices in the city of Bath, England.  Focusing on the connections between late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century, philanthropic women and their impact upon institutional architectural forms such as the hospital and the reformatory, Hammond’s research establishes such women within a geneology of humanist discourse that underpins monumental, social housing schemes of the twentieth-century. A practising artist, Hammond also explores the relation of subjectivity and gender to architecture, buildings, and cities, through a variety of media, including performance, painting, and sound work.  Hammond’s teaching and research interests have focused upon the role of women in the creation of the built environment, particularly with regard to the commemoration of those women in heritage practice and public history. Her publications include, a chapter in the forthcoming anthology, Craft in Space: Architecture, Interiors and Decoration, The Journal of Sociology, Special Issue: Un/Healthy Interiors, Women’s Studies, BlackFlash, RACAR and OnSite.