This interview follows Joan Ockman’s education at Harvard and her early professional work assisting Peter Eisenman at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, where she edited publications and catalogs and contributed to research projects. She later developed an independent career as a prominent architectural historian, critic, and editor, helping shape architectural discourse through Oppositions and The Pragmatist Imagination project. Her long teaching career at Columbia and other institutions further extended her influence, particularly through her contributions to critical theory and historical scholarship in architecture.