Fonna Forman (PhD, University of Chicago) is a professor of Political Theory and founding director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California, San Diego. 

With Teddy Cruz, she is principal of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, a research-based urban and architectural design practice based at the University of California, San Diego, investigating borders and migration, informal urbanization, emergency housing, bioregional climate resilience, civic infrastructure, and public culture.The studio’s work has been exhibited across the world, including the Museum of Modern Art; the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; M+ Hong Kong and the Venice Architectural Biennale. Their work has received the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award, and the Vilcek Prize in Architecture, among others. The studio’s practice has been documented in recent monographs, including Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks (MIT Press, 2022) and Socializing Architecture: Top-Down / Bottom-Up (MIT Press, 2023).