Ann Sussman is an architect, biometric researcher, speaker, writer, and co-author with Justin B. Hollander of
Cognitive Architecture, Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment. (Routledge, 2015,
2nd edition, 2021 ) and
Urban Experience + Design, Contemporary Perspectives on Improving the Public Realm (Routledge, 2021), She currently teaches a course on human perception, Architecture&Cognition, at the Boston Architectural College (BAC). In 2020, she co-founded
The Human Architecture + Planning Institute, Inc., (theHapi.org) to improve our understanding of how people function and design better places for them.