Anthony Raynsford is Department Chair, Associate Professor, and Graduate Advisor in the Department of Art & Art History at San Jose State University. Professor Raynsford is an architectural and urban design historian, whose interdisciplinary research interests bridge across cultural, intellectual and art history, particularly of the 20th century. His teaching seeks to develop a critical understanding of the interlocking social and aesthetic issues faced by architects and designers, both currently and historically. Professor Raynsford's current book project is entitled, Modernism and the Archaic City: The Pre-Industrial Past in the Imagination of 20th Century Urban Design. Related to this project are also a number of works in progress, including a monograph on the writings of urban planner, Kevin Lynch.