Milton Shinberg, AIA, is principal emeritus of Shinberg Levinas Architects, an internationally recognized practice honored by many design awards and published firm profiles. He is also a long-time adjunct professor in architecture at Catholic University of America, teaching design, drawing, and theory courses, among them his Beauty & Brains seminar, one of the prompts for this book. He lectures and teaches extensively on its topics at regional and national AIA conferences and for programs in Italy, Germany, and Brazil. Shinberg is on the advisory boards of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture and the International Arts+Mnd Lab of Johns Hopkins University.