William Mangold is an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism at Drexel University. He served as director of the graduate program in Interior Architecture & Design from 2017-2022. His work brings together theory and practice, coupling ongoing research into socially responsible design with a hands-on approach to fabrication. Trained as a cabinet maker, William received degrees in Fine Arts and Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In New York City he completed architectural renovation and restoration projects and taught at Pratt Institute, while working on a PhD in the Environmental Psychology program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. William is the author of The Interiors Theory Primer (Routledge, 2025) and co-editor of The People, Place, and Space Reader (Routledge, 2014). He is NCIDQ certified and maintains a collaborative studio practice that integrates research and design.
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD), Environmental Psychology, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
M.Phil., Graduate Center of the City University of New York
B.Arch., Rhode Island School of Design
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
BOOK CHAPTERS
Mangold, William. (forthcoming, 2027). “Addressing Marginalized Subjectivities: Class, Race, Gender, and the Interior.” In The Routledge Companion to Human Centered Interior Design. Routledge
Mangold, William. (forthcoming, 2027). “Care and Repair.” In The Routledge Companion to Human
Centered Interior Design. Routledge
Mangold, William. 2024. “The Library,” in Part I: Histories and Typologies, The Interior Urbanism Reader, edited by Gregory Marinic. Routledge
Mangold, William. 2014. “Architecture and the Vicissitudes of Capitalism,” in Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty, edited by Benjamin Flowers. Ashgate Press
JOURNAL & INDUSTRY ARTICLES
Mangold, William. 2026. “Atmosphere in Interior Design: Perception, Expectation, and the Crafting of Experience.” Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture.
Mangold, William. 2025. “Toward an Integrated Interiors Theory: Articulating Paradigms of Practice and Inquiry.” Journal of Interior Design.
Mangold, William. (under review). “Permeable Selves, Situated Spaces: A Framework for Understanding Experience.” Environment and Behavior.
Mangold, William. 2018. “The Public Eye,” Interiors + Sources, May 2018 issue.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Mangold, William. 2025. “Mediating Urban Life: Interiority and Digital-Physical Experience.” Architecture, Media, Politics, Society Journal. ISSN 2398-9467.
Mangold, William. 2025. “Learning Through Full-Scale, Site-Specific Making: Spatial Engagement Tools for Beginning Design Students” in NCBDS 40 Conference Proceedings, Tool(ing).
Brack, M., Niemiec, J., Mangold, W., Koltick, N. Jung, U. 2020. “Motley Crews: Learning from Interdisciplinary Design Charrettes” in 108th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Open.