Willa Granger is a built environment historian of modern and contemporary U.S. cultural landscapes. Her work uses “everyday” architecture to tell larger social stories, often seeking the voices of those beyond the ken of traditional building production. Willa’s dissertation and first book project, Constructing Old Age: Race, Ethnicity, Religion and the Architecture of Homes for the Aged, 1870-1965, unearths the architectural and social history of the contemporary nursing home. This research relies upon the built environment to consider the ethics of aging, ageism, and age segregation: what does American society owe its oldest citizens, and to whom does this responsibility fall in material practice? As a Fellow-in-Residence at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Willa will continue work on this manuscript and will also begin a project examining the implications of COVID-19 on the future of eldercare design. Granger will complete her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin in May of 2021.