Dolores Hayden is an urban historian, architect, author, and poet. Currently, she is Professor Emerita of Architecture, Urbanism, and American Studies at Yale University. Hayden has made contributions to the understanding of the social importance of urban space and to the history of the built environment in the United States. Hayden has published six books on the American landscape and three books of poetry. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Raritan, Ecotone, Yale Review, The Common, and Best American Poetry. Hayden received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.