Dennis Doordan is an art and design educator, historian, critic, museum consultant and co-editor of the journal Design Issues. He holds a joint appointment in the School of Architecture and the Department of Art, Art History and Design at the University of Notre Dame. He has published on a wide variety of topics dealing with twentieth century architecture and design including political design, the impact of new materials, and the evolution of exhibition design techniques. He is the author of Twentieth Century Architecture, (published in the UK by Laurence King Publishing) and the editor of Design History: An Anthology (MIT Press).

He has served as an exhibition consultant and contributed catalog essays for architecture and design exhibitions organized by The Art Institute of Chicago, The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Toledo Art Museum, and the Wolfsonian Foundation in Miami Beach, Florida.

He has spoken about design education and interdisciplinary research at international conferences in Venice, Italy (September 2008) Langfang, China (June 2008) Melbourne, Australia (2004) London, England (2002), Perth, Australia (2000), Helsinki, Finland (1999), and Columbus, Ohio (1999).