Shumi is an academic, curator and editor in the field of architecture and architectural history. She is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at UAL Central Saint Martins in London and an adjunct professor at Syracuse University London; she also teaches the Technische Universität Wien in Vienna and the Royal College of Art. She has curated widely, including at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Royal Institute of British Architecture and the Victoria and Albert Museum. 

Shumi is Chief Editor of KoozArch, a platform for critical spatial thinking, and contributes regularly to books and periodicals including Log, PIN-UP and Wallpaper*. In 2020 she founded Holdspace, a platform for extracurricular discussions in architectural education, and currently serves as a trustee for Architecture for Gaza.