Rayshad Dorsey is a lecturer at Clemson University School of Architecture and an architectural designer based in South Carolina. He holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he received the Alraldo A. Cossutta Annual Prize for Design Excellence. Rayshad received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Clemson University, where he received the Blue Key Leadership and Academic Award and the Ray Huff Award for Excellence.

Rayshad has worked for the offices of Atelier Cory Henry, WW Architecture, Patterhn-Ives, and Howeler + Yoon. In 2023 Rayshad collaborated with Toni Griffin of Urban AC for the “Land Narratives | Fantastic Futures” exhibition featured in the Central Pavilion at the 18 International Architecture Exhibition for the Venice Biennale.