I am always open to collaborations. Please reach out if you have a project in mind!
View my CV .pdf linked on the about page for more information and hyperlinks to programs, etc.
Conferences I have led:
- Conference Chair & Host Spring 2025 (upcoming and approved)
Annual UCDA Design Education Summit: Mindful (UNC Charlotte)
My role as Chair and Host of the 2025 UCDA Design Education Summit: Mindful will be to write and promote the call for proposals based on the theme Mindful that I proposed. I designed the initial graphic elements, colors and gradients, and logotype. I will oversee student designs for the summit branding, prepare the schedule, and host the event, among other administrative planning duties. - Conference Co-Chair Spring 2024
Annual UCDA Design Education Summit: Immerse (Mesa, Arizona)
My role as Co-Chair was to form the peer review panel and oversee the peer review process and results. I assisted the Chair and participated in conference planning meetings. I also volunteered at the conference in Arizona.
Conference sessions I have Chaired:
- SECAC 2024 | Atlanta, GA Fall 2024 upcoming & approved
session Chair: Unbanning Queer Culture
I wrote a proposal for a session that was accepted after a peer review process, then I reviewed submissions to my session and selected participants. I communicated with participants about the session timing, format, and conference information. I will introduce, lead, and manage the session of participants in person. - SECAC 2023 | Richmond, VA Fall 2023
session Chair: Interpreting Design Research: Practice and Pedagogy
I wrote a proposal for a session that was accepted after a peer review process, then I reviewed submissions to my session and selected 12 participants. I nominated two session co-Chairs to assist me, as my session became 3 sessions. I communicated with participants about the session timing, format, and conference information. I introduced, lead, and managed a session of participants in person. - SECAC 2022 | Baltimore, MD Fall 2022
session Chair: Fostering Intellectual Curiosity While Preparing Students for Industry Demands
I wrote a proposal for a session that was accepted after a peer review process, then I reviewed submissions to my session and selected participants. I also communicated with participants about the session timing, format, and conference information. I introduced, led, and managed the session participants in person.
Conferences I have presented at & invited talks I have given:
- SECAC 2024 | Atlanta, GA Fall 2024 upcoming & approved
I will present my paper in the session: Unbanning Queer Culture as an individual presentation: Creative Dissent: Illuminating a Pathway for a Queer Future in the South. - AIGA Design Conference 2024 | virtual conference Fall 2024 upcoming & approved
I will run the workshop that I proposed, Prioritizing Design Histories, at the AIGA
national design conference. Submissions were reviewed by the 7-member conference committee. The acceptance rate was just under 17% from 328 submissions. - Design Incubation + CAA 2024 | Chicago, IL (hybrid) Spring 2024
I presented my paper Analyzing Local Graphic Design History: A Pedagogical Approach in the session Design Incubation Colloquium 10.2: CAA Annual Conference. Submissions were double-blind peer reviewed. The acceptance rate was about 19%. - SECAC 2023 | Richmond, VA Fall 2023
I presented my paper in the session: Through the Facade as an individual presentation: Design is Research, Research is Life, and Life is Designed. - HASTAC 2023 – Critical Making & Social Justice | New York City, NY Spring 2023
I presented in the group presentation and panel/roundtable: Challenging Sociopolitical Status Quos with Ethically-driven Design Pedagogy and Scholarship with co-presenters Shadrick Addy, Victoria Gerson, Dina Benbrahim, and Ryan Slone. I initiated the group based on shared interests and organized the planning sessions. - UCDA Design Education Summit: Same/Difference | Bowling Green, OH Spring 2023
I presented my paper as an individual presentation: The Graphic Enneagram. -
Guest Lectures | Charlotte, NC Spring 2023 and Spring 2024
I was invited to guest lecture in Dr. Idziorek’s Cartographic Design course GEOG 2102 at UNC Charlotte. I shared principles of design in relation to cartography for non-designers. - SECAC 2022 | Baltimore, MD Fall 2022
I presented my paper in the session: Designing Ethics as an individual presentation: Leading by Example: Ethics in Design Education. - AIGA Charlotte “Share Your Story” | Charlotte, NC Summer 2022
I gave a short talk at the local Charlotte AIGA event “Share Your Story.” I spoke about my design and academic career path to community members. I was one of several local designers on the panel presenting separately. - UCDA Design Education Summit: AGENCY | Johnson City, TN Spring 2022
I presented my paper as an individual presentation: Exploring Undergraduate Design Research. - CAA 2022 | Chicago, IL (online) Spring 2022
I presented my paper in the Design Studies Forum-sponsored session: Lightning Session: Design Object Talks in Honor of David Raizman as an individual presentation: Kawaii Dissemination: Hello Kitty. - Design Research Society’s Festival of Emergence | virtual conference Fall 2021
I planned the debate session: If grades don’t matter… and participated in international, collaboratively-scheduled “moments.” - University at Buffalo Guest Lecture | online 2021
I was invited to share my design activism work for North Korean human rights with the NGO PSCORE to students in a Design for Social Justice class over Zoom. - SECAC 2019 (Southeastern College Art Conference) | Chattanooga, TN 2019
I presented my paper in the session: Broadened Horizons: Exploring non-Western Graphic Design as an individual presentation: Observing non-Western Culture through Typography. - Sungkyunkwan University Summer Intersession | Seoul, South Korea 2019
I was invited to present a design thinking guest lecture + workshop to an international business/entrepreneurship combined class of Korean and international students (theme: identifying problems with the modern dating experience). - Critical and Creative Thinking at the Core | St. Petersburg, FL 2019
I led a 75-minute workshop: DESIGN THINKING: Alternative Problems & Solutions (theme: the modern dating experience).