For more than thirty years, I have worked at the intersection of graphic design, teaching, and learning—developing tools and approaches that foster access, engagement, and comprehension across all stages of education, from early childhood through adulthood.
I am currently a Professor of Design at Lesley University College of Art and Design and a Critic in the Department of Teaching and Learning in Art and Design Education at the Rhode Island School of Design.
My academic background includes a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts, an M.F.A. in Graphic Design from Yale University, a C.A.G.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education, and an Ed.D. in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education.
To learn more about my work, see the following sources:
Using Strategies from Graphic Design to Improve Teaching and Learning in Essentials of Using and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy: Visualizing Learning edited by Dr. Danilo M. Baylen and Dr. Adriana D'Alba
Language of Design Within Science and Engineering in Connecting Science and Engineering Education Practices in Meaningful Ways with Dr. Nicole Weber edited by Dr. Leonard A. Annetta, Dr. James Minogue
Connecting the Dots: The Unexplored Promise of Visual Literacy in American Classrooms, in Phi Delta Kappan and Worth Waiting for Design Thinking with Real Pay Off for Students and Teachers by Dr. Larry Myatt
Document. Document. Document. co-curated with Anne West, Sameer Farooq and Gabe Melcher.
Episode 4: Academia of Art from the Starving Artist Podcast hosted by Xavier (Professor X) Taylor II, Rocky Cotard and Katrina Taylor
Visible Learning and Change for the Mentoring in Action podcast and resources with Dr. Carol Pelletier Radford.
The Visual Identity Project with Cambridge Friends School students, Laurie Tennant-Gadd and Matt St. Gelais
The New Art School Design Education Talks Ep. 50 with Lefteris Heretakis
Where Are All the Black Designers? AIGA Conference 2020 Symposium with Maurice Cherry and Dr. Cheryl D. Miller
Restorying Hiroshima and Nagasaki online exhibition with Dr. Kazuyo Kubo and Dr. Meenakshi Chhabra
In the Spirit of the Home Studio Mini-Course with Lella Gandini and James McGuire
“Constructed space” as a space of struggles between the social and design culture for the 2021 International Visual Sociology Association Conference with Dr. Kazuyo Kubo
Reciprocity Rhode Island community organizing with Zawadi Hawkins Gladstone
We Won. I Had a Hunch. AIGA Design Education and Identity Series edited by Kaleena Sales
Design, Art and Elitism. Teach Simple Podcast by Calvin Nellum
Nothing Stands Still. Passive Wrappings by Steven Saragian, Fire in the Mind Design
Expanding Graphic Design Learning : From self to space. With Shalini Prasad for the Virtual Design Education Forum part of the The New Art School by Lefteris Heretakis.
Power of the Poster: Teaching and Learning With Text and Imagery From the Chicanx Movement. With Alejandra Pérez, Jane McKeag & Dr. Janice Defrances for the National Art Education Association 2023 Convention.
