Education

MFA | Graphic Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
School of Fine & Applied Arts
Thesis: Dr. Robert L. Leslie and The Composing Room – 1927 – 1942
Interactive Historical database and information resource about their contributions to the History of Graphic Design

BFA | Communication Arts
East Carolina University
School of Art
Magna Cum Laude
Deans List

Workshops & Continued Training

May - June 2021

Incomplete Latinx Stories of Diseño Grafico, 2021

Centers the work and histories of art and design in Latin America. The second in a series of BIPOC Centered design history courses facilitated by Polymode.

May - July 2021

Systems Practice

An online course from The Omidyar Group and Acumen Academy to work on complex problems across any field of social change. Using a Systems Practice to make sustainable social impact.

January 2021

Black Design in America: African Americans and
the African Diaspora in Graphic Design

Through recorded lectures, readings, and discussions, the class sheds light on moments of oppression and visibility. The series revisits and rewrites the course of design history in a way that centers previously marginalized designers, cultural figures—and particularly BIPOC and QTPOC people.

April -June 2021

Against the Grain

An online course fostering feminist critical perspectives on the designed past and democratizing access to design history writing. From the Futuress group

New mini guides available over on Gumroad for the UX Designer:
Mini Guide to Color
Mini Guide to Maps & Models
Mini Guide on Gestalt Principles
Mini Guide to Using Grids