Event date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Format: Virtual/Online
Moderators
Cat Normoyle
Director of Peer Reviews, Design Incubation
Associate Professor
East Carolina University
Dina Benbrahim
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
University of Connecticut
Presentations
Design, Identity, and Social Contexts
This session brings together projects that explore how design engages with identity, lived experience, and social context. The work examines how design can support care, representation, and belonging, while addressing complex cultural, political, and community-based issues.
Care-Stories: Demystifying Women’s Reproductive Health
Holly Strickland
Assistant Professor
Middle Tennessee State University
Illustrating Feminist and Queer ‘South Asian-ness’ in British Print Material from 1980s–90s
Shreyas R. Krishnan
Assistant Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
Fragment to Coherence: Designing Belonging through Position
Narges Sedaghat
Graduate student
East Carolina University
Hanna Ji
Graduate student
Master of Design Program
University of Arkansas
Moderated Discussion
Design Pedagogy, Process, and Systems
This session focuses on how design is taught, structured, and practiced across different contexts. The presentations explore pedagogical approaches, process-driven methods, and emerging tools, highlighting how designers build frameworks that shape learning, research, and professional practice.
The Shift Deck: Pragmatic Design Pedagogy Interventions for Climate Resilience
Cindy Raspiller
Lecturer
San Jose State University
A Global Approach to Typography: Introducing Multilingual Scripts in Beginning Design Courses
Anna Jordan
Assistant Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology
Aisha Al Nouri, Jatin Joshi, Unika Dhakhwa
M.F.A. candidates
Rochester Institute of Technology
Relational Construction in Graphic Design: ALT as Process-Driven Practice
Niharika Yellamraju
Adjunct Professor
Boston University
University of Connecticut
Nudged by Design: AI Features and Researcher Agency in Everyday Research Tools
Borami Kang
Graduate student
MFA Candidate in Design Research and Development
The Department of Design
The Ohio State University