Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Communication Design Educators Awards, and our sincerest thanks to the esteemed jury.
Category: Creative Work
Winner
Challenging Patterns of Supremacy: Provocations from Collective Pedagogy, Practice, and Organizing
Dave Pabellon
Assistant Professor
University of Notre Dame
Category: Published Scholarship
Winner
Thinking Through Graphic Design History: Challenging the Canon
Aggie Toppins
Associate Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
Category: Teaching
Winner
Design In the Posthuman Age / Biomorphic Typography
Anastasiia Raina
Associate Professor
Rhode Island School of Design
Runner-up
Generative AI for Visual Communication: Designing Human-Centered, AI-First Pedagogy
Adonis Durado
Associate Professor
Ohio University
Category: Service
(no award conferred.)
2025 Jury
Leslie Atzmon
Professor
Eastern Michigan University
Bernard Caniffe
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
Matt Gaynor
Chair/Professor
University of Memphis
Steven McCarthy
Professor Emeritus
University of Minnesota
Dr. Myra Thiessen
Senior Lecturer, Program Coordinator
Monash University