Jessica’s cross-disciplinary research interests and professional endeavors revolve around design management pedagogy, arts and design entrepreneurship, and synergies between art and business utilizing methods and language from the creative process. She has presented, exhibited and published her scholarly and creative work nationally and internationally and recently received a 2017 AIGA Design Educators Community Faculty Research Grant for her project, “Understanding Best Practices in Student-Operated, Faculty-Advised Campus Design Studios.” She received a BS from Northwestern University, MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design, and is now beginning coursework towards a PhD in Design at IIT-Institute of Design.