As an instructor with the UC Forward initiative, I chaired the university-wide faculty Innovation Council, coordinated a comprehensive faculty innovation workgroup initiative and co-instructed multiple sections of a multidisciplinary undergraduate course, offered through the University Honors Program. UC Forward is envisioned as the platform for collaborative innovation—activating, coordinating and assessing multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative learning experiences.
Previously, I was selected as the first design graduate assistant with DAAP’s Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS). My work work at the interdisciplinary research and media lab focused on leveraging consumer branding knowledge to market the Ancient Ohio Trail as a historical tourism destination.
Additionally—working with UC’s College of Business—I previously led a graduate level MS-Marketing Capstone project, focused on prepared foods in the grocery channel.
The School of Design offers the Master of Design degree through a two-year program intended for students with undergraduate degrees and work experience in digital design, fashion design, graphic design, or industrial design. The School faculty support advanced work in each of these disciplines, and interdisciplinary graduate research is also encouraged.
Interdisciplinary graduate seminars and studios provide an opportunity to explore issues of common concern to all professional design fields, such as sustainable design, universal design, design and identity, and design and consumerism.