May 22 - May 23, 2023
UCDA Design Education Summit: SAME/DIFFERENCE
Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
School of Art
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
The 18th annual UCDA Design Education Summit is a national summit for design educators, chairs, and students, and continues an ongoing community created specifically for graphic design educators with opportunities for professional participation and development.
This two-day summit, followed by optional workshops, is open to UCDA members and non-members, design educators and practitioners, and students.
Photos from the 2022 UCDA Design Education Summit at East Tennessee State University.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The deadline for this year has now passed and abstracts submitted are being reviewed. Thank you to all who submitted.
PEER REVIEW PANEL
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Anne Berry Sharmia Crawford Taekyeom Lee Kelly Leslie Vinicius Lima Lindsay Masten Kimberly Mitchell Terresa Moses
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Hyena Nam Shawn Simmons Christina Singer Kruttika Susarla Natalie Tyree Melanie Uribe Lori Young Jing Zhang Anna Zylicz |
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OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
SPONSORS
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact the UCDA Home Office at 615-459-4559 or info@ucda.com.
REGISTRATION FEES
| REGULAR RATES (all prices in USD) |
Regular | Early Bird (by April 1) |
Trust Us* (by Dec. 31) |
| Non-member |
$345 | $295 | $245 |
| REDUCED RATES |
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| UCDA Professional or Faculty Member |
$295 | $245 | $195 |
| Full-Time Student |
$245 | $195 | $145 |
| OPTIONAL ACTIVITY |
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| How Might We... ? Life Design at BGSU |
$15 | $15 | $15 |
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TWO WAYS TO REGISTER
Registration is now open. Early Registration Cutoff: April 1, 2023.
1. REGISTER ONLINE (click the REGISTER button at right)
2. CALL 615-459-4559 with your registration information and your credit card number.
A confirmation will be sent to you after registration is received and processed. Occasionally conferences fill before the registration cut-off date, so please register early.
Registration Cancellations
See UCDA Cancellation Policies
SCHEDULE
MONDAY, MAY 22
On-going
Destroy the Gap Exhibition
UCDA Student Poster Design Initiative Exhibition: Same/Difference
7:30 a.m.
Onsite Registration
8-9 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9-10 a.m.
Keynote Presentation
Abilities Design: A New Framework to Brainstorm for Accessible Solutions
John O’Neill
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Art and Design, University of Minnesota Duluth
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (1-4)
1. Less as More: Creating a Meaningful BA Design Curriculum
John Smith
2. The Graphic Enneagram
Christina Singer
3. What ungrading is teaching me about my own bias and the evaluation of creativity.
Megan Rhee
4. Building The Crooked Beat on Crip Time
Andrea Cardinal
11-11:30 a.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (5-8)
5. Prioritizing Inclusivity in the Student Experience through Collaboration, Visual Initiatives, and Informed Decision-Making
Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Erica Hooker
6. CANCELLED Creating Empathetic Undergraduate Researchers by Co-designing with Community
Kimberly Mitchell
7. Color Vision Deficiency: Looking at the Design World Differently
Michael Clayton
8. A Course That Offers A More Inclusive Retelling of Graphic Design History
Danielle Currier
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (9-12)
9. Designing Third Place
Gabe Dunbar, Kayla Ballinger, Adrienne Ausdenmoore
10. Breaking Tradition, Building Belonging: Social-Emotional Strategies in a First-Year Foundations Program
Nancy Nowacek, Patience Lueth
11. Rethinking Target Audiences
Shawn Simmons
12. Introducing a Design Education Journal
Kyra Whitehead
12:15-1 p.m.
Lunch on Own
1-2 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions: Tenure and Promotions/SPARK: Design Education Journal
2:15-2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (13-16)
13. Driven by Innovation: Developing AR Enhanced Design Curriculum
Wujun Wang, Nan Hu
14. Going the Shortest Distance: Designing research frameworks for reducing translation time in a multicultural, language tool
Sanda Katila
15. Translating the Technical: Engaging Students in Web Accessibility
Julie Sayo
16. The Disinformation Campaign: an experiment in brand identity that’s so good that it’s bad
Lisa Fontaine
3-3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (17-20)
17. Campaigns for Social Good
Summer Doll-Myers
18. Between Practice, Pedagogy, and Place: How Auto-Ethnographic Reflection Can Guide Design Educators in a Divided Country
Johnathon Strube, Dave Pabellon
19. Engineering Moments That Matter
Jessica Hawkins
20. CANCELLED Rebranding the City of Virginia Beach in Less than Two Months: Lessons Learned
Jeannine Owens
3:30-4 p.m.
Break
4:4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (21-24)
21. Social design for a more equitable future: the issues and challenges in the design process for social change.
Marjan Khatibi
22. Spatial Narratives of the City: Growing the Local Living Archive through Student Story Mapping
Ellen Christensen
23. Confessions of an immigrant design educator teaching critical graphic design
Astha Thakkar
24. There’s (too many) apps for that
Patrick Finley
4:45-5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (25-28)
25. Diversity in Design Education: Supporting Black, Brown & Latinx Students By Evaluating Course & Program Student Learning Objectives
Eleni Stamoulis, Megan Rhee
26. Two case studies on accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion for design projects in education.
John Baljkas
27. BIG Emotions and the Storms Within Us: How to Process and Find of Sense of Belonging Through Visualization
Shannon McCarthy
28. The Graphic Design Classroom as a Catalyst for Designing Future
Mehrdad Sedaghat-Baghbani
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Concurrent Panels and Workshops (29-32)
29. Panel: AMPED: How Educators are Using Podcasts to Advocate for Systemic Change
Panelists: Kaleena Sales, Eric Benson, George Garrastegui Jr., Omari Souza
30. Workshop: Shaping Interactions
Shaza Jendi, Marjan Khatibi, Samira Shiridevich
31. Workshop: Design Writing 101: Book Proposals
Aaris Sherin
32. Panel: Beyond the Paperwork: A Discussion on How to Better Assist Students with Disabilities in the Creative Classroom
Panelists: Natalie Tyree, Katie Krcmarik, Donald Kent Kerr, Bert Stabler, Jonathan Strube
6:30-8 p.m.
Silkscreening of Totes
Poster Presentations
1. Here + There: Exploring Multi-layered Identity through Composite Photography
Elisabeth Kvernen
2. While we move, they build borders
Shaza Jendi
3. A Case Study of Student Work: Introducing Adaptive Clothing Concepts to an International Brand
Natalie Tyree
4. Shared Emotions and Raised Voices: Centering Youth Perspectives as We Reimagine a Safer Gainesville
Hien Phan
5. Using Minecraft in Typography Class
Vitoria Faccin-Herman
6. From Disability Justice to Design Justice
Andrea Cardinal
7. Shaping an Accessible Future
Jennifer Kowalski
8. A Course in Creative Bravery
Brianna O'Neal, Stacy Cannon
8 p.m.
Dinner on Own
TUESDAY, MAY 23
Breakfast on Own
On-going
Destroy the Gap Exhibition
Student Poster Design Initiative Exhibition
9-9:30 a.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (33-36)
33. Projects of concise complexity: designing for inclusive learning environments
Rebecca Tegtmeyer
34. Visualizing Interdisciplinary Dialogues through Classroom Discussions
Eugene Park
35. Designing an Intentional Teacher-Empathic Classroom
Andrea Hempstead
36. CANCELLED We Are the Center of the Universe: Sparking a Disability Campaign
Kimberly Mitchell
9:45-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (37-40)
37. Changing the World Through Graphic Design, 10 students At a Time.
Chuck Armstrong
38. Unicorn 101
Summer Doll-Myers
39. Global Citizenship: Neue Design Ethics Fundamentals
Benjie Wilhelm
40. A Plural Pedagogy for Graphic Design History
Kristen Coogan
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Abstract Presentations (41-45)
41. Collaborating with On-Campus Partners to Serve Students with Autism
Natalie Tyree
42. Navigating Zero-Gravity: Designing Orientation Solutions for Blind Crew Members Aboard Spacecrafts
Sheri Wells-Jensen
43. We Are Who You Leave Behind: Design As Intervention For Suicidal Ideation
Andrea Peters
44. Accessible Content: A podcast on design history as a case study on accessible academic publication practices
Amanda Horton
11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Presentation
Jennifer White-Johnson
Neurodivergent Artist, Design Educator and Disability Advocate
Adjunct Faculty, MICA
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Panels and Workshops (45-47)
45. Workshop: Destroy the Gap Online Zine: Crowdsourcing Best Practices for Designing an Accessible Exhibition
Andrea Cardinal, Lori Young
46. Panel: 3D printing for Graphic Design Education
Panelists: Taekyeom Lee, Yeohyun Ahn, Stephanie Flattery, Mira Jung, Hailey McDermott
47. Workshop: Understanding Alt Text
Jennifer Kowalski
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Panel and Workshop (48-49)
48. Workshop: Racism Untaught
Lisa Mercer, Terresa Moses
49. Panel: Surfacing a More Complete Graphic Design History
Panelists: Kristina Lamour Sansone, Maria Galante, Stephanie Grey
4-6:30 p.m.
Optional Activity: How Might We... ? Life Design at BGSU
Come learn how BGSU is the only university in the country building a Life Design initiative offered to all undergraduate students at this scale. Grounded in design thinking principles, students explore big questions—what they want to do and who they want to become—while shaping their college and career journey. In this workshop we will collaboratively discuss today’s meaning of student success and explore the prompt: How might we establish preconditions of equitable, just, and inclusive futures that support our sameness and differences within our classrooms?
Facilitators:
Adrienne Ausdenmoore, Director of the Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College & Life Design, Bowling Green State University
Gabe Dunbar, Assistant Director of the Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College & Life Design, Bowling Green State University
Kayla Ballinger, Life Design Coach for the Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College & Life Design, Bowling Green State University
Jenn Stucker, Associate Professor, Graphic Design + Integrative Design, Bowling Green State University
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
“I'm not a patient person, but I’m willing to take the long view when I have to. We’re making things better by doing the work of gathering the data we need, which will eventually make things more accessible. We will eventually change lives, and we will eventually destroy the gap.”—Sheri Wells-Jensen after her first parabolic flight with other disabled researchers for AstroAccess
PROGRAM LOCATION
Summit Location: Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
The UCDA Design Education Summit will take place on the campus of Bowling Green State University located in Bowling Green, Ohio. Conference activities will take place in the Wolfe Center for the Arts and the Fine Arts Center.
Getting to BGSU
The following airports service the Bowling Green area.
Toledo Express Airport (TOL) // approx. 17 miles from campus
Detroit/Wayne County Metro Airport (DTW) // approx. 60 miles from campus
Driving Directions
Follow Interstate 75 to exit 181
Turn west onto Wooster Street in Bowling Green
Follow Wooster Street, westbound, to the third traffic signal (Mercer Road)
Turn right onto Mercer Road (north)
Turn left onto Ridge Street and after the stop sign, a left into parking lot N
LODGING
Discounted Hotel Rates
The hotel stay is not included in the summit registration fees. You are responsible for making your hotel reservations. Room blocks may fill before the hotel deadline, so please make your reservation immediately to ensure the discounted rate and availability. UCDA has secured discounted rates at the following properties:
1544 E. Wooster St.
Bowling Green, OH 43402
15-minute walk to campus/Wolfe Center / 4-minute drive
142 Campbell Hill Rd.
Bowling Green, OH 43402
17-minute walk to campus / 5-minute drive
PROGRAM CHAIRS
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Featured Speakers
- HOW International Design Awards
- Creative Quarterly
- Graphis
- Center for Plain Language
- Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals
- Graphic Design USA
- Creative Quarterly
- Graphis
- iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS)
- Midwest Center for Photography
- Colorado Photographic Arts Center
- Black Box Gallery
Jen White-Johnson is a Afro-Latina, disabled artist, designer, educator, and activist, whose visual work explores the intersection of content and caregiving with an emphasis on redesigning ableist visual culture.
As an artist-educator with Graves disease and ADHD, her heart-centered and electric approach to disability advocacy bolsters these movements with invaluable currencies: powerful, dynamic art and media that all at once educates, bridges divergent worlds, and builds a future that mirrors her Autistic son’s experience.
When her son was diagnosed as Autistic at age 2 she began to examine the absence of black disabled children in digital and literary media, this motivated the release of an advocacy photo zine entitled "KnoxRoxs." Dedicated to her Autistic son.
The zine is a way to give visibility to children of color in the black Autistic community. The photozine helped to contribute to the rare framework centering autism acceptance in families of color, amplify conversations with the Disability community, igniting the continued need to develop anti-racist, and anti-ableist media. Jen’s creative practice shines best when she can infuse design, disability justice, photography, zine making, and art activism to center Neurodivergent mothering, caregiving, and joy as important acts of resistance in a society that so often devalues disabled communities.
Since its release, the zine has received national and international recognition and is permanently archived in Libraries and Special Collections at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Firestone Library at Princeton University and the Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture.
Her activist and advocacy work has been featured in The Washington Post, AfroPunk, New York Times, CNN, Teen Vogue, Latina.com, Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience. Milano Art Book Fair, Miram Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Hart Club Gallery (London, England) New York Tech Zine Fair, School For Poetic Computation, The Fiebre Photobook Festival (Madrid, Spain), The 2019 Women’s March, DC Book Art Fair, DC Zine Festival, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, and Printed Matter Virtual Book Fair,
In 2020 she was selected as an honoree on the Diversability’s D-30 Disability Impact List and was listed on today.com as one of 20 Latina artists to watch in 2021.
Jen has presented, consulted and collaborated with a number of brand initiatives, art spaces, and universities across print and digital, in addition to facilitating events centering disability art and design advocacy. These artist talks and presentations and collaborations include Nike, Converse, Twitter, Target, Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and Google Stories.
She’s also guest lectured and facilitated design workshops at the following academic institutions: Harvard College, Stanford University, Chapman University, Howard University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Bowie State University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Bard Graduate Center, Temple University, Stevenson University, McDaniel College, Moore College of Art & Design, Morgan State University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Maryland College Park, Wonsook Kim School of Art, Illinois State University, Columbia College, Texas State University, Tisch School of the Arts/ NYU Center for Disability Studies and The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability.
For 10 years Jen taught as an Assistant Professor of Design and Visual Culture at Bowie State University, and Guest Lectured at the University of Minnesota College of Design. She currently serves as Adjunct Faculty, at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Design in the Art & Design College Accelerator Program (ADCAP) Workshop. Jen holds an MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Jen currently lives Baltimore, MD with her husband and 10 year old son.
Addons
Optional Activity
| Price | $15.00 |
| Options | Optional Activity: How Might We… ? Life Design at BGSU. |
Event Files
Speaker Files
Date and Time
Mon, May 22 - Tue, May 23, 2023
Location
Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
School of Art
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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