Inspiration and motivation dominate my conversations with fellow designers and design educators these days. As a design educator, I frequently emphasize to my students the importance of breaking away from the computer…
Teaching
Leadership: Trust
Thus far in this series, I’ve addressed the leadership challenges of transparency and conflict. Originally, I intended to delve into the topic of proper delegation and management for this final post. However,…
Leadership: Transparency
In my previous post, I explored the significance of conflict and discourse. While discourse traditionally follows a conflict, proactively addressing issues beforehand can potentially prevent the conflict altogether. For this post I…
Leadership: Conflict
Recently, I was asked how I handle conflict as a leader, and it occurred to me that my approach has evolved significantly over time. Depending on when you knew me, my response…
Things in motion.
Just about any place there are eyes, there is graphic design. You walk into a store and there is signage, packaging, advertising etc. You drive down the street and there are billboards,…
Outstanding Student Outcomes
Universities love to use the end of the year faculty evaluation form as a measurement for success. Though it can be a guide to understanding how students are responding to a faculty…
The Importance of Positivity
In academia it is easy to find yourself surrounded by negativity, especially if you are in the arts. There are copious amounts of reasons that professors and/or administrators may find themselves wallowing…
The Rise of the Red Herrings
C O V I D. Oh, how much I hate even having to type those letters in that sequence. I despise having to spell that word again. Don’t worry this post isn’t…
The Collective Part III: Unity Through Challenge
I have talked a lot about what makes a student organization important and I’ve recently covered some useful tips in advising and running a student organization. However, there is a major factor…
The Collective Part II: Best Practices
Student organizations can and should be more than a “club.” The term club suggests that it is just a bunch of friends who get together to have fun and talk about other…