Ellen Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Chair of Design at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). She is a senior curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Her books include Thinking with Type, Herbert Bayer : Inspiration and Process in Design, and The Senses : Design Beyond Vision. Farah Kafei is a designer and art director who has led initiatives addressing gender disparity in design education and fostered communities pushing for a more inclusive industry.
She has worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sagmeister & Walsh, and Doubleday & Cartwright. Jennifer Tobias is a scholar, librarian, and illustrator. She holds a PhD in art history from the City University of New York. She served as a librarian at the Museum of Modern Art. Her illustrations appear in numerous books and publications. Her writing and curatorial projects focus on material culture and institutional critique.
Josh A. Halstead is a design educator and a scholar of disability studies. A recognized contributor to disability design discourse, his work seeks to unsettle power/knowledge in theory and praxis by centering marginalized perspectives. Kaleena Sales is a professor of graphic design at Tennessee State University. She serves on the Steering Committee of AIGA's Design Educators Community (AIGA DEC) and is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion for AIGA Nashville.
Her writing focuses on Black culture and the intersection of identity and aesthetics. Leslie Xia is a queer Chinese American art director. They studied graphic design at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). Xia has worked for The Foundry at Meredith, Men's Health, VICE News, and Fast Company. Their personal work focuses on race, gender identity, and social justice. Valentina Vergara is a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator who seeks to use design as a catalyst for change.
She has collaborated on projects addressing gender disparity in design education and continues to explore ways in which to dismantle oppressive design thinking and to advocate for marginalized perspectives.
She has worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sagmeister & Walsh, and Doubleday & Cartwright. Jennifer Tobias is a scholar, librarian, and illustrator. She holds a PhD in art history from the City University of New York. She served as a librarian at the Museum of Modern Art. Her illustrations appear in numerous books and publications. Her writing and curatorial projects focus on material culture and institutional critique.
Josh A. Halstead is a design educator and a scholar of disability studies. A recognized contributor to disability design discourse, his work seeks to unsettle power/knowledge in theory and praxis by centering marginalized perspectives. Kaleena Sales is a professor of graphic design at Tennessee State University. She serves on the Steering Committee of AIGA's Design Educators Community (AIGA DEC) and is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion for AIGA Nashville.
Her writing focuses on Black culture and the intersection of identity and aesthetics. Leslie Xia is a queer Chinese American art director. They studied graphic design at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). Xia has worked for The Foundry at Meredith, Men's Health, VICE News, and Fast Company. Their personal work focuses on race, gender identity, and social justice. Valentina Vergara is a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator who seeks to use design as a catalyst for change.
She has collaborated on projects addressing gender disparity in design education and continues to explore ways in which to dismantle oppressive design thinking and to advocate for marginalized perspectives.
