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Ucda Design Education Summit a Program of the University & College Designers Association UCDA DESIGN EDUCATION SUMMIT A PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION PROCEEDINGS MAY 21-22, 2018 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO UCDA Design Education Summit | 1 Published by University & College Designers Association (UCDA) © 2018 Articles All abstracts, articles, posters, and images in this publication are the property of their respective owners. None may be reproduced or duplicated without expressed written consent of the individual. University & College Designers Association The University & College Designers Association supports and recognizes all you do to create every day. We know what working in education is about. Our members are designers, design educators, art directors, creative directors, managers, directors of print shops, editors, writers, directors of media services, photographers, and businesses associated with visual communication. UCDA provides a forum for new ideas, new perspectives on the design industry, professional development opportunities, and access to a large network of generous professionals. UCDA Home Office 199 Enon Springs Road West, Suite 400 Smyrna, TN 37167 615-459 -4559 615-459-5229 fax [email protected] ucda.com 2 | UCDA Design Education Summit PROGRAM CHAIR Robert J. (RJ) Thompson Assistant Professor Graphic + Interactive Design, Youngstown State University PROGRAM CO-CHAIR Kelly Porter Assistant Professor Graphic Design, East Tennessee State University PEER REVIEW PANEL Art Brown Milligan College David Dixon PROCEEDINGS “It is the supreme East Tennessee State University The UCDA Design Education Summit—UCDA’s national art of the teacher Scott Fisk conference solely for design educators. Samford University to awaken joy in Good Design Works seeks to spotlight all aspects of purpose- Meredith James driven graphic and interactive design that are having an influential, Portland State University positive impact on the world. The ability of the designer to create creative expression meaningful social change through visual communications that Jerry Johnson celebrate, criticize, educate, or advocate—begins in the classroom. Troy University and knowledge.” Take time to meet colleagues from all over North America. MiHyun Kim UCDA is famous for providing professional development in a —Albert Einstein Texas State University relaxed atmosphere. Our speakers will share innovative ideas and welcome your participation in an ongoing dialogue about the Vanessa Mayoraz critical issues facing the design education community. East Tennessee State University Now in its 13th year, this conference continues what we hope will Josh Miller be an ongoing community created specifically for design educators Kutztown University with many opportunities for your own professional participation and development. Scott Raymond Austin Peay State University The McDonough Museum of Art, on the campus of Youngstown State University, is at the center of the UCDA Design Education Brit Rowe Summit activity. Over the course of the summit, the museum will Ohio Northern University be home to presentations, UCDA academic poster exhibition, Good Design Works: City of You exhibition, and the DesignEdu.Today Ting Wang-Hedges live podcast recording sessions with Gary Rozanc. Also on display University of Arkansas, Fort Smith will be the Twenty Years of Social Cause in the Classroom and the Federal Frenzy Neil O. Ward exhibits. Drake University A program of the University & College Designers Association Hilary Dana Wolrod ucda.com Colby-Sawyer College POST TWEET CAPTURE CONNECT /ucda.fb @ucda @ucdapics ucda.com #ucda #ucda [email protected] #ucda2018 #ucda2018 UCDA Design Education Summit | 3 ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS INCLUDED PAPERS 1. Design Activism with Open Data ARE HIGHLIGHTED Eugene Park, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities IN ORANGE 2. Human-Centered Design: Implementing Educational Opportunities on Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice for Graphic Design Students John O’Neill, University of Minnesota Duluth 3. Type Hell: Preventing students from using Arial, Comic Sans, and other evil typefaces from the web. Randy Clark, Wenzhou-Kean University 4. A Designer’s Role in Civic Change Adrienne Hooker, James Madison University 5. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: How Internet Memes’ Visual and Conceptual Power Drive Social and Political Change (CANCELLED) Jeannine Owens, Old Dominion University 6. Teaching User-centered Information Design: Storytelling and Making a Difference in Our Everyday Lives Judith Moldenhauer, Wayne State University 7. Who wants to visit New Jersey? Designing for enlightened tourism. Jan Conradi and Robert Whyte, Rowan University 8. Design and Dehumanization: Deconstructing Negative Caricatures in Contemporary Culture Anne Berry, Cleveland State University 9. LMNOBeasts: Using Typographically Inspired Toys to Aid Development of Language and Communication Skills in Early Childhood Todd Maggio, Louisiana Tech University 10. Creatives Care: Students, Faculty and Alumni Support Inner City Elementary School Art Classes Karen Kresge, Kutztown University 11. Project Perry: Leveraging Design Thinking To Engage Communities and Promote Sustainable Solutions Jeremy Swanston, University of Iowa Bernard J. Canniffe, Iowa State University 12. Reconnect: Sparking environmental, economic, social, and cultural change through graphic design. William (Brit) Rowe, Ohio Northern University 13. Interaction 18: Left Brain and Right Brain (Computational Thinking vs. Design Thinking) MiHyun Kim, Texas State University 14. Creating Science-based Storybooks with Impact Martha Carothers, University of Delaware 15. Poster as Social Discourse Johnathon Strube, Northern Illinois University 16. Good Design Net-Works Denise Anderson, Kean University 17. LIVD: An Experimental Art & Design Journal Meredith James, Portland State University 18. To what extent is service-learning in design education mutually beneficial to design students and community partners? Natalie Stephenson, Flagler College 4 | UCDA Design Education Summit 19. Best Practices in Design for Good Julie Sayo, Loyola University Maryland 20. Design for Seeds of Kindness Eleanor Thornton, Central Connecticut State University 21. Design Intervention: Advocacy for the design of a universal marijuana warning icon and establishment of medical marijuana labeling standards and social cause to rebrand medical cannabis. Richard Helfrich, Youngstown State University 22. WRLDINVSN: A Case Study in Design Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Social Change Todd Maggio, Louisiana Tech University 23. Resourceful Design Kelly Porter, East Tennessee State University 24. Stepping Up and Inspiring Change: How Good Design Works in Toledo Jenn Stucker and Amy Fidler, Bowling Green State University 25. Story Doing Concepts Robin Landa, Kean University 26. Design For Social Good Robert Kostick, Keene State College 27. Teaching within Tension Lisa Bambach, University of Cincinnati 28. Cards For Humanity: Constructing Meaningful Communities Through Unsolicited Do-Good Design Elizabeth Herrmann, University of South Florida St. Petersburg 29. Panel: Making The World A Better Place: Design for Social Good Chair: Omari Souza, La Roche College Panelists: Leigh Hughes, Coastal Carolina University; Jordan Kauffman, University of Notre Dame; Jason Murdock, Georgia Southern University 30. Panel: A Pain in the Assessment? Finding Ways to Minimize Pain and Maximize Gain Chair: David Kasparek, Messiah College Panelists: Alex Girard, Southern Connecticut State University; Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Michigan State University; Aaris Sherin, St. John’s University; Hilary Walrod, Colby-Sawyer College 31. Workshop: Parallel: A Game of Design, A Design-Thinking Workshop Kimberly Mitchell, ARTIFACT, LLC John Gialanella, Western Washington University 32. Workshop: Replace The Hate: Accessible Design Techniques To Promote Advocacy Doris Palmeros, University of the Incarnate Word Vicki Meloney, Elaine Cunfer, and Holly Tienken, Kutztown University 33. Twenty Years of Social Cause in the Classroom Michelle Nelson, Youngstown State University 34. THINKING through MAKING Santanu Majumdar, Georgia Southern University 35. Use Your Power Wisely: Case Studies of Student Design Work for Good Causes Judy Livingston, Good Work Good Cause / Alfred University UCDA Design Education Summit | 5 36. Two Bottles of Wine and a Heaping Dose of Viral Engagement (When Design and Politics Collided on Social Media at a Kansas University) Karrie Simpson Voth and Elizabeth Reimer, Fort Hays State University 37. For and With Community: Graphic Design as Positive Social Change Misty Thomas-Trout, University of Dayton 38. Creating a Collaborative Learning Experience: ART 161 App Design Neil Ward, Drake University 39. Experiential Education; the value of dirt* in graphic design *soil Margaret Urban, State University of New York at Fredonia 40. A Sin of Omission Pierre Bowins, Frederick Community College 41. Research for Designers (CANCELLED) Meredith James, Portland State University 42. 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