Teaching
My most recent teaching positions are:
Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, 2023 - Present
Design, People, and Society (IXDGR 6200)
IxD Studio: Story (IXDGR 6500)
Social Lab 2 (IXDGR 7200)
Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Information, 2023 - Present
Practical Ethnography (INFO 649)
Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension, 2020 - 2022
User Experience (UX) Research (DESIGN X475.3)
Service Design (DESIGN X491)
Visiting Faculty, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, 2019 - 2022
Designing for Behaviour and Impact
I formerly served as a design coach for students enrolled in the following courses:
Design for Extreme Affordability, Stanford University, 2016 - 2020
Justice + Poverty Innovation, Stanford University, 2019
Introduction to Legal Design, Stanford University, 2018
CS+Social Good (CS 51), Stanford University, 2017
Prototyping Access to Justice, Stanford University, 2017
I have also given guest lectures on:
“Organizational Justice and Equity in the Child Welfare System,” Managing Diversity in Organizations, San Francisco State University, 2022
“Participation and the Ethics of Collaboration,” Thinking Design for this Century: Assembly, Parsons School of Design, The New School, 2022
“Policing, Incarceration, and Disability Justice,” Decarceration, Deinstitutionalization, Discrimination & Dis’education, University of Washington, 2022
“Critical Design Alternatives,” Design for Social Innovation Global Lecture Series, School of Visual Arts, 2021 [Video, Slides]
“Community Co-Design,” Design for Extreme Affordability, d.school, Stanford University, 2021
“Design Paths,” Design Field Notes (DES INV 95), Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, University of California Berkeley, 2021
“Prototyping in Service Design,” Innovation Studio (IVD 562), Arizona State University, 2021
“Design Research Methods,” Human-Centered Design (PPOL 679), Georgetown University, 2021
“Thinking Critically about Social Design,” Design Innovation, Glasgow School of Art, 2021
“Co-Design Activities,” Human-Centered Service Design (DSGN 305), Northwestern University, 2021
“Critical Design Alternatives,” Conversational User Experience Design (INFO 636), Pratt Institute, 2021
“Design Synthesis,” Human-Centered Service Design (DSGN 305), Northwestern University, 2020
“Research Ethics,” Design Thinking and Research for Media Products, Northwestern University, 2019
“A Step-by-Step Guide to Synthesis,” Introduction to Legal Design, Stanford University, 2018
“Design and Financial Inclusion,” Service Design Studio (DSGN 395), Northwestern University, 2018
“Designing to Encourage Young Voters to Participate in the Democratic Process,” Service Design Studio (DSGN 395), Northwestern University, 2017
“ICT for Social Accountability in Nigeria,” Design Thinking (GD 443), The Maryland Institute College of Art, 2012