Teaching
As faculty
My most recent faculty positions entailed teaching the following courses:
Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts:
Design, People, and Society (IXDGR 6200), 2023 - Present
Social Lab 1 (IXDGR 7100) and Social Lab 2 (IXDGR 7200), 2024 - Present
IxD Studio: Story (IXDGR 6500), 2024 - Present
Lecturer, UC Berkeley:
Debates in Design (DES INV 201) at Berkeley MDes, 2025 - Present
User Experience (UX) Research (DESIGN X475.3) at Berkeley Extension, 2021 - 2022
Service Design (DESIGN X491) at Berkeley Extension, 2020
Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Information:
Practical Ethnography (INFO 649), 2023 - 2024
Visiting Faculty, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design:
Designing for Behaviour and Impact, 2019 - 2022
As guest lecturer
I have also given guest lectures on:
“Design in the Social Sector,” Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley, 2025
“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), UC 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
As student coach
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