ACCEPTED PAPERS TO CONFERENCES


SECAC Richmond 2023
Richmond, Virginia.

October 11 – 14, 2023
Designer as Literary Curator: Developing Methods of Investigation and Vocabularies of Evaluation through Design.

‘Question Tomorrow’ Design Educators Conference 2023
presented by RGD and Capilano University
Vancouver, British Columbia

June 1, 2023

UCDA Design Education Summit 2023
Bowling Green, Ohio.

May 22 – 24, 2023

Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices
Lisbon, Portugal.

March 29 – 31, 2023

Twenty-third International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations
Toronto, Canada

June 22 – 23, 2023
Master’s Thesis Work: “The Third Space”
Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

July 05 – 07, 2023
Confessions of an Immigrant Design Educator Teaching Critical Graphic Design.

HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS, EXHIBITIONS


UWG Honors College Teaching Fellow
June 2023

Royal Talens CAA Cultural Equity Grant
February 2023

The grant provides support for studio art educators of color residing in the US or Canada to attend a national conference in US or Canada.

Exhibitor at Typeforce 11
March 2020

AIGA’s What’s Next Grant Recipient
2019

The Individual Student Grant awards $1,500 to assist one recent graduate in initiating a unique, viable and focused design project in Chicago.

Presenter at STA Design Inspiration Weekend
August 2019

Organized by the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago, Illinois.

Exhibitor at Dutch Design Week
October 2019

Graduate thesis 'The Third Space' was selected to be exhibited at the Dutch Design Week 2019.

Winner Portfolio Night All Star Chicago
June 2019

One Club for Creativity, New York

My research and creative activity questions and investigates the process of design and explores how it can act as an agent for change in society. My work is interdisciplinary, experimental, (sometimes) self-referential, (often) introspective and strategic at its core. In my role at UWG, I teach undergraduate and foundations courses in graphic design, typography, professional practices and capstone research. 

Previously, I have worked with multidisciplinary design firms, in Chicago, London and New Delhi, where I’ve enjoyed working on branding campaigns, publication design, digital media, packaging design and several grant-funded projects with collaborators in the fields of science, healthcare, education, arts and other non-profits.


Mindfulness and reflection play a major role in my teaching and practice. In my spare time I often meditate, practice yoga and enjoy going on long walks (often listening to podcasts such as Huberman Lab, the Gathering Pod by Martha Beck, Teachings of Eckhart Tolle and We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle to name a few)

EDUCATION


Masters in Design (M.Des) in Graphic Design
2017–2019
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC); Chicago, IL

Bachelors in Commerce (Hons.)
2009–2012
University of Delhi, India

Professional Certification:

Design & Design Research
Summer 2018
The Visual Communication Institute HGK; Basel, Switzerland

Foundation Diploma in Graphic Design
2013–2014
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (UAL); London, UK


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS


Professor, Foundation Studies
2023–Present
Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD),
Atlanta, GA

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
2020–2023
University of West Georgia, GA

Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design
2019–2020
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design
Spring 2020
Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago, IL

Teaching Assistant, Color Theory
2018–2019
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL