Research & Scholarship
My research explores the relationship between graphic communication education, professional practice and emerging technologies. I am particularly interested in how students develop the critical thinking, creative confidence and professional skills needed to move from classroom assignments into meaningful work.
My current work focuses on two connected areas: technology-enhanced critique in design education and experiential learning through real-world client partnerships. Both reflect my interest in examining how we teach design, how students learn and how we can better prepare them for the profession.
Interwoven Critique: Patterns of Feedback in Design Education
This research examines how technology-supported critique methods can strengthen feedback, engagement and design development in graphic communication education.
The project explores approaches including AI-assisted feedback, anonymous peer review, structured guiding questions, small-group discussion and digital response tools such as Slido. Through classroom implementation, student work analysis and reflection on critique activities, the research considers how structured feedback experiences can move beyond general reactions toward more thoughtful, actionable conversations about design.
The research was presented at the 2026 SECAC conference.