An international group of educators ♥ representing a wide range of institutions will convene at [[http://www.otis.edu//|Otis College of Art and Design]] in Los Angeles, California from July 20–23, 2017 to explore the radical potential of the artifacts and platforms of design education (tools, projects, presentations, prompts, resource lists and the like) as spaces for new forms of critical writing, making, and discourse.

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**Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton**, Faculty, MFA Program in Graphic Design, Vermont College of Fine Arts; Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Southeastern Louisiana University; Founder, BlacVoice Graphic Design Studio

**Shannon Losorelli Doronio**, Instructor, Graphic Design, College of The Canyons; Partner, Parallel Play

**Joel Evey**, Independent educator; Founder, Pathh.co

**Denise Gonzales Crisp**, Director of the Graduate Program in Graphic Design, North Carolina State University

**Anja Groten**, Tutor at Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Design Academy Eindhoven; Co-founder of Hackers & Designers

**Erin Hauber**, Director of Design Education, USAA

**Roosje Klap**, Co-head and tutor at the Graphic Design Department at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands; Advising researcher, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands; Founder, Roosje Klap Studio

**Nicole Killian**, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University; co-editor and co-designer, ISSUES nicole (at) nylondip (dot) com OR nmkillian@vcu.edu :)))))))))))))))))))) [[http://www.nylondip.com/|nylondip]]

**Susan LaPorte**, Department Chair, Communication Design, College for Creative Studies

**Christopher Lee**, Assistant Professor, Department of Art, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

**Silas Munro**, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, MFA Graphic Design, Otis College of Art and Design; Advisor, MFA Program in Graphic Design, Vermont College of Fine Arts; Founder, Poly-Mode

**Randy Nakamura**, Adjunct Professor, Design, California College of The Arts; Ph.D candidate, Critical Studies program, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design

**Rob van den Nieuwenhuizen**, Tutor and Mentor, Graphic Design Department, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague; Tutor, Graphic Design Department, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam; Founder, [[http://www.drawswords.com/|DRAWSWORDS Studio]], Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[[http://www.facebook.com/drawswords/|DRAWSWORDS Facebook]], 
[[http://www.instagram.com/drawswords/|DRAWSWORDS Instagram]], 
[[https://www.facebook.com/robvandennieuwenhuizen/|personal Facebook]]

**Kali Nikitas**, Chair, Communication Arts, MFA Graphic Design, Otis College of Art and Design

**Vasundhara Pachisia**, Lecturer, Graphic Design, Lawrence Technological University; Freelance Designer

**Joe Potts**, Lecturer, Communication Arts, Otis College of Art and Design; Lecturer, USC Roski School of Art and Design; Founder, Southland Institute

**Sadie Red Wing**, Creating Passion for Learning Native Student Coordinator, University of Redlands; Ambassador, American Indian College Fund

**Tanya Rubbak**, Assistant Chair, Communication Arts, MFA Graphic Design, Otis College of Art and Design

**Niels Schrader**, Co-head and tutor at the Graphic Design Department at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands; Founder Mind Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands

**Selwa Sweidan**, Adjunct Faculty, Design Technology Department, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

**Ramon Tejada**, Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate Communications, Pratt Institute; Part Time Lecturer, The New School; Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, City University of New York, Queens College; Founder, ESTUDIOr

**Kelly Walters**, Visiting Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Connecticut; Founder, Bright Polka Dot

**Jessica Wexler**, Partner, [[http://www.workshopproject.org/|Workshop Project]]; Incoming Chair, Undergraduate Communications Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

**Davey Whitcraft**, Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design; Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate Communications; Lecturer in Art and Design, Purchase College, State University of New York

**MFA participants:**\\

- Pilar Castillo, Otis MFA Graphic Design

- MJ Balvanera, Otis MFA Graphic Design

- Tina Miyakawa, Otis MFA Graphic Design

- Yali Yang, Otis MFA Graphic Design

- Dameon Waggoner, CalArts MFA Graphic Design dameonwaggoner@alum.calarts.edu