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A ♦♦♦ //super amazZzing group// of educators and future educators ♦♦♦ representing a wide range of institutions will convene virtually at [[https://calarts.edu/|California Institute of the Arts]] in Valencia, California from January 19–21, 2021 via [[https://hubs.mozilla.com/|Mozilla Hubs]] 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.

**Danielle Aubert**, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI http://danielleaubert.info/

**Nida Abdullah**, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute

**Anna Buckner**, Appalachian State University

**Kelsey Dusenka**, Critic, Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design; Instructor, Department of Communication Graphic Design and Web Development, Roger Williams University

**Kelsey Elder**, Typographer & Educator, Rhode Island School of Design

**Taylor Gamlin**, MFA Candidate, Wayne State University

**Rebecca Gardea**, Banana Slug, MFA Candidate, California College of the Arts 

**Naveen Hattis**, MFA Candidate, California Institute of the Arts

**Makena Janssen**, MFA Candidate, California Institute of the Arts

**ana llorente**, educator, designer, farmer-in-training, California College of the Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

**Becca Lofchie**, designer, artist, educator @ Appalachian State

**Lisa Maione**, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute

**Emma Mazzuca**, MFA Candidate, California Institute of the Arts

**Stephen Parks**, Designer/Educator, Appalachian State University

**Alex Pines**, Partner, Studio Rubric; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, MFA Graphic Design, Otis College of Art and Design

**Austin Prouty**, MFA Candidate, California Institute of the Arts

**Tanya Rubbak**, Assistant Professor, MFA Graphic Design Coordinator, Otis College of Art and Design

**Louise Sandhaus**, Founder & Co-Director, The People's Graphic Design Archive; Faculty, California Institute of the Arts

**Dr. Gaia Scagnetti**, Acting Chairperson Graduate Communications Design, Pratt Institute

**Selwa Sweidan**, Clinical Asst. Prof. of Multimedia Arts, Loyola Marymount University; PhD Candidate, Media Arts & Practice, University of Southern California

**Ramon Tejada**, Educator + Designer, Rhode Island School of Design
https://ramongd.com/

**Dameon Waggoner**, Independent designer and educator, Los Angeles, California
https://dameonwaggoner.com/

**Christina Webb**, Lecturer, Communication Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; Principal, Christina Webb Design + Art Direction
http://christinawebb.org/

**Melissa Weiss**, Art Director, Verso Books / Visiting Designer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago