Academic Portfolio

I am grateful for the opportunity to guide and learn alongside Interaction Design Thesis and other design courses, as well as students and designers, in this and past years. I am so proud of their dedication and hard work. I am honoured that students/designers have been accepted into graduate programs at ArtCenter College of Design (MFA in Media Design Practices), Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Interdisciplinary; Interaction, Master of Design), OCAD University (Digital Futures, Master of Arts; Inclusive Design, Master of Design), York University (Schulich School of Business, Master of Business Administration), and the University of Toronto (User Experience Design, Faculty of Information, Master of Design).

As a partial-load/sessional design professor, teaching expertise encompasses a range of courses at:

The University of Guelph-Humber (Media and Communication Studies)
Art Direction and Design Production
Design Business and Management*
Digital Graphic Design*

Sheridan College (Honours Bachelor of Interaction Design)
Collaborative Workshop
Design Strategy for Computation
Interaction Design Portfolio Project
Interaction Design Thesis
Introduction to Conceptual Process for Interaction Design Portfolio Project
Professional Design Business Practices, Interaction Design
Two-Dimensional Design: Typography and Image
User Experience and User Interface Design
Visual Design and Rhetoric
Visualizing Information: Data

Humber Polytechnic (Advertising and Graphic Design)
Design
Media Technology
Studio Methods
Typography (Graphic Design and Editorial Design)
Web Design

Seneca Polytechnic (Honours Bachelor of Design in Interactive Media and Interactive Media Design)
Design Foundations
Design Principals
Interactive Media Tools
Project Management in Interactive Media*
Print Design and Production
Research and Planning (Interactive Media/Interaction Design/User Experience Design)*
Social Media Strategy

*Course developer and teaching

RGD AccessAbility 2: A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design, co-authored with Adam Rallo, Eric Forest, Randal Boutilier, and Edmund Li. Published by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers

Photo: Nikon D3400 with tripod; Seneca Polytechnic, BDI500 Social Media Strategy students, Fall 2024 semester.