Committees
Committee on Design
The Committee on Design promotes and advances issues in design practice, design history/theory/criticism, and design education through advocacy, engagement, mentorship, and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners. The committee will further support discussion and action in these areas to stimulate intellectual curiosity and advance skills that enrich the individual and society.
Designers and design scholars who belong to CAA, including those who have served on this committee, have contributed to a wealth of resources on teaching design and design history:
- Mapping Design Resources
- AIGA Teaching Resources
- AIGA Design Educators
- Decolonizing Design Reader:
- Decentering Whiteness in Design History
- Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion (AIGA list of resources)
There are several listservs and other online groups in which members of CAA’s design community also participate.
- Design Studies Forum: sign up/subscribe at https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/subscribe/design-studies-forum
- PhDDesign: sign up/subscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=PHD-DESIGN
- Design Incubation: sign up/subscribe at https://designincubation.com/# (scroll down the page—signup is on right-hand side)
- Where Are the Black Designers? (Slack Channel)
Current Committee Members
Andrea Hempstead, Chair, Texas A&M University (2027)
Jelena Bogdanović, Vanderbilt University, CAA Board Liaison, ex officio
PJ Carlino, California State University, Sacramento (2028)
Delana Gabbard, Oklahoma State University (2027)
Grace Hamilton, City University New York–Baruch College (2028)
Lefteris Heretakis, Chartered Society of Designers (2027)
Meghan Kelly, Thomas Jefferson University (2028)
Mallory Kimmel, George Mason University (2028)
Taekyeom Lee, University of Wisconsin Madison (2027)
Eugene Park, University of Minnesota (2027)
Erin Sedra, Independent Graphic Designer (2029)
Katherine Lambert, California College of the Arts (2029)
Marjan Khatibi, San Jose State University (2029)
Jennifer Rittner, Parsons School of Design, CAA Board Liaison, ex officio
Jacqueline Soghman, Zayed University (2029)
Ting Zhou, University of Connecticut (2027)