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  • Letting Context Speak

    “Letting Context Speak: The Use of Co-Creative, Design-Led, and User-Centered Design Methods in the Design of Complex Public Communications” was published in Communication Design Quarterly 2.3 in May 2014. This paper discusses how co-creative, design-led, and user-centered design methods are being utilized to gain insight into the factors that influence the communication of food recalls.…

    MFA research, Published research

  • The Semiotics of a Smile

    Part of my MFA research was published as a book chapter in Signs and Symbols for Workplace and Public Use (Nova Science, 2013). This research focused on signs, semiotics, the language of pictograms, and what happens when designers don’t fully understand the needs of their audience. Abstract: Should a warning sign make one smile? To…

    Book chapter, MFA research, Published research

  • Face Value: Cultural Significance of the Smiley

    My first international conference presentation, given at the 3rd International Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences Conference at the University of Zadar, in Croatia. Abstract: Since its “official” creation in 1963, the cheerful, yellow-and-black Smiley has been a well-known symbol of happiness for many cultures around the world. It is important, however, to explore the reasons…

    Conference presentation, MFA research