Friday, October 18
Opening Reception and Lecture

5:30 Registration

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Toward A Critical Autonomy: Design In the Age of Design
Andrew Blauvelt

 

Saturday, October 19
Morning Session

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00.a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Learning to Forget: The Educational System of the Bauhaus
Wim De Wit

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Group A Breakout Sessions

Interdisciplinary Models
Melissa Niederhelman, Moderator

Designers in Service to the University
Paula J. Curran, Katherine Hannigan

Design Across Multiple Dimensions
Alicia B. Sobchak

Creating Interdisciplinarity
Janetta McCoy

Practical Training/Professional Practice
Petrula Vrontikis, Moderator

What is Professional Practice in Graphic Design?
Terry Stone

Presenting Design Like a Pro
Tony Colombini

Teaching Outside the Box
Andrea Marks

Methodology
Louise Sandhaus, Moderator

Out of Control?
Cheryl Beckett

Experimenting with Approaches
Susan C. Merritt

Writing Intensive Class
Andrea Marks

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Group B Breakout Sessions

Systems and Structures
Anne Burdick, Moderator

Teaching Web Design for E-Commerce
Sunghyun Kang

Theory+Context: Interactive Design for Visual Communicators
Melissa Niederhelman

Interface Structures as User Performance
Allison Goodman


Fundamentals
Scott Hutchinson, Moderator

The Didactic Value of a Five Pointed Star
Susan C. Merritt

Learning Teams
Debra Satterfield

The Process Book as Tool
Cristina DeAlmeida

Community/Social Design
Garland Kirkpatrick, Moderator

Teaching Social and Cultural Values
Candice Lopez

Using AIGA
Cheryl Beckett

The Tolerance Project
Frank Baseman

12:45 a.m.- 2:oo p.m.: Lunch Break

2:00-3:30pm
A History of Design Education
Lorraine Wild

Preparing the Professoriate: Designing the Educational Experience
Meredith Davis

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Group C Breakout Sessions

Issues In Education
Tor Hovind, Moderator

Is Your New Graphic Design Program Trustworthy?
Leslie Haines, Denise Wyrich

Making It Work
Diane Tarter

Design Education As Liberal Art
Gunnar Swanson

Issues In Curriculum Development
Denise Gonzales Crisp, Moderator

The Doctorate in Design Education
Jacques Giard

Undergrad Curriculum Models in the 21st Century
Andrea Marks, John Nettleton

Designing Design Education
Michael Gibson, Eric Ligon, Jack Sprague

Becoming An Educator Panel Discussion
Kali Nikitas, Moderator

Meredith Davis
Lucille Tenazas

Petrula Vrontikis

Crosscultural Issues
Candice Lopez, Moderator

Designers Connecting with Communities
Susan Merritt

Teaching Graphic Design to Less Privileged Communities
Garland Kirkpatrick

Exchanges: Culture, Place, Identity, and Memory
Ellen McMahon, Karen White

 

Sunday, October 20
Closing Session

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Round Table Discussions
(Based on Saturday's breakout session topics with presenters.)

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Reflections On Education
Lucille Tenazas