Invited to Present at the Design for Inclusivity Summit hosted in St. Louis before the AIGA Design + Diversity Conference
August 28, 2018Excited to Begin Presenting New Research, Racism Untaught
August 16, 2018Presented at the Academic Design Management Conference (DMI) ADMC18
May 18, 2018Presented at 2018 AIGA Design Educators Make Conference
February 20, 2018Operation Compass & Mosaic Family Services 2018 Collaboration
January 4, 2018
Today Operation Compass signed our third year of collaboration with Mosaic Family Services. We are very thankful for the support of Bill Bernstein and the rest of the team at Mosaic. We look forward to working with you over the year!
Keynote Speaker & Workshop at the University of Bern, Switzerland
October 29, 2017What is Operation Compass?
Operation Compass is a 501(c)3 that was a result of the research conducted for my master’s thesis while working toward my Masters of Fine Arts in Design Research at the University of North Texas. The purpose of my research was to propose a successful integration of technology into the humanitarian challenge of combating human trafficking.
The Problem
When I first started to learn about human trafficking I was pretty naïve to the intricacies of helping a victim. I had some pretty grand ideas of the different types of technology I could create with my background as an interaction designer, however after doing some secondary research, gathering both qualitative and quantitative data, I realized this was the wrong approach to helping victims. Continue Reading…
I truly appreciate the opportunity to come and speak about my research especially to an organization like the Genesis Shelter. Thank you so much for the invite and for all of your insightful questions!