creating communities for collaboration

In my current position as co-director of InnovationSpace at Arizona State University’s Design School, I spend the bulk of my days working with students and professional and academic colleagues, reimaging what education can do as an agent of change. As I do this, I tend to find cool designs worth sharing. Sometimes, a lot of thoughts fly through my head. This is where these thoughts and ideas finally land. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

Dealing with the Hardest Critique of All, or “don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire.”

November 10, 2016

Sometimes our projects fall flat. Even our political projects. And it can knock the wind out of us. But maybe, just maybe, we should listen to the critique and figure out what went wrong.

So much equipment for one woman talking about books.

Fighting My Inner Wallflower, or “you may find yourself in another part of the world”

October 19, 2016

Sometimes, hours upon hours of free time on a plane can lead to rambling. This time, I ramble about why I'm on a plane. Hint: it's the students, and what I'm doing right now to make them feel less isolated at 3 am.

Thoughts on Space, or "I may ask myself 'how do i work this?'"

October 5, 2016

Designers make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, such as "space" and anything else at all. Or, "my kid is far more intelligent than I give him credit for being."