I was encouraged to free-write for 30 minutes about “The idea I keep coming back to” as a prompt from my writing accountability group. Here’s my response! I keep coming back to wondering what relevant design curriculum for students who are not rich, White, Male, American, or European. In other…

We went into lockdown on March 13th. 2020. I know that my world will never be the same after, as a designer, an educator, a parent and a partner. In this article I’m reflecting on how the pandemic has changed my work forever. Pandemic content and process We closed the campus for two weeks…

Writing is painful! I find so many excuses to stop me and to justify not writing. “I studied Art and Design, so didn’t write enough in secondary school or at University!”, “The use of English to write does not come easily to me, since I did my undergrad in another…

In response to an invitation from the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (AIA-CAE) to talk about changing the conversation in design, as we think about race, bias and equity, I created a 9 point, 5 minute ‘manifesto’ based on how I approach my work. 1. Start everything with positionality! I am an Afro-Trinidadian design…

This is the first in a series of conversations between the newest design thinking faculty at the Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University. Enjoy their conversations as they get to know each other and create a working relationship. Dr. …