2026 SEGD Academic Summit

Welcome

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Session 1: Questioning Historical Narratives in Design

12:15 PM – 2:05 PM

Presentations:

• “Teaching & Learning Contested Design Histories in the Pluriverse” — Dori Griffin
• “Addressing Archives: Representations through Interactive Storytelling” — Savli Divekar
• “Recoding: Exhibition Design as Feminist Historiography” — Heidi Dargle
• “From Archive to Public Encounter: Publishing as Experiential Graphic Design” — Christopher Cote

Moderated Q&A

Break

2:05 PM – 2:20 PM

Session 2: Learning through Participation

2:20 PM – 4:10 PM

Presentations:

• “Towards an Active Classroom: Exhibition Meaning and Making” — Timothy McNeil
• “Shifting Student Perceptions Through Intergenerational Co-Design” — Kimberly Mitchell
• “ThirdPlaceSpaces as Learning Assemblage: Exhibition Design as Pedagogical Environment” — Samantha Perkins
• “Building Community in Higher Education Through Typography” — Marwa Alkashif

Moderated Q&A

Summary Remarks

4:10 PM – 4:15 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

• Topic 1: Education + Practice: Building the Bridge
• Topic 2: Shifting Workplace Experiences: In-Office, Work from Home, Hybrid

Welcome

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Session 3: Transforming Prescriptive Norms Through Design

12:15 PM – 2:05 PM

Presentations:

• “Unexpected Beauty: How Empathetic Design Can Allow Us to Break Away from Prescriptive Norms” — Andrea Benatar
• “Social Legibility in Experiential Design: Perception Gaps, Shared Space, and Collective Action” — Nathan Lachenmyer
• “We’re All Noisey” — Soumya Kalhan
• “Informed Use of Color in Children’s Learning Environments” — Kristin Lilley

Moderated Q&A

Break

2:05 PM – 2:20 PM

Session 3: Designing Beyond Boundaries

2:20 PM – 4:10 PM

Presentations:

• “From Sign Pole to Place: Inclusive Placemaking in Interdisciplinary Transit Design” — Muhammad Rahman
• “Learning Through Play: Designing Hypothetical Interactive Digital Experiences for Zoo Visitors” — Huiwon Lim
• “GDA Student Award Winner: Air Play” — Joanna Brauer
• “Design on the Wall: Expressing In-Betweenness through Participatory Typography in Public Space” — Dain Won

Moderated Q&A

Summary Remarks

4:10 PM – 4:15 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Topic 2: Open AI and Generative Tools in EGD Practice

Topic 1: Open AI and Generative Tools in EGD Pedagogy