Committees
Committee on Design
The Committee on Design promotes and advances issues in design practice, design history/theory/criticism, and design education through advocacy, engagement, mentorship, and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners. The committee will further support discussion and action in these areas to stimulate intellectual curiosity and advance skills that enrich the individual and society.
Designers and design scholars who belong to CAA, including those who have served on this committee, have contributed to a wealth of resources on teaching design and design history:
- Mapping Design Resources
- AIGA Teaching Resources
- AIGA Design Educators
- Decolonizing Design Reader:
- Decentering Whiteness in Design History
- Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion (AIGA list of resources)
There are several listservs and other online groups in which members of CAA’s design community also participate.
- Design Studies Forum: sign up/subscribe at https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/subscribe/design-studies-forum
- PhDDesign: sign up/subscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=PHD-DESIGN
- Design Incubation: sign up/subscribe at https://designincubation.com/# (scroll down the page—signup is on right-hand side)
- Where Are the Black Designers? (Slack Channel)
Current Committee Members
Andrea Hempstead, Chair, Texas A&M University (2026)
Joshua Duttweiler, Texas A&M University (2025)
Delana Gabbard, Oklahoma State University (2027)
James Grady, Boston University (2025)
Lefteris Heretakis, Chartered Society of Designers (2027)
Szilvia Kadas, State University of New York at Courtland (2026)
Taekyeom Lee, University of Wisconsin Madison (2026)
Nicole Finley McMahan, Tulsa Community College (2025)
Brian McSherry, Georgian Court University (2027)
Eugene Park, University of Minnesota (2027)
Christopher Sleboda, Boston University (2025)
Kelly Walters, The New School, CAA Board Liaison, Ex Officio
Mary Yang, Boston University (2025)
Ting Zhou, University of Connecticut (2027)