Core Competencies

  • Leadership

    Team building | Collaboration | Communication | Solutions oriented | Mentoring | Belonging

  • Facilitation

    Co-creation | Workshop development | Understanding of learning | Conversations | Public speaking

  • Human-Centered Approach

    Focus on people + context | Stakeholder input | Impactful solutions | Holistic thinking

  • Design Thinking + Research

    Analysis | Synthesis for diverse stakeholders | Strategic development | Process | Storytelling

  • M.F.A., Integrated Design | The University of Baltimore

    B.A., Mass Communication - Public Relations Emphasis | Anderson University minors: Marketing + Writing

  • Distinguished Teaching | May 2024 | University of Baltimore College of Arts & Sciences.

    Distinguished Service | May 2022 | University of Baltimore College of Arts & Sciences.

    Distinguished Teaching | January 2016 | R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

    Outstanding Adjunct Teaching | May 2015 | University of Baltimore College of Arts & Sciences.

  • Designing with AI: A case student on Experimentation and Intentional Teaching Strategies | UCDA Design Educators Summit conference presentation May 2024

    Bridging the gap: creative collaborations between business and the arts | SECAC annual conference panel Co-chair: Elisabeth Kevernen, JMU October 2023 | Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers international conference presentation October 2021

    Diversity in design education | UCDA Design Educators Summit conference co-presentation: Eleni Stamoulis May 2023

    When the world changes, design leads the way | Guest Blogger Discover USG June 2020

  • Director, Integrated Design + Assistant Professor | University of Baltimore

    Senior Manager, Communication + Design | Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Foundation

    Founder + Principal | MRhee Creative