
February Forum
February 3-7, 2025
We invite you to participate in this year’s upcoming Doctor of Design (DDes) February Forum, taking place next week, February 3-7!
This event, similar to our August Immersion Week, is a chance for the members of the DDes program to showcase the outstanding research making up their doctoral studies. February Forum focuses more attention on student presentations and research development.
To receive the Zoom links to attend, please email doctor-of-design@ncsu.edu.
Monday, February 3, 2025
Workshop I: Broader Impact
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Traci Rider
Workshop II: AI and Qualitative Research
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel discussions led by Newton D’souza
Special Event: 25th Anniversary of PhD Program in Design
Guest Panel: Origin stories of the PhD program
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Allred Gallery and Zoom
Speakers include Perver Baran, Meredith Davis, Robin Moore, and Henry Sanoff
Moderated by Celen Pasalar
Tuesday, February 4
Workshop III: IRB
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Traci Rider
Workshop IV: Applying Your Dissertation to Practice
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel discussions led by Elen Deming
Special Event: 25th Anniversary of PhD Program in Design Guest Panel: Doctoral Education – Where do we go from here?
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Zoom only
Speakers include Meredith Davis and Elen Deming
Moderated by Newton D’souza
Wednesday, February 5
Session #1: DDes Student Research Poster Symposium:
9:00 am – 11:00 am | Zoom only
Session #2: DDes Student Research Poster Symposium
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Zoom only