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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