{"id":25961,"date":"2021-03-01T21:56:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/?page_id=25961"},"modified":"2023-02-22T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:38:09","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"localist-widget-22528784\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div>\n<p><script defer=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/widget\/view?schools=ncsu&amp;departments=college_of_design&amp;days=365&amp;num=3&amp;tags=DDes+lecture+series+&amp;show_view_all_cta=0&amp;target_blank=1&amp;hide_past=1&amp;container=localist-widget-22528784&amp;template=modern\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"lclst_widget_footer\"><a style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;display:block;width:81px;margin-top:10px;\" title=\"Widget powered by Localist Event Calendar Software\" href=\"https:\/\/www.localist.com?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_campaign=widget_footer&amp;utm_medium=branded%20link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/d3e1o4bcbhmj8g.cloudfront.net\/assets\/platforms\/default\/about\/widget_footer.png\" alt=\"Localist Online Calendar Software\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"81\" height=\"23\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/search\/events?event_types%5B%5D=41295734891031\" class=\"btn ncst-component__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/calendar.ncsu.edu\/search\/events?event_types%5B%5D=41295734891031\"><span class=\"ncst-component__button-container\"><span>More <\/span><span class=\"nowrap\"><span>events&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-posts-feed ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">News<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2024\/04\/05\/winners-named-for-2024-graduate-research-symposium\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2024\/04\/05\/winners-named-for-2024-graduate-research-symposium\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-33100\"\n            alt=\"Maren Parsell at the NC&#160;State Grad Symposium\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/maren-parsell-grad-symposium-2_web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/maren-parsell-grad-symposium-2_web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/maren-parsell-grad-symposium-2_web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/maren-parsell-grad-symposium-2_web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/maren-parsell-grad-symposium-2_web-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">April 05, 2024<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Winners Named for 2024 Graduate Research Symposium<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Nearly 200 NC&#160;State graduate students presented their research projects during the 17th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, 27 top performers awarded.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2024\/04\/01\/m-elen-deming-honored-for-exceptional-service-to-cela-and-laf\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2024\/04\/01\/m-elen-deming-honored-for-exceptional-service-to-cela-and-laf\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-33084\"\n            alt=\"M. Elen Deming receives Forster Ndubisi Professional Service Award at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) from incoming president Dr. Jun-Hyun Kim. Photo credit: CELA\/Dongying Li.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/deming-award-2024-2.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">April 01, 2024<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">M. Elen Deming Honored for Exceptional Service to CELA and LAF<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Educator and researcher M. Elen Deming was presented with the Forster Ndubisi Professional Service Award at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Dinner on March 22, 2024.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2023\/04\/26\/doctor-of-design-program-celebrates-its-first-graduate-dr-juhann-waller\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2023\/04\/26\/doctor-of-design-program-celebrates-its-first-graduate-dr-juhann-waller\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1153\" height=\"649\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32825\"\n            alt=\"Juhann Waller\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/juhann3web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/juhann3web.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/juhann3web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/juhann3web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/juhann3web-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1153px) 100vw, 1153px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">April 26, 2023<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Doctor of Design Program Celebrates its First Graduate: Dr. Juhann Waller<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Juhann Waller (DDes Cohort 1) is the first student-practitioner of the program to graduate, and will receive his degree in August 2023. Dr. Waller is the CEO of J.C. Waller Associates, PC, based in Greensboro, NC. His doctoral dissertation is entitled  \u201cResilient Infrastructure: An Integrated Design Approach for the Equitable Distribution of Stormwater Capital Improvements Projects for Pluvial Flood Mitigation.\u201d It models a type of applied design research that can be effected in real time, for real change.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2023\/01\/12\/preparing-the-next-generation-of-green-professionals-with-leed-lab\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2023\/01\/12\/preparing-the-next-generation-of-green-professionals-with-leed-lab\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"750\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32703\"\n            alt=\"LEED lab intro seminar\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/leedlab-2023web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/leedlab-2023web.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/leedlab-2023web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/leedlab-2023web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/leedlab-2023web-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">January 12, 2023<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Preparing the next generation of green professionals with LEED Lab<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">North Carolina State University\u00a0(NC&#160;State) is preparing the next generation of green building leaders through\u00a0LEED Lab. This multidisciplinary immersion course uses project-based learning in the built environment to educate and prepare students to become green building leaders and sustainability-focused citizens.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/08\/26\/students-visualize-structures-of-oppression-win-nc-state-envisioning-research-contest\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/08\/26\/students-visualize-structures-of-oppression-win-nc-state-envisioning-research-contest\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-26971\"\n            alt=\"Ben Coleman - Envisioning Research Contest Entry\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/datavizcoleman1web-cover.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/datavizcoleman1web-cover.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/datavizcoleman1web-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/datavizcoleman1web-cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/datavizcoleman1web-cover-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">August 26, 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Students Visualize Structures of Oppression; win NC&#160;State Envisioning Research Contest<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Students in the College of Design recently took top prizes in the Graphics and Data Visualization and photography categories of the NC&#160;State Envisioning Research Contest. Three of the four entries from the college were part of the DIY Cartography: Oppressive Infrastructures class, which explored how we as a society are grappling with how to best serve diverse communities and create more equitable futures for all while visualizing the complex historic context around oppressive infrastructures in the US.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/08\/17\/ethnographic-fiber-artist-karen-baker-on-slow-fashion-and-natural-products-how-one-ddes-student-explores-the-lost-histories-of-textiles\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/08\/17\/ethnographic-fiber-artist-karen-baker-on-slow-fashion-and-natural-products-how-one-ddes-student-explores-the-lost-histories-of-textiles\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-26952\"\n            alt=\"Karen Baker\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/karen-baker-web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/karen-baker-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/karen-baker-web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/karen-baker-web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/karen-baker-web-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">August 17, 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Ethnographic Fiber Artist Karen Baker on Slow Fashion and Natural Products: How One DDes Student Explores the Lost Histories of Textiles<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Karen Baker, current student in the Doctor of Design Program at NC&#160;State&#8217;s College of Design, is a weaver focused on design, history, and critical studies of textile and fiber in Washington, DC. She is currently researching the textile, fiber and craft contributions and techniques of enslaved and free African American weavers before the Great Migration.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/05\/24\/student-profile-iyare-oronsaye-seeks-to-improve-diversity-in-animation\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/05\/24\/student-profile-iyare-oronsaye-seeks-to-improve-diversity-in-animation\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-26191\"\n            alt=\"Iyare Oronsaye Work\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/iyarethumb1500x844.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/iyarethumb1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/iyarethumb1500x844-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/iyarethumb1500x844-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/iyarethumb1500x844-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">May 24, 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Student Profile: Iyare Oronsaye Seeks to Improve Diversity in Animation<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Iyare Oronsaye is currently the director and assistant professor of the animation and illustration program at the University of Northwestern as well as a student practitioner in the College of Design&#8217;s Doctor of Design (DDes) program. As a DDes student, Oronsaye is researching how inclusivity can make positive impacts  within the animation industry.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/01\/07\/from-a-to-z-lesley-ann-noel-and-decolonizing-design\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2022\/01\/07\/from-a-to-z-lesley-ann-noel-and-decolonizing-design\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32843\"\n            alt=\"Designer&#039;s Critical Alphabet Cards\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/critical-alphabet-1500x844-copy.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">January 07, 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">From A-to-Z: Lesley-Ann Noel and Decolonizing Design<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Assistant Professor of Art + Design Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel aims to bring underrepresented voices into everyday design education through social innovation, inclusive community-led research and public health solutions. \nBy creating tools such as the Designer\u2019s Critical Alphabet and the \u201cWho Am I\u201d Positionality Wheel, she is making conversations around race and bias more common in classrooms and workplaces.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2021\/09\/02\/exploring-nature-as-a-resource-in-virtual-reality\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2021\/09\/02\/exploring-nature-as-a-resource-in-virtual-reality\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32844\"\n            alt=\"Justin Johnson Siggraph 2021\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/johnson-siggraph-20211500x844-1.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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He is the founder of NAMLA, the National Association of Minority Landscape Architects. Read his recent interview with Landscape Architecture Magazine.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2021\/01\/21\/closing-in-on-a-doctorate\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2021\/01\/21\/closing-in-on-a-doctorate\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32836\"\n            alt=\"AJ Polanco DDes student\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/aj-polanco-ddes-student.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">January 21, 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Closing in on a Doctorate<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">AJ Polanco is the first person in his cohort to successfully complete the academic requirements of the Doctor of Design (DDes) program.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/tag\/doctor-of-design\/\" class=\"btn ncst-component__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/tag\/doctor-of-design\/\"><span class=\"ncst-component__button-container\"><span>All News Stories <\/span><span class=\"nowrap\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25961"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32744,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25961\/revisions\/32744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}