Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 1:00pm CT
The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host its first Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Symposium. This fellowship
program offers students an opportunity to conduct research in one of the
three pillars of the CDMC: design thinking, material culture, and textiles.
The 2020 fellowship cohort includes three fellows each studying in one of
those three pillars. Join us as the three fellows share their work and research.
PRESENTERS:
Nadia Tahir is pursuing a BS in Interior Architecture in
the Design Studies Department through the School of Human Ecology. Her work
focuses on design thinking education and is advised by Michelle Kwasny,
Academic Director for the Master’s in Design + Innovation and Design and
Research Strategist in the Chancellor’s Office.
Zhaojie Zhong studies in the Department of Art History and
the Department of English pursing a double major in Art History and English.
Her work in Chinese textiles from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
is advised by Yuhang Li, Associate Professor of Chinese Art.
Noah Mapes is also studying in the Department of Art
History, as he is pursuing a BA in Art History and Certificate in Material
Culture. His work on early American material culture is advised by Ann Smart
Martin, Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor of American Decorative
Arts and Material Culture.