Teaching
Graphic Design Workshop: Poster Design
Institute
University of Aplied Science & Technology | Fall 2014
Role
Lecturer
Topic
Social awareness workshop
During this course, I led a series of design-focused sessions aimed at helping students explore poster-making as a tool for social awareness. I cultivated an open, engaging classroom environment where students felt encouraged to share ideas, debate meaningful topics, and experiment with new creative approaches. The workshop centered on examining social issues—not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight and communicate them through strong visual narratives.
We began with short documentaries about Tehran to spark dialogue, then moved into structured brainstorming, prototyping, and critique sessions. The students’ active participation shaped a truly collaborative atmosphere, and the final outcomes—produced by twenty-five students—reflected thoughtful research, refined concepts, and impactful visual storytelling.
Objectives & Goals:
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Use poster design as a platform for exploring and communicating social and cultural issues.
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Strengthen students’ ability to research, articulate, and develop impactful visual concepts.
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Foster a collaborative, discussion-based environment that encourages experimentation and critique.
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Student Need & Strength:
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Need: Supportive space for sharing perspectives, researching meaningfully, and developing ideas through iteration.
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Strength: Curiosity about social issues, openness to collaboration, and the ability to translate complex themes into compelling visual outcomes.
As a Teaching Assistant at the University of Florida, I co-led an experimental printmaking project that encouraged students to push beyond traditional paper-and-press conventions. Instead of limiting their work to standard surfaces, students were invited to print on fabrics, clothing, cut cardboard, everyday objects, and even integrate printed elements into sculptural or spatial installations. Some printed directly on their pants or textiles, others combined prints with found objects to build conceptual pieces, and several created hanging installations or layered prints behind physical components to deepen narrative meaning.
The goal of the course was to help students experience print as an active, spatial, and conceptual medium—one that can exist in real environments, engage the body, and communicate ideas through form, texture, and context. Watching students transform their prints into immersive, material-driven works demonstrated how expanding beyond traditional formats can unlock new modes of expression and critical thinking.
Objectives & Goals:
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Encourage students to explore printmaking across alternative materials, objects, and spatial forms.
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Expand understanding of print as both a conceptual and environmental medium, not limited to flat surfaces.
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Support experimentation, risk-taking, and interdisciplinary thinking through hands-on making and critique.
Need & Strength:
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Need: Guidance in translating conceptual ideas into physical experimentation using unconventional materials and processes.
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Strength: Openness to exploration, willingness to push boundaries, and the ability to transform experimental techniques into meaningful, site-responsive work.
Intro to Typography: Social Responsibility through Graphic Narratives
Institute
Georgia State University | Spring 2023
Role
Workshop Collaborator
Project
Collage and Social Storytelling
In this introductory typography course, students explored type as a tool for social storytelling through hands-on collage techniques. By cutting, layering, and composing imagery from magazines, they moved beyond the computer and experimented with typography as a medium for emotion, activism, and narrative. We focused on researching real-world social issues and discussing how typographic form can communicate urgency and meaning. The analog process encouraged intuitive decision-making and sparked new visual ideas that later informed their digital work. The final posters reflected each team’s unique perspective, blending research-driven concepts with expressive typographic composition.
Objectives & Goals
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Develop research skills and gather insights from diverse sources.
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Strengthen collaboration and peer critique.
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Translate complex social issues into clear, impactful typographic messages.
Student Needs & Strengths
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Space for reflection, experimentation, and group dialogue.
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Support in balancing concept with visual clarity.
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Curiosity, adaptability, and a strong desire to use design as a tool for positive change.
Intro to Typography
Institute
Georgia State University | Fall 2024
Role
Interdisciplinary Workshop Co-Developer & Visiting Instructor
Topic
Exploring Graphic Design through Biophilic & Environmental Adventures
Collaborating with the lead instructor and a partnering professor from the University of Florida, I helped shape a curriculum centered on material experimentation and process-based design. My role involved developing projects, facilitating group work, and leading critiques throughout the semester.
Leveraging my background in printmaking and photography, I introduced students to cyanotype—an accessible technique adapted for home studios. Through hands-on demonstrations, students explored how type can emerge from physical processes and environmental interaction rather than digital tools alone.
This approach encouraged students to embrace organic unpredictability, drawing inspiration from collage and architectural forms. By stepping away from the computer, they discovered new possibilities for treating type as a tactile, dynamic medium. This collaborative pedagogy was presented at the SECAC 2025 Conference in Cincinnati, OH.
Objectives and Golas:
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Introduce students to cyanotype as a material approach to typography.
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Encourage experimentation beyond digital tools.
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Foster discussions on how environment and process influence typographic form.
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Expand students’ understanding of typography as a physical, experiential medium.
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Inspire innovative thinking through hands-on making.
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Strengthen connections between concept, material, and visual outcome.
Need and Strength:
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Exposure to alternative, non-digital design methods.
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A supportive environment for experimentation and risk-taking.
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Guidance in translating material exploration into intentional design choices.
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Openness to new processes and techniques.
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Curiosity about how environment and texture shape meaning.
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Ability to turn unexpected results into strong conceptual outcomes.
