Creative leader, design instigator
& advocate for the social good.
Hello! As an academic leader and designer, I'm devoted to creating work that is not only memorable and meaningful—but also holistically supports diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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I’m currently the Department Chair in Design at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts as well as the Principal of Meta Newhouse Design, a branding consultancy.
Specifics
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Award-winning Interdisciplinary Curriculum
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Disrupting the Traditional Design Conference
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Building Inclusive Frameworks
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Professional Practice
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Design as Social Practice
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Typographic Research
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Disruptive Design + Teaching
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Cultural Anthropology + Typography
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
ART + CULTURE
BRAD OLDHAM, ARTIST
CHARLIE UNIFORM TANGO
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
DALLAS SYMPHONY
DESPAIR INC
THE ELLEN THEATRE
MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS
TINWORKS ART
TURTLE CREEK CHORALE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS GALLERIES
WILLEM VOLKERSZ, ARTIST
COMMUNICATIONS / TECHNOLOGY
GTE
MOTOROLA
NORTEL
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
VERIZON
WILLIAMSON PRINTING
CONSUMER GOODS
FEDEX/KINKOS
JC PENNEY
KIMBERLY-CLARK
KINDER MAXI
PEPSI/FRITO LAY
EDUCATION
DALLAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES
MONTANA CONSERVATION CORPS
MSU COLLEGE OF ART + ARCHITECTURE
VISIONS SERVICE ADVENTURES
ENERGY
TOTAL FINA
HEALTHCARE
BROADLANE
DENTAL ONE
INTEGRIS HEALTH
ST. PAUL MEDICAL CENTER
HOSPITALITY / TRAVEL
AMERICAN AIRLINES
ATLANTIS RESORT
BENNIGAN’S
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
DALLAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
DALLAS TRAVEL + TOURISM
DALLAS ZOO
D MAGAZINE
METRO HOTELS GROUP
STEAK + ALE
INTERIOR DESIGN
ALLSTEEL
MARAZZI TILE
NON-PROFIT
AIDS ARMS
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
FRIENDS OF STORY MANSION
SUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION
WORLD MONTANA
I am a seasoned, award-winning designer, design educator, and filmmaker with over 30 years of experience in visual communication. My work appears in 45+ prestigious design publications, including Communication Arts, Graphis, PRINT, and NOVUM. I previously served as the Founding Director of DSEL (Design Sandbox for Engaged Learning) at Montana State University.
My research centers on branding, guerrilla thinking, design as a social practice, and the intersection of type and culture. Notably, my poster, "Climate Change Bites," highlighting the perils of climate instability, has been added to the permanent collections of renowned institutions such as the V&A Museum in London, Les Arts Decoratifs de Paris in the Louvre, Stedelijk Museum Breda in the Netherlands, Lahti Poster Museum in Finland, and Designmuseum Danmark.
In 2020, as a Fulbright Scholar, I led a graduate workshop on guerrilla marketing techniques at the University College Cork to advance research dissemination. Currently, I am under contract with Bloomsbury Visual Arts, to write a book titled "Guerrilla Thinking for Designers," which draws from a decade of research and pedagogical expertise, set to be published in 2026.