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Design Journeys: Strategies For Increasing Diversity In Design Disciplines

Walker, Jacinda N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469162518

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2016, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Design.
Design is everywhere, but for many African American and Latino youth, the journey to a design career can be overwhelming. Limited access and too few opportunities prevent the majority of these youth from even beginning the journey. Design Journeys: Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Design Disciplines explores diversity in design disciplines and presents fifteen strategic ideas to expose African American and Latino youth to design-related careers. This solutions-based thesis introduces a map charting a design career from grade school to a seasoned professional. The “Design Journey Map” contains four color-coded passages that are overlapped with career competency components that simultaneously cultivate soft skills together with the hard skills youth learn along the journey to a design career. The intent of this research is to inform and empower future African American and Latino youth, their parents and other educational stakeholders, about the journey to obtain a design-related career. The objective of this study is to analyze the design journeys of current African American and Latino designers and learn what influenced their career paths. This research is important because it shows the journey to become a designer and provides principles of the solution for closing the diversity gap in the design industry.
Paul Nni (Advisor)
293 p.
Design
Design; Diversity; Black Designers; African American Designers; Latino Designers, Disciplines, Strategies, Art Education; Entrepreneurship; Student Run Venture

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  • Walker, J. N. (2016). Design Journeys: Strategies For Increasing Diversity In Design Disciplines [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469162518

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walker, Jacinda. Design Journeys: Strategies For Increasing Diversity In Design Disciplines. 2016. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469162518.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walker, Jacinda. "Design Journeys: Strategies For Increasing Diversity In Design Disciplines." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469162518

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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