The Design Writing Fellowship

Program Overview

2024 Facilitators

Maggie Taft, Co-Director of Fellowship Programming and Director of the Reviews Group
Aaris Sherin (Professor of Graphic Design, St. John’s University), Co-Director of Fellowship Programming and Workshop Facilitator
Liat Berdugo (Associate Professor, University of San Francisco), Director of the Articles Group
Robin Landa (Distinguished Professor of Design, Michael Graves College at Kean University), Director of the Books Group

2024 Participants

Kelly Glentz Brush, Vermont State University

Alexandria Canchola, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Linh Dao, California Polytechnic State University

Joshua Duttweiler, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Samantha Herbert, Auburn University

Alan Caballero LaZare, George Mason University

Katherine Mahajan, Savannah College of Art and Design

Lisa Maione, Kansas City Art Institute

Jena Marble, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ruth Schmidt, Institute of Design at Illinois Tech

Archana Shekara, Illinois State University

Anmol Shrivastava, Illinois State University

Angelica Sibrian, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Christina Singer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Anke Stohlmann, Pratt Institute

Neeta Verma, University of Notre Dame

Nathan Young, Temple University

Lisa Zimmerman, Munster Technological University

The Application Process

FAQS

Information about Past Fellowships - 2022, 2023

The Design Writing Fellowship Program

Writing Space is pleased to host the 2024 Design Writing Fellowship (formerly the Design Incubation Fellowship), a program to encourage and facilitate scholarly pursuits within the field of design. Under guidance of facilitators (senior faculty members and writing mentors), participants will work on a book or exhibition review, journal article, or book proposal. During the three-day workshop, participants hone their skills in the fundamentals of writing and revision and explore various publishing options suited to their projects. Fellowships are open to full-time and contingent faculty in one or more of the following areas: graphic design, information design, branding, marketing, advertising, typography, web, interaction, film and video, animation, illustration, and game design.

This year, the Design Writing Fellowship Program will run from May 29–May 31, 2024.

The Design Writing Fellowship Workshop

All Fellows participate in a three-day, virtual workshop that offers participants the opportunity to share and develop ideas for research and individual writing projects while receiving constructive feedback from faculty mentors and peers in their field.

Fellows prepare a piece of writing in advance of the Fellowship and then work on this project throughout the various sessions of the Fellowship Workshop. Activities include short informational sessions, an afternoon devoted to analyzing and editing written work, and workshops in which participants share their projects with peers and receive structured feedback. Throughout the fellowship, collaboration is encouraged.

Tentative Schedule
(all times are Eastern)

DAY 1
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

10:00am-11:00am Introductions + Icebreaker

11:00am-12:00pm Exercise: What, Why, and How We Write
Aaris Sherin

12:00pm-12:15pm Mini Break

12:15pm-1:30pm Presentation: Where Writing Meets Publishing
Aaris Sherin

1:30pm-2:30pm Lunch Break

2:30pm-4:00pm Workshop: How to Think and Talk About Writing
Maggie Taft

4:00pm-4:15pm Mini Break

4:15pm-6:00pm Workshop: How to Think and Talk About Writing
Maggie Taft

DAY 2
Thursday, May 30, 2024

9:00am-10:00am Presentation: Submitting a Book Proposal or Manuscript
Louise Baird-Smith

10:00am-12:30pm Group Workshop Sessions

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch Break

1:30pm-2:30pm Presentation: A Life in Writing: Contracts, Agents, and Monetary
Considerations
Robin Landa

2:30pm-2:45pm Mini Break

2:45pm-5:00pm Group Workshop Sessions

DAY 3
Friday, May 31, 2024

9:00am-10:00am Presentation: Writing for Journals
Maggie Taft

10:00am-12:15pm Group Workshop Sessions

12:15pm-1:15pm Lunch Break

1:15pm-2:15pm Presentation: Public and Academic Scholarship
Liat Berdugo

2:15pm-3:00pm Group Workshop Sessions

3:00pm-4:00pm Wrap-Up Exercise and Discussion