2024 Facilitators

Maggie Taft, Co-Director of Fellowship Programming and Workshop Facilitator
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

Reviews Group

Kelly Glentz Brush, Vermont State University

Alan Caballero LaZare, George Mason University

Anmol Shrivastava, Illinois State University

Jena Marble, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Christina Singer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Nathan Young, Temple University

Articles Group

Linh Dao, California Polytechnic State University

Samantha Herbert, Auburn University

Angelica Sibrian, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Lisa Zimmerman, Munster Technological University

Books Group

Alexandria Canchola, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Joshua Duttweiler, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Ruth Schmidt, Institute of Design at Illinois Tech

Archana Shekara, Illinois State University

Anke Stohlmann, Pratt Institute

Neeta Verma, University of Notre Dame

Program Overview

The Application Process

FAQS

Information about Past Fellowships - 2022, 2023

Schedule

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: Writing for Journals
Maggie Taft

2:30pm-2:45pm Mini Break

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

Day 3
friday, may 31, 2024

9:00am-10:00am Presentation: Getting Published: The Writing
Life
Robin Landa

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

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break

1:00pm-2:00pm Presentation: Public and Academic
Scholarship
Liat Berdugo

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

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