2026 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
2026 Participants
Reviews Track
Ladan Bahmani, Associate Professor, Illinois State University
Katie Blazek, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Jonathan Cooper, Assistant Professor, Oakland University
Celi Monroe, Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University
Narges Panahandeh, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
Shalom Yabilsu, Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University
Articles Track
Christine Lhowe, Associate Professor, Seton Hall University
Anisa Nabila, Instructor, Apple Developer Academy, Bina Nusantara University
Rachael Paine, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Nidhi Singh Rathore, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
McKenna Sanderson, Associate Professor, University of Central Oklahoma
Benjamin Schwarz, Visiting Professor, Braunschweig University of Art
RJ Thompson, Teaching Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Books Track
Sahand Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Kean University
James I. Bowie, Teaching Professor, Northern Arizona University
Tatiana Gómez, Associate Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
José Menéndez, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Heather Snyder Quinn, Associate Professor, DePaul University
Ayako Takase, Associate Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
Byron Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Program Overview
The Application Process
FAQS
Information about Past Fellowships - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Schedule
Day 1
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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: Building an Academic Argument
Maggie Taft
4:00pm-4:15pm Mini Break
4:15pm-5:30pm Workshop: Building an Academic Argument (ctd.)
Maggie Taft
5:30pm-6:00pm Roundtable: AI in Academic Writing
Day 2
Thursday, May 28, 2026
10:00am-11:00am Presentation: Submitting a Book Proposal or
Manuscript
Louise Baird-Smith
11:00am-1:30pm Group Workshop Sessions
1:30pm-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30pm-3:30pm Presentation: Public and Academic Scholarship
Liat Berdugo
3:30pm-3:45pm Mini Break
3:45pm-6:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
Day 3
friday, May 29, 2026
10:00am-11:15am Presentation: Getting Published: The Writing
Life
Robin Landa
11:15am-1:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm-3:00pm Presentation: Writing for Journals
Maggie Taft
3:00pm-4:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
4:00pm-5:00pm Wrap-Up Exercise and Discussion