Teaching

Current Position

Program Director, co-chair, Graphic Design BA, Malmö University, Malmo, Sweden, 2025 – present.

Lecturer, Malmö University, Malmo, Sweden, 2019 – present.

Teaching within the Faculty of Culture and Society (KS) and within the School of Arts and Communication (K3). Develops and teaches courses in the Faculties of Culture and Society Department (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3) and Technology and Society (TS). Teaches across multiple programs: Graphic, Media Studies, Interaction and Product Design, Design for Engineering at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Attending PhD supervision preparatory coursework Fall 2025.

Program Director, co-chair a 180-credit, three-year bachelor’s program in Graphic Design that integrates practical design skills with theoretical foundations and research methodologies. Students develop expertise in design principles, working with design, typography, layout, branding, presentation technology, creating marketing assets, UX UI skills, AI tools and digital communication while building strong theoretical and communication foundations in graphic design research.

Course Leader for “Graphic Design and Media” online, second most popular freestanding course at Malmö University. Includes design methods, design tools, research through design (SWOT, desktop research, mood boards, marketing analytics) and practical application of strategic case studies.

Course Leader for “Interaction and Design” part of the Graphic Design bachelors degree. Includes case study based projects.

Course Leader for “Working as a Designer” part of the Graphic Design bachelors degree. Includes thematic based projects.

Contributor to “Graphic Design 1” and “Graphic Design IV” part of the Graphic Design (Graphic Design) bachelors degree.

Contributor to “Graphical User Interfaces” (GUI) part of the Interaction Design bachelors degree.

Contributor to “Interaction Design” freestanding course.

Contributor to “Visualization and Presentation Techniques” part of the Product Development and Design: Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

Previous contributor to “Exhibition Design” and “Strategic Design” freestanding courses.

Supervising and examiner for the Graphic Design bachelors degree thesis design project and thesis written report.

Supervising Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries Master’s thesis projects.

Supervising and examiner for the Media and Communication Studies: Criticism, Action and Performance Bachelor’s thesis projects.

Doctoral Supervision Training, Malmö University (2025) 3.5-week intensive course in PhD supervision theory, power dynamics, case-based pedagogy, and postgraduate governance; qualifications for docent and formal supervisor status.

Organizing interdepartmental collaboration with the Media Technology: Web-Based Design and Development bachelor’s students from the Technology and Society (TS) department.

Collaborations include Smartr.se, World Wildlife Foundation in Sweden (WWF), Baltic Sea Project (SE), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE), Garbonomix (SE), High 5 Girls (DK), The Greater Sum (US), Toilets 4 All (CH), En Frisk Generation (SE), Malmö Ideella (SE) and Maternity Foundation (DK).

Leads annual Copenhagen study-trip to various design institutions (Design Museum and Kontrapunkt) for six years.

Serves as committee member of the K3 workspace strategy, created the “Living Room”, “Focus Room” and “Collaboration Room” and hourly bookable spaces.

Establishes research alignment and seminar collaborations possibility with the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) at University of London in 2025.

Provides student portfolio development, Alumni systems and Network building.

Organized virtual teaching, remote learning and interactive current course literature.

Research, contributes to institutional research and accessible design practices, seminars in accessible digital publishing methods.

Supporting in organizing the Malmö STS (Science Technology and Society) Conference for 2026.

Principal investigator (PI), Vertical Intergrated Projects (VIP) “Deepfakes: AI-Generated Media Creation, Detection, and Societal Impact” within the Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre (SDRC) at Malmö University, 2025.

Managing branding and marketing social media on Behance and Instagram for @maudesignprojects for the past six years.

Nomination for the STINT Teaching Sabbatical Programme for Autumn 2026.

Teaches advanced design software including Microsoft office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, Canva, SketchUp, Zoom, Zotero and AI tools CoPilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Elicit, Lovable and Gemini.

Previous Teaching Positions

Lecturer, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016 – 2019.

Developed and taught courses in the Visual Design Department within multiple programs at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Developed course and seminar partnerships with Media, Product, Interaction, Gaming, Fashion, Spatial, Textile, Glass on Bornholm and Architecture programs.

Course Leader, supervisor and examiner for Visual Design and Interaction bachelor courses and thesis design projects and written reports

Contributor to Space and Detail, Product+ and Glass and Ceramics Workshop, Bornholm bachelor courses

Contributor to Graphic Communication Design masters program

Contributor to Fællesfag (foundational courses) in design theory, sustainability, design thinking, design strategy) for Visual Design and Interaction, Visual Game and Media Design, Fashion, Cothing and Textiles, Product+ programs

Organized case study collaboration projects with external stakeholders focuses on sustainability and design including Carlsberg, Aarstiderne, Moebe, Henrik Vibskov and Bang & Olufsen.

Attended OFFF Design Conference in Barcelona, Spain in 2017.

Organized international study trip for 70 students to New York (2017) and regional Denmark (2016)

Developed and coordinated study research trips to New York in 2017 with 70 students and three staff to visit Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian, MoMA, New Museum, Hello Monday, Pearlfisher, Labor and Wait and Prem Krishnamurthy of Project Projects, 2x4, Hoefler & Co., We Work and Parsons School of Design.

Developed and coordinated study research trips to Jutland and Fyn in Denmark in 2016 with 70 students and one staff to Møns Klint, Geo Center, Njord, Aros Museum, Narayana Press, Hello Monday, Trapholt, Moesgaard and Clay Museum.

Established the concept to partner with Parsons School of Design (NYC and Paris) and the Healthy Material Lab

Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York (2004 – 2010)

Taught Graphic Design I & II, Web Design I & II in Communications Design, BFA (Emphasis in Graphic Design and Marketing)

Developed course curriculum and organized field trips to cultural institutions

Previous Teaching Experience

Art Teacher, Primary School, Packer Institute, Environmental Drawing, New York (2005 – 2006)

Teachers Assistant (TA), The New School Parsons, New York (1999 – 2000)

Pedagogical Qualifications

Malmö University, Sweden (2020 – 2022) Total: 20.5 hp

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Educating for Widening Participation and Inclusion (7.5 hp)

Collaborative Learning in Digital Learning Environments (5.0 hp)

Scholarship of University Teaching (5.0 hp)

Pedagogical Qualifications for Higher Education (3.0 hp)

PhD Supervision coursework (2025)

Education

School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London, Digital Humanities, PhD, 2022 – 2025
Research focused on digital cataloguing methodologies, accessibility, and sustainable approaches to art documentation. Dissertation: Designing an Accessible and Sustainable Digital Catalogue Raisonné: Interdisciplinary Approaches and the Case of Ted Stamm.

Malmo University, Pedagogy Coursework, Malmo, Sweden, 2019 – 2021
Collaborative Learning in Digital Learning Environments (5.0 hp), Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Educating for Widening Participation and Inclusion (7.5 hp), Scholarship of University Teaching (5.0 hp), Pedagogical Qualifications for Higher Education (3.0 hp) and PhD Supervision coursework (2025)

Parsons School of Design, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), New York, New York, 1998 – 2000
Concentration in Mixed Media, Visual Systems and Information Design under mentorship of noted artists including Ross Bleckner, Glenn Ligon, Mira Schor, Amy Sillman, and Richard Tuttle. Thesis project explored experimental motion media and conceptual based small found objects.

Memphis College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Memphis, Tennessee, 1993 – 1997
Dual concentrations in Printmaking, Book Arts, Sculpture and Painting with distinction. Received tuition grants and travel grants for the Netherlands and Horn Island.

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Visual Arts HS Diploma), Jacksonville FL, 1993
Visual Arts program with emphasis on foundational techniques and conceptual development.