Teaching

With more than seventeen years of teaching across Sweden, Denmark, and the United States, she integrates research‑led pedagogy, real‑world collaborations with NGOs and industry, and inclusive course design. She currently serves as Lecturer and Co‑Programme Director for the Design Bachelors at Malmö University, leading core courses, supervising thesis projects at bachelor’s and master’s levels, and developing curricula that embed AI tools, accessibility principles, and design research methods.

Co‑Programme Director and Lecturer, Malmö University, Malmo, Sweden, 2019 – present

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, Interaction, Media Studies, and Product Design, Design for Engineering at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.

Co-Programme Director, she co-chairs a three-year bachelor’s programme in Graphic Design that integrates practical design skills with theoretical foundations and research methodologies. Students develop expertise in design principles, working with design, interface 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), AI tools and practical application of strategic case studies.

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

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

Contributor to freestanding courses, “Interaction Design” and “Visualization and Presentation Techniques” part of the Product Development and Design: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, “Exhibition Design” and “Strategic Design”.

Supervising and examiner for the Graphic Design bachelors degree thesis design project and thesis written report. Over ten years across Malmö University and the Royal Danish Academy, supervised approx. 75+ bachelor’s and 12+ master’s theses and served as examiner for 75+ bachelor’s thesis projects.

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

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

Interdisciplinary seminar collaborations with University of Texas at Austin (2025) and Boston College (2026).

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 for a Garbonomix app project.

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, Kontrapunkt, Urgent Agency and Thorvaldsen) for seven years.

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

Established research alignment and seminar collaborations with the School of Advanced Study (SAS) at the University of London in 2025.

Supports student portfolio development, alumni networks, and internship placement.

Internship mentorship coordination with Kontrapunkt, Neumeister, among others.

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

Principal investigator (PI), Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) “Deepfake Democracy Project” within the Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre (SDRC) at Malmö University, 2025.

Co-coordinator Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) for the Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre (SDRC) and Faculties of Culture and Society Department (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3), Malmö University, 2025.

Student-led exhibition: Smarter. Sustainable. Speculative. Blue Skies Research with Graphic Design Interaction Design course, in collaboration with Smartr.se, K3 Open Space 6 March 2026.

Student led exhibition: Eco Smart Packaging with Graphic Design student Working as a Designer course, K3 Open Space 16-30 January 2026 includes the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP).

Student led exhibition: Stora Karlsö's Guillemots: A Study in Climate Indicators with Graphic Design student Interaction Design course. Collaborated with World Wildlife Foundation in Sweden (WWF), Baltic Sea Project (SE) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE) in the K3 Open Space 14-28 February 2025 and motion clips featured on the fifth floor large digital display in Niagara.

Student led exhibition: Nature and Technology with Graphic Design student Working as a Designer course. Exhibited at the K3 Open Space January 17, 2024 – February 14, 2025 and select projects featured in “Hurra Erfarenhet!” Southern Sweden Design Days (SSDD), 23 – 25 May 2025.

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

Awarded the STINT Teaching Sabbatical Programme for Autumn 2026 for UCLA, Department of Information Studies.

Course delivery draws on LMS Canvas, Figma, Canva, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Research methods are supported by Zotero, NVivo, Elicit, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Cursor, and Lovable.

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, Clothing 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.

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 – 2007)

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

Pedagogical Qualifications

Malmö University, Sweden (2020 – 2025) 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)

Pedagogical Publications

Selected pedagogical publications include articles in the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (JoTL) and CARN Bulletin 27, and a chapter in Empowering Educators through Action Research (IGI Global).

Research Supervision Experience

Completed PhD supervision training in Autumn 2025.

Supervised 12 master’s students in Media and Communication Studies at Malmö University and the Royal Danish Academy within a ten-year period, providing guidance on advanced methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and scholarly publishing strategies.

Supervised 75+ bachelors students total within a ten-year period: 50+ at Malmö University (Department of Culture and Society) and 25 at the Royal Danish Academy.

Served as examiner for 75+ bachelor’s theses in Graphic Design and Media Communication within a ten-year period, implementing assessment protocols through a grading matrix balancing methodological rigor with creative innovation.

Supervised two master’s-level Malmö University media research assistants to improve course literature focused on educational accessibility and inclusivity for neurodivergent students, contributing to the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (JoTL).

As research advisor for the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program and Arts & Humanities Bridge initiative, she mentors bachelor’s and graduate-level interns in art history, media studies, digital humanities, history, information studies, and archival studies for the Ted Stamm Archive. Since 2022, research on the Ted Stamm Catalogue Raisonné has been supported by the University of Chicago’s Jeff Metcalf Internship Program, training twelve research interns in archival digitisation and metadata and producing more than 7,500 digitised archival documents with comprehensive, standards-based finding aids.

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.

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.

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, 1997 – 1998
General Psychology and Child Psychology courses
Psychology foundations supporting human-centered design research

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, Florida, 1993
Visual Arts program with emphasis on foundational techniques and conceptual development.

Appointed External Examiner / Censor (Denmark)

Issued by Danish Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet UFM (Ministry of Education and Research) for Bachelor’s and Master’s levels:
Information Science, Interactive Media, Communications, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Cognitive and Data Science, 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030
Ancient History and Cultural Heritage Studies, 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2030