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Change-maker, Visual communicator, UXer, Author, Educator @UMich @um_stamps School of Art & Design. Founder of @theorbitproject: https://teapaw.org/t.co/7PknoUmFiz

Ann Arbor, MI
Joined February 2008
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Creative friends! Take part in our new book project, ✨Creative Resilience!✨Submit case studies, project ideas, exercises, short essays, visual narratives by 31 May. 🔗 more details + submission form! orbit-project.com/creative-r… 🌎 #umstamps @denielle @vcuqatar @theorbitproject 🌍
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Whenever anyone asks, I’ll just say, “We are doing the HP curriculum.” instagram.com/p/CKZ6KJynj30v…
I’m so excited and honored to give a public talk tomorrow as part of the @UM_Stamps Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series! Join me here bit.ly/tenure-talk at 8pm EST for “The People Beyond the Screen: Designing for Human Connection.” #collab #design #UX #academicmom
Nov. 13th, 8:00 PM EST: ORBIT founder ⁦ @kellissima’s public tenure talk goes live as part of the @umstamps Distinguished Speaker Series. Don't miss this energizing discussion about designing intercultural collaborations! bit.ly/tenure-talk
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Join us NOW! :)
Join ORBIT co-founders Kelly Murdoch-Kitt @kellissima and Dr. Denielle Emans @denielle at 4PM EST today for their free AIGA virtual panel on international design collaborations! 🌐 ⬇️ free registration link ⬇️ aiga.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
International Design Collaborations need to happen now more than ever—in the classroom, workplace, and world. Want to make this happen? Join me, @denielle, and our fine co-panelists and moderator this Friday for ideas & inspo!
Join us on Friday Oct. 30 at 4 pm EST for a DEC Virtual Fall Event: "International Design Collaborations: Lessons and Experiences" Panelists: Denielle Emans, Lesley-Ann Noel, Maria Rogal, Kelly Murdoch-Kitt Moderated by: Gaby Hernández ZOOM link will be shared next week!
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This week I learned the term #misogynoir from one of my #design students. Here is a link so you can learn about it, too: forbes.com/sites/janicegassa… Naming discrimination enables us to organize our thoughts, TALK about & TAKE ACTION on these issues.
Yesterday we splinted a broken #monarch wing for the first time, and it was so wonderful to see him fly off to sun himself after the procedure! instagram.com/p/CFS9aPYncLnk…
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So incredibly proud of my research partner and co-author @denielle on earning her PhD! Congratulations, partner!! 🥳 ❤️ 🎉
Congratulations to Dr. Denielle Emans, who was recently awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland for her research within the Centre for Communication and Social Change. 1/3 #VCUartsQatar #VCU #VCUarts #artsed
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Kelly Murdoch-Kitt retweeted
VCUarts Qatar has launched a competition for its undergraduate students titled, "Creativity in Response to the Pandemic." More information can be found at bit.ly/2CkQzrX
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This is the American spring. This is when we decide who we are as a country.
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Reminder (or breaking news) the home security system was invented by a black woman because the police wouldn’t come to a black neighborhood when called. blackpast.org/african-americ…
When 4 yr olds make new verbs...or, Today, my office chair got “googled.” instagram.com/p/CA8rxbanr76w…
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For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies sojo.net/articles/our-white-… via @sojourners
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Thanks again to @CultureSource for inviting me and @Denielle to lead a webinar on using visual thinking to support remote collaboration! @theorbitproject
Had a blast leading an online workshop about visual thinking for collaborative teams with @kellissima from @umstamps! Thank you @CultureSource for the opportunity to share our research with the arts & culture community of Southeast Michigan! @TheORBITProject
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I’m excited and honored to be named a @UMichHumanities Summer Fellow!
Good news to keep you moving through the day...@kellissima and @melmanos have been named 2020 Summer Faculty Fellows at @UMichHumanities. 🎉Congrats!! 🎉Learn more about their projects: myumi.ch/0WYNk #umicharts
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"We have to live life offline in order to make the most of our time online." If you’re feeling symptoms of digital burnout, this is for you: myumi.ch/r8eZz
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Physical therapy in the time of corona... @ Ann Arbor, Michigan instagram.com/p/B-FQkMTn7OTM… – at Ann Arbor, MI
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Well, tomorrow begins my #birthday week. All I want is to have a dance party—but obviously can’t (plus I’m still recovering from a broken foot). So let’s have a #virtual dance party! Please reply with your best moves. #SundayThoughts #SocialDistance #birthdaywishes
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After 3 days of crazy, my child finally took a nap this afternoon. Unfortunately, so did I...right through my 3pm meeting.
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If you’re struggling with suddenly teaching online, please request a free e-copy of our book. So many ideas for remote project-based learning and working that you can adapt to your needs!
Educators! Request a free e-copy of Intercultural Collaboration by Design, by @kellissima & @denielle, full of creative tools for multisensory #remotelearning, #remoteteaching, #remotework, and #collab: bit.ly/inspectioncopy #umstamps @VCUQatar @UM_Stamps @aigadec @mgoldst
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