Curriculum Vitae

Education

Sep 2019 - Apr 2023 / ArtCenter College of Design
M.F.A in Media Design Practices, Graduated with Distinction

Sep 2015 - Jun 2019 / University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. in Economics (Math & Digital Humanities Minors)

Honors and Fellowships

Jun 2023 / Core77Student Notable in Sustainability (Substrate Fantasia)

May 2023 - Sep 2023 / ArtCenter College of DesignPost-graduate Research Fellow

Jan 2023 - Sep 2023 / ArtCenter College of DesignKeck Student Research Fellow in Material Science

2020 - 2023 / ArtCenter College of DesignGraduate Student Scholarship

Teaching Experiences

Jan 2020 - Sep 2023 / ArtCenter College of DesignGuest Speaker for MDes Gradlab, Su23
Teaching Assistant for Adventure in Material Science, Sp23
Teaching Assistant for Critical Worldviews, Fa21 - Sp22
Teaching Assistant for Creative Technologies II, Fa20
Teaching Assistant for Graphic Design Histories, Sp20

Industrial Experiences

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 / IDEOBusiness Development Researcher (Contractor)

Jul 2022- Sep 2022 / Ford Motor CompanyHuman-Machine-Interaction UX Researcher (Internship)

May 2022 - Jul 2022 / ZippoDesign Researcher (Internship)

Published Works

2024 (Forthcoming) / University of California PressEthnographic Drawings in Professor Mara E. Green’s book, Making Sense: Language, Ethics and Understanding in Deaf Nepal

Mar 2022 / American Anthropological AssociationEthnographic Drawings in Professor Mara E.Green’s paper, The eye and the other: Language and ethics in deaf Nepal

Research Experiences

May 2023 - Sep 2023 / ArtCenter College of Design, Faculty Research by Elise Co Design Lead at Sampler Project

Jan 2021 - Apr 2022 / American Anthropological AssociationResearch Assistant to Professor Elizabeth Chin, the Editor In Chief of AAA Journal

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 / SnapChat + ArtCenter , Faculty Research by Jenny RodenhouseDesign Researcher and Creative Technologist for the project House of Desktop Dinning

Workshops, Seminar & Presentations

Mar 2024 (Forthcoming) / 18th International Conference on Design Principles & Practices Conference Presentation on Substrate Fantasia

Mar 2023 / ArtCenter College of Design
Host, Capacity To Care In Multispecies Futures

Mar 2021/ University of Pennsylvania, Virtual OtherwiseWorkshop Speaker, Free and Easy tools for Infographics and Data Visualization

Mar 2021/ American Anthropological Association Annual ConferenceWorkshop Speaker, Free and Easy tools for Infographics and Data Visualization

Nanyi Jiang

Substratocentric Thinking

I. Fungi-Human Lifecycles

II. Material Redefinition