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

Concurring Design and Multispecies Futures

Funerals and Death Commodification

The Gift

Luxury Fashion, Aura and Augmented Reality

Qualitative Research, Unconsciousness and Bias

Dominguez Wills