31 min
KickBacking with Raja Pt. 2 The KickBack Podcast
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- Design
About the Episode:
In Part 2 of the KBP, Raja and I discuss the beauty of non-conforming spaces and how we both wish the rest of society was like a design class. This episode is also for all the misunderstood Black Women wanting to make a difference in this world.
About the Guest:
Raja Schaar, IDSA (she/her) is an Associate Professor and Director of the Product Design Program at Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. She was the inaugural chair of IDSA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council and is the past Education Director for the organization. Prior to joining the faculty of Drexel, Raja taught at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Industrial Design and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Raja is an industrial designer with an extensive background in museum exhibition and healthcare design. She is passionate about ways Design can positively impact social inequities at the intersections of health equity, environmental justice, and STEAM education.
Raja studies the ethical implications of design and technology through her research and teaching through the lenses of science fiction, speculative design, and social entrepreneurship. Her current projects address biases in maternal health through wearable technology and participatory design; community-based co-design for engaging black girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM/STEAM through design, technology, and dance; and biologically-inspired design, sustainability, and climate justice.
Raja received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech in 2001 and completed her graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003.
Connect with Raja:
@raja.jaja (Instagram)
Referenced Songs from the Episodes:
The KBP Music Playlist
Referenced Resources here
Visit the KBP site here
Connect with me & KBP:
Instagram
Linkedin
About the Episode:
In Part 2 of the KBP, Raja and I discuss the beauty of non-conforming spaces and how we both wish the rest of society was like a design class. This episode is also for all the misunderstood Black Women wanting to make a difference in this world.
About the Guest:
Raja Schaar, IDSA (she/her) is an Associate Professor and Director of the Product Design Program at Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. She was the inaugural chair of IDSA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council and is the past Education Director for the organization. Prior to joining the faculty of Drexel, Raja taught at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Industrial Design and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Raja is an industrial designer with an extensive background in museum exhibition and healthcare design. She is passionate about ways Design can positively impact social inequities at the intersections of health equity, environmental justice, and STEAM education.
Raja studies the ethical implications of design and technology through her research and teaching through the lenses of science fiction, speculative design, and social entrepreneurship. Her current projects address biases in maternal health through wearable technology and participatory design; community-based co-design for engaging black girls and underrepresented minorities in STEM/STEAM through design, technology, and dance; and biologically-inspired design, sustainability, and climate justice.
Raja received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech in 2001 and completed her graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003.
Connect with Raja:
@raja.jaja (Instagram)
Referenced Songs from the Episodes:
The KBP Music Playlist
Referenced Resources here
Visit the KBP site here
Connect with me & KBP:
Instagram
Linkedin
31 min