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Communication design students use art to promote civic engagement

November 4, 2024

Two sections of the Design of Visual Images course participated in AIGA’s Get Out the Vote initiative, creating posters that merged academic learning with civic engagement. Led by Assistant Professor Shannon Zenner, the project emphasized creative originality, research into voter issues, and the use of analog design to inspire action and highlight the importance of democratic participation.

A collaborative paper led by Chris Chen wins award at TAS ’24

September 20, 2024

The assistant professor of communication design explored whether coaching users in prompting during their interaction with LLM-powered chatbots might impact users' perceptions and engagement with prompting, and further influence their trust calibration in the system.