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Omari Souza

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Design

College: College of Visual Arts and Design

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MFA, Kent State University, 2017
    Major: Visual Communication Design
    Dissertation: Chasing Vertical: Diversity & Recognition in the field of Graphic Design
  • BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2015
    Major: Technology and Integrated Media
  • BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2009
    Major: Graphic Design
    Specialization: Technology and Intregrated Media

Current Scheduled Teaching

ADES 5430.501Human Centered Interaction Design 2Spring 2026
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ADES 5450.501Data and Information Visualization and DesignSpring 2025 SPOT
ADES 1543.501Foundations of User Centered DesignSpring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 1513.501Contextual Research MethodsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 2513.501Typographic SystemsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 2523.501Digital Patterns and SystemsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 5410.001Foundations & Frameworks of Interaction DesignFall 2023 SPOT
ADES 5420.001Human Centered Interaction Design 1Fall 2023 SPOT
ADES 1543.501Foundations of User Centered DesignSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 3548.501Topics In User Experience DesignSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 4518.501Cause Based User Experience DesignFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ADES 1513.501Contextual Research MethodsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Souza, O.A. (2020). Call and Response | Equitable Design Frame Work. https://designincubation.com/publications/abstracts/call-and-response-equitable-design-frame-work/
  • Souza, O.A. (2019). African Americans in Advertising: Images, Stereotypes, and Symbolism. https://designincubation.com/tag/african-american/
  • Souza, O. Making the World a Better Place: Design for Social Good. 46. UCDA Design Education Summit.

    • Book

  • Souza, O., Moses, T. (2022). An Anthology of Blackness: State of Black Design.

    • Book Chapter

  • Souza, O. (2020). Passive, Brutish, or Civil? Racist Motifs in Every Day Branding. Other. University of Plymouth Press.

    • Broadcast Media

  • Souza, O. (2022). Episode 437: Omari Souza. https://revisionpath.com/omari-souza/
  • Souza, O. (2021). Episode 19 Omari A. Souza - Works in Process podcast. https://www.wip.show/ep/19/
  • Souza, O. (2021). Episode 05 — It’s about time we are catalysts of change. https://www.ibm.com/design/racial-equity-in-design/podcast/episode05/
  • Souza, O. (2017). 213: Omari Souza Revision Path.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Souza, O. (2020). Racist Motifs in Design. Other. (2020) Virtual Event, Pivot Conference. https://taylor.tulane.edu/pivot/

    • Journal Article

  • Souza, O. (2019). Hue Design Summit. Other. Taylor & Francis Group.

    • Newspaper

  • Souza, O. (2020). Language, Symbolism And The Toxicity Of Trump's Rose Garden Address. https://blavity.com/language-symbolism-and-the-toxicity-of-trumps-rose-garden-address

    • Other

  • Moses, T., Souza, O. (2023). Introduction. An Anthology of Blackness. xiii-xvii. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15176.003.0003

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Souza, O., "The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh," Funded.
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Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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