Faculty Profile

Omari Souza

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Design
College
College of Visual Arts and Design

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ADES 2523.501, Digital Patterns and Systems, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ADES 5410.001, Foundations & Frameworks of Interaction Design, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ADES 5420.001, Human Centered Interaction Design 1, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ADES 1543.501, Foundations of User Centered Design, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ADES 3548.501, Topics In User Experience Design, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ADES 4518.501, Cause Based User Experience Design, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ADES 1513.501, Contextual Research Methods, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  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 Publications



  

  
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 Chapter
Souza, O. A. (2020). Passive, Brutish, or Civil? Racist Motifs in Every Day Branding. 
Broadcast Media
Souza, O.  (2022). Episode 437: 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. 
Souza, O.  (2017). 213: Omari Souza Revision Path. 
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. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Souza, O., "The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh,"  Funded. (Present).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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			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):
				
      
					
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