About me
Alison Place is a designer, educator, and writer whose work explores the intersection of design and feminist theory as a space for critical making and radical speculation. She is the author of Feminist Designer: On the Personal and the Political in Design (MIT Press 2023), which illuminates design as a feminist practice through essays, case studies, and dialogues. She is currently a professor at the University of Cincinnati in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. She has taught design at the college level for 11 years, specializing in teaching design research, community-centered design, speculative design, and emerging technologies. She has served in various leadership roles in the design education field, including two terms on the AIGA Design Educators Community National Steering Committee, and has earned multiple national awards for her research and creative work, including the Design Incubation Award for Published Scholarship. Previously, she was an associate professor at the University of Arkansas School of Art, where she also served as the director of the graphic design program. She holds an M.F.A. in experience design from Miami University of Ohio, as well as bachelor's degrees in graphic design and journalism from the University of Cincinnati.
