María del Mar Navarro
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Mail code: 1605Campus: Tempe
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María del Mar Navarro is Associate Professor in The Design School at the Herberger Institute for Design, and Ph.D. Fellow at The University of Arizona. Ma. del Mar has taught visual communication design practice, research, history, and theory in higher education nationally and internationally for over a decade. Her research focuses on current and historical practices of data visualization and pictographic numeracy pre-nineteenth century, and the theoretical underpinnings of communicating with pictograms.
Ph.D., The University of Arizona (2023)
MFA,Visual Communication Design, The University of Arizona (2008)
MBA, Marketing emphasis, The University of Arizona (2001)
BA, Communication, The University of Arizona (1998)
History and Efficacy of Pictographic Numeracy, Pictorial Statistics, Visual Communication Design Research, Visual Communication Design Pedagogy, Design Research Methods, Design Thinking, Process Assessment, Branding, Typography.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| GRA 461 | Visual Communication V |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| GRA 122 | Principles Graphic Design II |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| GRA 222 | Visual Communication I |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 121 | Principles Graphic Design I |
| GRA 122 | Principles Graphic Design II |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 121 | Principles Graphic Design I |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| GRA 345 | Design Rhetoric |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 121 | Principles Graphic Design I |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| GRA 522 | Adv Vis Com Des Studio II |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
| GRA 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 422 | Motion Graphics/Intractn Desgn |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
| GRA 422 | Motion Graphics/Intractn Desgn |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |