Mauricio Mejia
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The Design School Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1605Campus: Tempe
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Mauricio Mejía is a Professor of Design and Associate Director of Research and Knowledge Enterprise for The Design School at Arizona State University. His current work is about strategic design and intentional change. He explores how designers can address complex situations and how other practitioners use a design mindset. He often collaborates with practitioners and researchers in other fields, such as health, sustainability, business, and education. Dr. Mejía studies and works with diverse design practices and approaches such as design research, UX design, service design, co-design, and design futures. At ASU, he established the Transformation Lab.
- Ph.D. Design, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2013
- M.Des. University of Cincinnati (Fulbright grantee) 2010
- Industrial Design, Universidad Autonoma de Manizales, Colombia 1998
Strategic design for intentional change
Healthy, just, and sustainable futures
Co-design and participatory design
Design mindset / Design thinking
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 494 | Special Topics |
| GRA 321 | Technology for Design I |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| GRA 121 | Principles Graphic Design I |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 555 | Strategic Design Futures |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| GRA 321 | Technology for Design I |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 555 | Strategic Design Futures |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| DSC 555 | Strategic Design Futures |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| DSC 598 | Special Topics |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| DSC 598 | Special Topics |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| DSC 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 522 | Adv Vis Com Des Studio II |
| DSC 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| IVD 561 | Innovation Studio II |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 522 | Adv Vis Com Des Studio II |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| DSC 599 | Thesis |
| GRA 598 | Special Topics |
| EPD 710 | Current Research in Design |
| DSC 592 | Research |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| GRA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| GRA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Design Research Society (DRS).
Co-convenor of the DRS SIG Designing Change https://www.designresearchsociety.org/cpages/designing-change-sig