Samantha Perkins
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The Design School Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1605Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentLeadership and Innovation
MaryLouFulton Teachers College
Samantha Perkins is the assistant director of online learning communities, co-director of InnovationSpace, and an Industrial Design educator at The Design School.
Sam has worked as an architectural, graphic, interactive, and environmental designer across design industries and the academic landscape. As a design educator, her primary pedagogical approach has focused on collaborative design methods, uniting the theories and practices of multiple design disciplines into cohesive communicable concepts. Her research focuses on creating equitable experiences through the creation of a culture of sharing in online design learning environments.
MFA Graphic Design, Academy of Art University
BS Architecture, University of Texas at Arlington
participatory action research
participatory learning
community of inquiry
online learning experiences
learning experience design
culture of sharing
adaptive learning
cross-modal third spaces
design education
Perkins, S. and Sanguinetti, Paola. (2022, November 18). Beyond the studio: How cross-modal third-spaces might reshape design education [Conference session]. Anticipation 22, Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html
Culpepper, W., Perkins, S. Makela, L., and Alders, T. (2022, September 23). Digital Teaching Spaces as a Point of Purposeful Practice [Panel discussion]. DEL Conference 2022, Virtual. https://delconference2022.psu.edu/day-2/
Perkins, S. (Principle Investigator) (2022–2023). The engaged student’s illustrated primer: How design thinking & technology can build a more inclusive learning experience (Project No. DR06426 ) [Grant]. Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Blau, M., Gohn, Y., Perkins, S., and Sheets, J. (2020, August 3). Coronavirus and the Classroom [Panel discussion]. The One Club for Creativity Global Educators Summit, Virtual. https://www.oneclub.org/events/-global-educators-summit-2020
The Design School ReDesign Committee. (2020). ReDesign: Strategic plans for opening access. Arizona State University.
Perkins, S. and Humphries, J. (2012, March 19–22). Knowhere: Finding the ways we wayfind [Conference session]. IDEC 2012 Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://idec.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/idec-2012-
proceedings-web.pdf
Perkins, S. (2012). Knowhere: Finding Ways to Teach Wayfinding [Paper presentation]. 2012 SEGD Academic Summit. Society of Environmental Graphic Designers, New York, NY, United States. https://media.segd.org/s3fs-public/2012_segd_academic_summit.pdf
Perkins, S., Molloy, J., Tunstall, D. (2012). Education Today [Panel discussion]. 2012 SEGD Academic Summit. Society of Environmental Graphic Designers, New York, NY, United States. https://media.segd.org/s3fs-public/2012_segd_academic_summit.pdf
Perkins, S. (2012). Knowhere: Finding ways to wayfind [Exhibit]. Cage Gallery, Miami, OH.
Perkins, S. (Principle Investigator) (2011–2012). Knowhere: Finding ways to wayfind [Grant]. College of Fine and Performing Arts
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
| DSC 101 | Design Awareness |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENT 494 | Special Topics |
| SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENT 494 | Special Topics |
| SOS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| IVD 494 | Special Topics |
| IVD 562 | Innovation Studio III |
| IVD 562 | Innovation Studio III |
| IVD 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Fall
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GRA 121 | Principles Graphic Design I |
| DSC 294 | Special Topics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IVD 562 | Innovation Studio III |
| GRA 101 | Designing Life |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| EDS 223 | Design Thinking |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| EDS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 294 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EDS 484 | Internship |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| EDS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| EDS 223 | Design Thinking |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
| DSC 100 | ASU Design Experience |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EDS 484 | Internship |
| EPD 790 | Reading and Conference |
Finding the I in Team (2018). Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.
Changing the Face of Online Education. (2018). The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Meeting Students Where They Learn. (2016). Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, United States.
The Challenges of Online Teaching (2016). University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
design8ed (formerly PhDv8) | multiple locations
Principle, Founder, Creative Director
Freelance graphic design focusing on book design / experiential visual systems development and implementation wayfinding, print, and digital design work on academic and corporate websites, academic print collateral, corporate design systems, marketing packages, and identity designs
Catt Lyon Design | Cincinnati, Ohio
Environmental Graphic Design Project Manager
Environmental design and wayfinding for convention centers, hotels, casinos, residential towers, and sports facilities
dsgn associates | Dallas, Texas
Architectural Designer
Environmental and architectural design of residential, national entertainment chain, and international retail facilities