jenn stucker

Position

Division Chair + Associate Professor, Graphic Design + Integrative Design
Graduate Coordinator, MDes in Integrative Design

Education:

• B.F.A., Graphic Design, Bowling Green State University, 1997

• M.F.A., Graphic Design, Eastern Michigan University, 2008

• Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, Bowling Green State University, anticipated 2025

Currently Teaching:

ARTD 3060 Graphic Design Theory
ARTD 4070 Graphic Design Senior Thesis
Minor Design for Social Impact
DSGN 5020 Design Studio :: Complexity, Context + Culture
DSGN 6020 Design Studio :: Integrative Strategies, Theory + Implementation
DSGN 6130 Design Thesis Exhibition + Defense

Jenn Stucker is an associate professor and division chair of Graphic Design at BGSU. She earned her BFA at BGSU and her MFA from Eastern Michigan University, both in graphic design. Jenn’s research interests include Design as an Artist and Practitioner, Design as a Scholarship of Engagement, and the Scholarship of Design Pedagogy. Her work has been published in several books on design and has received various award recognitions, including HOW Magazine’s 2013 and the 2017 International Design Awards for her community-based works, The You Are Here Toledo Project, and the Sit&Tell Project. She is the co-founder & co-organizer of SWEAT (Summer Workshop for Experimentation and Thought,) a collaborative experience in experimental modes of making, and a founding board member of AIGA Toledo, where she has served in numerous leadership roles. Jenn has previously co-chaired two national AIGA Design Education conferences, chaired a national UCDA Design Education Summit, and presented her teaching and research interests at several national conferences. Her most recent project, In The Round: A Speaker Series of Native American Creatives, is a collaboration with Heidi Nees, assistant professor in the Department of Theater and Film. Jenn is currently working on her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration.

AREAS OF RESEARCH /ARTISTIC FOCUS:
Jenn’s research interests include higher education, form-giving, collaboration, and creative placemaking as a designer-citizen-teacher.

TEACHING SPECIALIZATION:
Graphic Design, Design Thinking, Typography, Social Impact Design, and Integrative Design

RECENT / NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Design Awards

• 2023 Creative Quarterly 100 Best Annual of 2022
• 2023 Graphis International // Honorable Mention
• 2023 American Advertising Federation Toledo Addy Awards // Best of Show, Mosaic Diversity Award, Gold and Silver Addys
• 2023 Design Incubation Communication Design Awards // Service Category
• 2022 GD USA American Graphic Design Awards // Two Certificates of Excellence
• 2022 Graphis International // Honorable Mention
• 2022 UCDA Design Awards // Honorable Mention
• 2022 GD USA American Digital Design Awards // Certificate of Excellence
• 2018 GD USA American Graphic Design Awards // Certificate of Excellence
• 2018 48th Creativity International Print & Packaging Design Awards // Silver + Bronze Award
• 2017 HOW International Design Awards // Merit Award
• 2017 Graphis International Design Annual 2017 // Merit Award
• 2016 46th Creativity International Print & Packaging Design Awards // Platinum Award
• 2016 GD USA American Graphic Design Awards // Certificate of Excellence
• 2015 45th Creativity International Print & Packaging Design Awards // Gold Award 

Community Engagement Projects

• 2022– In The Round :: A Speaker Series of Native American Creatives
• 2016 The Sit and Tell Project Toledo :: Stories of Strong Women 
• 2012 You Are Here Toledo :: Our Sense of Place

Works featured in Recent Books

• 2020 Collaboration in Design Education: Case Studies in Teaching and Methodologies // Marty Maxwell-Lane and Rebecca Tegtmeyer, authors // Bloomsbury Press 
• 2017 Introduction to Graphic Design: A Guide to Thinking, Process and Style // Aaris Sherin, author // Bloomsbury Press

Presentations/Lectures

• 2023 AIGA Design Educators Symposium // AIGA Design Conference // co-author: Heidi Nees // New York, NY
• 2023 Ohio Arts Education Association (OAEA) Annual State Meeting // co-author: Heidi Nees // Toledo, OH 
• 2023 Ohio Public Health Conference // Closing Keynote Speaker // co-facilitator: Gabe Dunbar  // Lewis Center, OH
• 2022 Ohio Campus Compact Annual Meeting // Ohio State University // co-author: Heidi Nees // Columbus, OH
• 2022 Agency :: UCDA Design Education Summit // East Tennessee State University // co-author: Lindsy Buser // Johnson City, Tennessee
• 2022 VentureWell Open: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Conference // Co-author: Jerry Schnepp // Virtual
• 2021 re– :: UCDA Design Education Summit // Virtual
• 2019 Design Week Guest Lecture // Ohio Northern University // Ada, OH
• 2019 Collaborate :: UCDA Design Education Summit // East Tennessee State University // Johnson City, TN
• 2018 Ohio Campus Compact Annual Meeting // Ohio State University // Columbus, OH
• 2017 Hand + Machine :: UCDA Design Education Summit // Kutztown University of Pennsylvania // Kutztown, PA
• 2016 Nimble :: UCDA Design Education Summit // Kean University // Union, New Jersey
• 2015 Spaces of Learning :: AIGA Design Educators International Conference // Toronto, ON, Canada 
• 2015 Design Studies Forum Panel :: College Art Association (CAA) // New York, NY 
• 2015 Revival :: AIGA Design Conference // New Orleans, LA
• 2015 UCDA Design Education Summit // Brookings, SD

Leadership

• 2023 Same/Difference :: National UCDA Design Education Summit // Chair // Bowling Green, OH
• 2022 Agency :: National UCDA Design Education Summit // Co-chair // Johnson City, TN
• 2021–22 BGSU School of Art Interim Associate Director
• 2020–21 BGSU Land Acknowledgment Statement Committee
• 2020 BGSU Fall Flex :: A Virtual Conference of Teaching Resources for an Elastic Fall // Co-organizer + presenter // Bowling Green, OH
• 2020– 21 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow
• 2019–20 BGSU Faculty Senate Chair
• 2016 Nuts+Bolts :: AIGA Design Educators National Conference // Co-chair // Bowling Green, OH

Honors + Recognitions

• 2023 BGSU Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award // Co-awarded with Heidi Nees 
• 2023 BGSU Ph.D. Graduate Award for Academic Excellence // awarded by Higher Education Administration Program
• 2021 BGSU Glanz Family Research Award for Interdisciplinary Faculty Innovation and Collaboration // Co-awarded with Heidi Nees 
• 2019 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Finalist / top 30 of 203 applicants
• 2019 BGSU Master Teacher Award Finalist
• 2018 GDUSA People to Watch List
• 2017 BGSU Outstanding Partnership Award // Center for Civic and Community Engagement
• 2017 BGSU Outstanding Early Career Award // Office of Sponsored Programs and Research

Faculty member at BGSU since 1998