Rebecca Tegtmeyer

Prioritizing our values: Design Educators Collectively Building Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Practices in a (post-) Pandemic era

Published in Dialectic, 5.1 (2023), edited by Keith M. Owens & Michael R. Gibson, 8–60. AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) and Michigan Publishing, December 2023.

The Value Design Education Pledge was co-developed by the co-authors of this article: Associate Professor Anne H. Berry, Associate Professor Meaghan A. Dee, Assistant Professor Penina Laker, and Associate Professor Rebecca Tegtmeyer, with contributions by Kelly Walters (Assistant Professor, Communication Design, Parsons, The New School, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A.), to develop and promote long-term, inclusive, and equitable teaching practices that could positively affect design education. The pledge was initiated in the wake of events that transpired during the spring and summer of 2020—namely, the COVID-19 global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, both of which evolved across the United States during that time. It was also undertaken in recognition of 1) the changes and challenges that evolved as a result of remote and online learning having to be implemented across most U.S.-based, university-level and K-12 design education programs, and 2) the need for pedagogic accountability when decisions have been taken by faculty and administrators to commit to inclusive and equitable teaching practices

On Designing with Authenticity over Perfection

Published in Feminist Designer: On the Personal and the Political in Design, edited by Alison Place, 88–92. The MIT Press, September 5, 2023.

Collaboration in Design Education: Case Studies and Teaching Methodologies

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
With Marty Maxwell Lane, Associate Professor of Graphic Design at University of Arkansas

The book is a comprehensive guide for students and practitioners who want to take a collaborative approach in their design practice. Authors Marty Maxwell Lane and Rebecca Tegtmeyer introduce a range of case study collaborations, both face-to-face and remote, and between individuals and groups. The book addresses the basics of getting started, planning ahead and reflecting on outcomes, alongside the issues that come up in collaborative work, e.g. cross-cultural exchange, or managing roles within a diverse team. Editorial commentary runs throughout the chapter introductions and case studies, with informatics illustrating key concepts and expanded ‘call out’ points in the martin. More complex case studies offer a ‘deep dive’ section to explain and share further details of the featured projects.

Critical and Collaborative Making with Augmented Technical Tools

Published in the Proceedings of DRS 2020 International Conference: Synergy (Volume 3: Co-Creation)
With Cat Normoyle, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at East Carolina University

Our research practices a critical approach to collaborative design making and speculates how present technologies shift future possibilities where interactions and exchanges are limited to those mediated by technological devices. We conduct a series of collaborative investigations prioritizing a critical making process over the final artifacts. In these investigations we consider and address the social and technological implications of how remote collaborative-making, mediated by augmented technical tools, might (1) foster new ways of thinking and making through play and experimentation (2) affect social interactions and empower people to become producers (3) affect relationships between collaborators and the technologies in use through transparent processes.