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Dr Lesley-Ann Noel

Dr Lesley-Ann Noel

Title
Honorary Doctor
Person Type
Honorary
Dr Lesley-Ann Noel

Biography

Honorary Doctor

Design researcher Dr Lesley-Ann Noel practices design through critical and anti-hegemonic lenses with a focus on equity, social justice and the experience of those who are often excluded from design research. Lesley-Ann aims to decolonise design by highlighting the work of designers outside of Europe and North America and promoting critical awareness by introducing theory concepts and vocabulary into the industry.

Lesley-Ann has a BA in Industrial Design from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, in Curitiba, Brazil. She also has a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago and earned her PhD in Design from North Carolina State University in 2018. She is co-Chair of the Pluriversal Design Special Interest Group of the Design Research Society and a co-editor of ‘The Black Experience in Design’.

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