#travis — the educator
full professor
EWU
VCD
since 2014
12 years
Twelve years of full-time teaching at Eastern Washington University. Courses, curriculum, governance, public talks. Source-level fluency as a teaching method.
educator designing art.
##what i teach
The teaching is built on source-level fluency. Students leave knowing what HTML and CSS actually are, what a design system is for, and how to read other people's work. The Brick-by-Brick method runs through every course.
| id | area | since |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | typography & visual communication | 2014 · core |
| T2 | code & design | 2014 · core |
| T3 | digital photography & electronic media | 2012 · core |
| T4 | semiotics & design theory | 2018 · seminar |
| T5 | ai & design inquiry studio | 2024 · new |
##courses, at code-and-design.org
Two sequential courses, one hub. Each is its own site under code-and-design.org. The work happens there; the records live here.
DESN 368 / 378 — Code & Design
source-level fluency. brick by brick.
##selected talks & panels
Keynotes, invited lectures, panels, policy work. Reverse chronological.
| year | title · venue |
|---|---|
| 2025 | The Generative Workplace: AI as Your Cognitive Co-pilot. Keynote & panel moderator, EWU Staff In-Service, Cheney, WA. |
| 2025 | The Process is the Product. Invited lecture, Harbin Normal University Intl. Summer Camp, Harbin, China. |
| 2025 | AI in the Workforce. Panelist, Employer Relations WA/OR — Washington State Career Services Directors. |
| 2025 | Washington State AI Task Force. Invited contributor on draft policy proposals; presented to the WA Senate Higher Education Committee. |
| 2025 | Exploring the Potential of AI. Panelist, Innovator Connect, EWU Catalyst Building, Spokane, WA. |
| 2023 | Opening Computational Frontiers: Empowering First-Generation Designers. AIGA Design Educators Conference, New York, NY. |
| 2023 | Say Hello to Your New Robot Overlords. Demonstrations of cutting-edge AI, Spokane Public Library. |
| 2019 | Utopian Idealism: 100 Years of Bauhaus. Panel, German Campus Week, EWU. |
| 2014 | LIGHTBEAMS — 10 Rules for Being Creative. Cultivate Spokane Salon, Big Dipper, Spokane, WA. |
##education
| year | credential |
|---|---|
| 2012 | M.F.A., Photographic and Electronic Media. Maryland Institute College of Art — Baltimore, MD. |
| 2004 | B.A., Visual Communication Design. Eastern Washington University — Cheney, WA. |
| 2004 | B.A., Fine Art (Studio). Eastern Washington University — Cheney, WA. |
| 2001 | A.F.A., Fine Art. Spokane Falls Community College — Spokane, WA. |
##awards & recognition
| year | recognition |
|---|---|
| 2025 | CAHSS Team Excellence Award. Faculty Co-Chair, Course & Programming Approval Committee, EWU. |
| 2024 | Promoted to Full Professor. Eastern Washington University. |
| 2014–16 | Adobe Education Leader. Three consecutive years. |
| 2014 | Featured Flowboard at flowvella.com. |
| 2012 | Certificate in College Teaching of Art — MICA. |
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