Faculty Stories

As a designer and educator, RISD alum and faculty member Rene Payne strives to break down social and cultural barriers.

Four ongoing research projects by faculty and recent alums focus on composting, improving the visual data used to drive climate research, sustainable biomaterials and tenants’ rights.

RISD faculty member Jonathan D.S. Schroeder, the scholar who rediscovered the narrative, said he hopes the book will restore fugitive and abolitionist John S. Jacobs to history.

A RISD professor, a Hyundai lab and a group of Argentine artisans turn robotics upside down.

The course is taught by new faculty member Juana Estrada Hernandez, who focuses on contemporary approaches to the medium.

Experts from across the country share creative uses of AI and predictions about where the industry is headed.

The honorees discussed the joys and pressures of modern womxnhood during an inspiring panel discussion at the Fleet Library.

Six speakers delivered compelling talks at the second annual student-led event.

Expanded Field Fund grants are supporting wide-ranging projects by faculty members Adela Goldbard, Jonathan Knowles, Rene Payne, Liliane Wong and Derrick Woods-Morrow.