Kelly Beaverford has worked on design and education projects in Uganda, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Iran, Qatar, Turkey and Canada. Now teaching for the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, she focuses on cross-cultural design and studio pedagogy. Ms. Beaverford is the founder and Executive Director of Architects Without Borders Canada.
beaverfo@cc.umanitoba.ca

 

Leland M. Hill completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia College Chicago. After moving from Chicago, Illinois to Richmond, Virginia he began work on a Master’s Degree in Visual Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in 1997. During this time he and his fellow graduate students worked as co-authors with Professors Philip B. Meggs and Roy McKelvey on the book Revival of the Fittest, digital versions of classic typefaces. After completing his master’s, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor at VCU’s branch campus in Doha, Qatar in the summer of 2000. Still in Qatar, Mr. Hill’s teaching focus is in Design History, and Typography. Outside of teaching, he has been the curator of exhibitions including Pentagram’s New York office, April Greiman, Tarek Atrissi and the 5th Color as a co-chairman member of the university’s gallery. In 2004, Mr. Hill headed the organizing committee for Tasmeem Doha 05, a design conference which brought to Doha a company of international participants, to speak about the potential of design in a growing society like Qatar.

Currently, he is collaborating with other universities in the US and Canada on international service learning projects that provide opportunities for students to build their interests in humanitarian action while encouraging a sense of global citizenship.