Julie Sayo
Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Julie Sayo (she/her) is a designer and educator. Currently, she is Assistant Professor in Graphic Design at UMBC. Prior to UMBC, she was an Assistant Research Professor in design and creative pedagogy at Georgetown University’s Ethics Lab where she worked on ethics-centered curricula through creative teaching engagements. She previously served as a lecturer at Loyola University Maryland where she taught undergraduate digital media courses within the Communication department and UX courses in the Emerging Media graduate program.Her research explores the role of heritage in graphic design. Her studio practice uses graphic design as a tool for sharing the Filipino-American experience. Using history and heritage as reference points, her work seeks to create plural narratives around Filipino-American representation through type design and zines.
She received a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola University Maryland and an M.F.A in Graphic Design and M.A in Social Design from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
Research interests
Accessibilty in design pedadogy, heritage in graphic design, type design and heritageTeaching interests
Web design, UX and UI design, graphic design historyEducation
- MFA, Graphic Design — Maryland Institute College of Art (2013)
- MA, Social Design — Maryland Institute College of Art (2012)
- BA, Political Science — Loyola University Maryland (2011)