Ming Ming Chapman

Ming Ming Chapman is a Distinguished Service Professor of Design at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. She specializes in design methodologies addressing social and ecological justice, focusing on how design challenges fixed worldviews to foster equitable futures. Her roles include teaching, executive education program design, and leadership in global design initiatives.

Education:

• MA, Design Futures – Goldsmiths University of London
• BFA, Fashion Design – Shih Chien University (Taiwan)
• BFA, Graphic Design – Tainan University of Technology (Taiwan)
• PGCert, Learning & Teaching in Higher Education – University of Brighton

Research Focus: Her work bridges design, business, and societal impact, emphasizing worldview transformation through design. She explores how design interventions can drive systemic change in organizations and communities, with a focus on marginalized groups and sustainable development goals like Quality Education (SDG4) and Reduced Inequalities (SDG10).

Teaching & Leadership:

• Developed a postgraduate program in Art, Design & Media for underrepresented communities in the UK
• Current courses include Design Thinking with AI, Service Design Leadership, and Communication Design for Business
• Featured faculty for Tepper’s Executive Education Design Thinking with AI program

Professional Engagement: She advises global brands (JPMorgan, Puma), NGOs (UN Volunteers), and cultural institutions (London Design Festival). Recent activities include faculty judging for Impact CMU student projects and advising CMU’s Design for America initiative.