Sheila Edwards

Sheila Edwards serves as Professor of Furniture Design within the School of Design at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) since September 2004, concurrently maintaining a freelance product design practice since 2010 for clients including Joel Wittkamp Design, FLUKE Corporation, and Pfizer.

Her educational credentials include:

• M.F.A. in Furniture Design from Savannah College of Art and Design
• B.A. in Psychology from Marquette University

Professor Edwards' research integrates furniture design with industrial applications through design history, theoretical frameworks, and technical fabrication methodologies. Her scholarship emphasizes concept development, 2D/3D visualization techniques, and prototyping workflows that bridge academic theory with commercial product development, as evidenced by her collaborative industry projects.

Recent exhibition-based scholarship reveals consistent cross-disciplinary patterns where furniture design intersects with architectural micro-housing solutions and historical retrospectives, demonstrating applied research translation into tangible installations and educational frameworks.

Her collaborative initiatives have earned significant recognition:

• Dean’s Award for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration (2015) for Dakota Jackson Retrospective of the Future
• Dean’s Award for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration for The Master Class in Comparative Studies
• Georgia Honor Award (2014) as team leader for next-generation micro housing project

While specific grant details remain unreported, her professorial role involves comprehensive mentorship across graduate and undergraduate design curricula. Edwards has demonstrated leadership in multidisciplinary teams through award-winning projects like the micro housing initiative, where furniture design principles informed sustainable living solutions through cross-departmental collaboration.