Terresa Moses

Terresa Moses serves as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and the Director of Design Justice at the University of Minnesota's College of Design. She simultaneously holds roles as Creative Director of the justice-centered design studio Blackbird Revolt and Ph.D. candidate in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto, demonstrating deep integration of academic, creative, and activist work.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BFA in Fashion Design and African American Studies from the University of North Texas (2008)
• MFA in Design Research and Anthropology (2015)
• Ongoing Ph.D. in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto

Dr. Moses' research centers Black liberation through design praxis, notably Project Naptural (creating spaces for Black women to explore natural hair and self-identity) and Racism Untaught (a curriculum model revealing 'racialized' design to foster anti-racist concepts). Her dissertation Black Liberation X Design develops a textbook for teaching design through Black-centered, abolitionist frameworks, actively seeking collaborators to implement 4-week curricular projects.

No specific scientific awards are documented in the source material, though her work manifests through exhibitions like Umbra and conference engagements including Design Plus Diversity and RGD Design Thinkers.

As an educator, she rejects assimilationist teaching practices to unapologetically center Blackness, emphasizing holistic student identity validation and power redistribution in classrooms. She actively prepares for tenure while expanding Blackbird Revolt's team and authoring two forthcoming books.

Dr. Moses co-founded Blackbird Revolt as a Minneapolis-based studio for justice-centered design work and contributes to collective liberation through the Black Liberation Lab executive board and African American Graphic Designers core team, building infrastructure for Black design communities.