Congratulations to Yvette Shen, who has been selected to serve as the Major Area Coordinator for the BSD in Visual Communication Design. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University.

Professor Shen is actively involved in graphic design and design research organizations such as AIGA, IASDR, SEGD, DRS, and Cumulus. She currently serves as a National Steering Committee Member for the Design Educators Community (DEC) of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Her creative works have been recognized and awarded by various design organizations and publications such as Information is Beautiful, Civic Media Project, GD USA, AEJMC, BEA, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Creative Quarterly, Applied Arts, etc. Her work has also been exhibited worldwide.

Prior to her appointment at Ohio State, she worked as an interactive designer closely collaborating with clients such as Lenox Hill, HGTV, ESPN, Saucony, Abbott, Novartis, Comcast, and numerous renowned art galleries in New York City. Shen also worked as an Assistant Professor at James Madison University School of Media Arts and Design, and the University of Utah Department of Communication. From her personal, educational, and professional experiences, she values the importance of interdisciplinary problem-solving process of exploring and providing functional, creative, and human-centered design solutions to complex problems.