Mina Zarfsaz
Mina Zarfsaz
Mina Zarfsaz
Assistant Professor
Biography
Mina Zarfsaz (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Design at Rowan University. She serves as the Graphic Design program coordinator and co-director of the Institute for Innovative Media, Materials & Design (IMMaD).
As a trans-disciplinary artist, designer and system-thinker, Zarfsaz pursues a socially-minded creative practice and research agenda at the intersection of technology, and humanities. In her practice, Zarfsaz employs cross-disciplinary methods to examine the intricate interactions between animate and inanimate beings, forming a multi-species collaboration framework on micro, meso, and macro scales. Her work advocates for relatability and humility as conditions for preserving harmony in our collective survival. Recurring themes including Social Design and Behavioral Ecology serve as both forms of inquiry and catalysts for social change in her research.
Research Interests
Speculative Design, Integrated Design, Empathic/Social Design, Enactive/Exploratory Perception, Interactivity and Action in Perception, Participatory Design, Generative Design & Data Interpretation, Language and Play, Poetics of Space, Worldmaking/XRealities, Physical Immersion/Augmentation, Kinetics, Designing for/with Environments…