Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor of Design Studies, has been awarded a month’s residency at the Bogliasco Foundation in Bogliasco, Italy, located outside of the city of Genoa. (See: https://www.bfny.org/en/fellows/upcoming-fellows)

While she is there in February 2018, Yelavich will be working on the final chapter of her book Thinking Design through Literature (Routledge, 2019). She joins a distinguished group of 32 artists, composers, musicians, performers, writers, and scholars of the humanities and literature, who have made significant contributions to the arts and humanities. During her absence, Jilly Traganou will serve as Acting Director of the MA Design Studies program.