Faculty Profile for Nishra Ranpura

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Nishra Ranpura
Assistant Professor — School of Art and Design
JCM 3117
phone: (512) 245-7422

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Touch-Me-Or-Not. Radiant Fibers. January 23, 2025 - March 14, 2025 Artists: Group (National)
    Schedule:
    • Radiant Fibers. January 23, 2025 - March 15, 2025 Clive Davis Gallery NYU, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York.
  • Kim, M., Oh, D., Ploehn, C., & Ranpura, N. R. (2024). Navigating Emerging Practices in Interaction and Experience Design Education.
  • The Weaver. Interplay: SDA Members + Student Exhibition by Surface Design Association. June 28, 2024 - September 5, 2024 Artists: Group (International)
    Schedule:
    • Interplay: SDA Members + Student Exhibition. June 28, 2024 - September 5, 2024 The Dairy Barn Arts Center’s O’Bleness Gallery, 8000 Dairy Lane Athens, OH 45701.
    • (Juried) Reviewed by: Annet Couwenberg.
  • Ranpura, N. (2024). Crafted Identities: Technological Transformations in Textile Design. In L. Scherling (Ed.), Digital Transformation in Design: Processes and Practices (Vol. Design, 63, pp. 149–166). Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839471425-011
  • Ranpura, N. (2022). Jugaad: about a culture of looms. Surface Design Journal, 46, 48–51.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Academic Honors, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Media Studies Student Service Award, School of Media Studies, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Provost Scholarship, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School. 2020 - 2022

Selected Service Activities

Member
Search Committee for Associate Professor of Practice in Game Design - Game Design Area Coordinator
2024-2025
Member
Admissions Committee for MFA Communication Design
2024-2024
Web Development Support
BFA Communication Design Fall 2024 Exit Review
2024-2024
Guest Critic
The New School
May 2023