Faculty Profile for Nishra Ranpura

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