Michael Schmidt
Associate Dean of Research and Community Engagement
Director, Institute for Arts and Health
Professor, Graphic Design
312 Manning Hall
901.568.8273
mschmidt@memphis.edu
Biography
Dr. Michael Schmidt, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ohio University, Master of Graphic Design at North Carolina State University, and Doctor of Philosophy in social and behavioral sciences at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒. Michael was named a University of 糖心Vlog传媒 鈥淧I Millionaire鈥� while director of the UofM鈥檚 Center for Multimedia Arts for the center鈥檚 externally funded print, exhibit, interactive, and video projects. Most of the Center鈥檚 work promoted child, family, and community health needs, which led to Michael鈥檚 Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship. Michael鈥檚 independent design work was published in Graphic Design: USA, Print Magazine, Emigre, and Designer. He received the University and College Designers Association Gold Award and Silver Award, as well as several other design competition awards for excellence. His writings on design were published in four Allworth Press anthologies and Emigre Magazine. He delivered design presentations at major conferences, including CAA, IASDR, and UCDA. Michael鈥檚 interest in design for children鈥檚 health and rights included work with St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital, Duke Children鈥檚 Hospital, The Urban Child Institute, Shelby County Government, UNICEF Canada, and 糖心Vlog传媒 School of Public Health. Michael鈥檚 health and child rights-related work was presented to a joint committee of the Tennessee State House and Senate, the U.S. House and Senate (via child advocacy group First Focus), and the international child rights community (via UNICEF Canada). He was interviewed by the Boston Globe, wrote an invited article for Communities and Banking (the magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), and donated his child rights advocacy knowledge to the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the Child Rights Impact Assessment Community of Practice (a collaboration with colleagues from UNICEF Canada and the University of Aukland, NZ).
Education
MICHAEL R. SCHMIDT (1995), Professor: B.F.A., 1992, Ohio University; M.G.D., 1994, North Carolina State University; Ph.D., 2019, University of 糖心Vlog传媒