Saskia van Kampen (MDes, RGD, AIGA) has taught graphic Design at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as an Assistant Professor since 2014 and is now Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at the School of Design at San Francisco State University. Her research studies critical design studio pedagogy, Creative Practice as Protest, and Ethical Design. Her pedagogy focuses on supporting the next generation of designers to be socially and environmentally aware. Before moving to California, she was the Vice President of Education and board member of RGD (Registered Graphic Designers). Her role in RGD was to create programs that support both students and academic professionals in design. As such she created a Canada-wide Designathon and set up yearly academic awards of excellence. Professor van Kampen is also a contemporary feminist artist, using traditional creative practices such as needlework to deconstruct contemporary design methods and messages.