Speaker Heather Snyder-Quinn

Heather Snyder-Quinn is an Assistant Professor of Design at DePaul University, Co-Director of The Design Futures Lab, and Co-Chair of Speculative Futures Chicago. Using design fiction to challenge technocratic power, she engages with the ethics of emerging technology, including AR, AI, and IoT. Since 2016, she has exhibited at Typeforce, The New Media Caucus, SIGCHI, UCDA, CAA, AIGA, RISD, Design Incubation, Design Principles, and Frans Masereel Centre. Additionally, she received the Society of Typographic Arts 100 Award in both 2018 and 2019 for her experimental publications. Her latest work is “mariah” is a site-specific augmented reality app that narrates stories of historical injustice.