Speaker Kelsey Elder
Kelsey Elder is an educator and typographer whose practice looks at the intersections of typography, language, and power. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches graphic design, type design, and history. He has priorly taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Purchase College, and Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his BFA in Graphic Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, his MFA in 2d Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and is a graduate of the TDi at the University of Reading and the EcTd at the Plantin Institute of Typography.