C-SED Graduate Facilitator Program

The Center for Socially Engaged Design (C-SED) opens a once-a-year call for master’s and doctoral students to become graduate facilitators and facilitate workshops, in-class sessions, and lectures utilizing, customizing, and creating content for the C-SED library of educational resources.

The work itself focuses on the facilitation of content related to socially engaged design in curricular and co-curricular contexts, as well as working with C-SED staff, faculty, and other facilitators to update and develop new content. Facilitators in this role are part of the C-SED community and interact with other facilitators, students, staff, and faculty members who are developing new models and approaches to work in socially engaged design.

Characteristics of an ideal candidate

• A Bachelor’s Degree in any field
• Enrolled as a Master’s or Doctoral student in a design-related discipline
  • We believe any discipline could be understood through a design lens. Examples may include: engineering, architecture, art & design, education, information, business, anthropology, public health, social work, public policy
• A strong interest in design processes
• One or more relevant design experiences and/or can describe their experience and interests in terms of design 
  • Examples may include: designing products, services, social interventions, creative projects, curricula, web interfaces, etc., with a specific population, community, or client.
• Experience in facilitation, teaching, mentorship or leading a groups or teams
• A commitment to or experience working in social justice or social impact spaces
• Excellent communication skills including strong writing and interpersonal skills
• Availability to work at least 5 hours per week

Knowledge and experience gained in the facilitator role

• Socially engaged design practice, including design tools and case studies with a DEIJ lens
• Facilitating workshops, and leading discussions in different learning environments
• Planning and implementing educational experiences
• Developing customized design content

The diverse groups that utilize C-SED’s services (including students + faculty from engineering, information, business, education, public health, and more) will provide facilitators with opportunities to develop a broad skill set in interpersonal communication, facilitation techniques and practices, and effective organization of learning activities. These skills can be applied to experiences in academia and beyond.