motion and Augmented reality designer, professor, associate chair, and speaker.

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Renée Stevens is an award-winning motion and augmented reality designer, educator, and public speaker currently located in Syracuse, NY. Her design and creative research looks at how Augmented Reality can help overcome Learning Disabilities, specifically Dyslexia. She splits her time between owning and running a freelance interactive design studio and as an Assistant Professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She is also the Associate Chair of the Visual Communications Department where she oversees the Graphic Design Program. She was named a 2017 Educator to Watch by GDUSA and received a prestigious 2018 Meredith Teaching Recognition Award.

As a speaker she has been invited to events around the world, including SXSW, AIGA, and the European Conference on Social Media, to talk about her work in Augmented Reality. She is an active member of AIGA Upstate New York and serves on the board as the Director of Education. Stevens has been recognized nationally and internationally with awards from Graphis, Print, GDUSA, AEJMC, Minted, and Lightwork. Her favorite things include properly kerned type, perfectly paced music, and beautiful whitespace.

Renée is the Creative and Managing Director for the annual design workshop, Pixels & Print (http://pixelsvsprint.syr.edu), which provides a real-world collaborative experience to design students by working on projects focusing on the power of design by designing for social good.