Seattle University

Created and taught a senior UX design course, preparing students for real-world roles through hands-on projects in branding, prototyping, and accessibility.

Overview

I was invited to teach a senior-level UX design course at Seattle University, where I built an inclusive and practical learning curriculum from the ground up. The course focused on preparing students for real-world roles in product, brand, and experience design. Over the span of six months, I led twice-weekly online sessions that combined lectures, quizzes, hands-on workshops, collaborative critiques, exercises, and iterative project cycles to mirror how modern design teams work. My goal was to give students a practical foundation and the confidence to step into creative roles after graduation.

Contributions

Curriculum Development Created a comprehensive syllabus that covered UX fundamentals, design thinking, human-centered methodologies, branding and brand systems, atomic design, interaction design, storytelling, wireframing, prototyping, accessibility in digital experiences, and collaborative critiques and tutorials.

Instruction & Mentorship Led weekly classes, critiques, and one-on-one sessions, helping students refine their ideas and improve storytelling, research, and visual design.

Industry Alignment Collaborated with the program director to evolve the curriculum, ensuring it reflected real-world expectations and current tools, methodologies, and accessibility standards.

Results

Applied UX Skills Students designed user flows, email templates, and websites as part of their project work, applying principles of hierarchy, storytelling, and usability. Through these exercises, they gained hands-on experience in crafting cohesive customer journeys across digital touchpoints.

Capstone Project Guided students through a quarter-long final project that combined user research, UX considerations, branding, and visual design.

Industry Readiness Helped students shape their portfolios and prepare for internships and entry-level design roles.

Optimization Techniques & Digital Design Vocabulary Built a solid understanding of technical optimization techniques and digital design terminology, enabling more effective collaboration with engineers and product teams.

Inclusive Mindsets Prioritized inclusive practices and accessible design to help students consider broader audience needs.

Sample lectures & project reviews

Student feedback

I really liked the material that we were taught cause I'm very interested in UX/UI design and so it was great to learn more about it. I also liked how the class was structured and I think that the lectures really helped to make the readings a lot more clear.
The course was organized well, the professor always had a clear schedule every class. The readings were fun and not text heavy, which I appreciate; I think it helps me to retain more information. I learned a lot in this class, and I know I will refer to my notes from this course into the future of my design career.
This class was insanely fun and hard at the same time! I feel like I learned so much and I wish we had more classes like this at SU!
He has a good mix of reading, discussions, lectures and I learned so much. Quite honestly I learned more in this quarter than I have in any other design class so far. His lectures were organized simple and he always gave time for questions and gave thorough explanations. It was nice that he actually was a UI/UX designer so he could mix his past professional experiences into the lectures which was really engaging.
I really enjoyed this course! Before taking the class it was difficult to understand the process of UX design, however though the course I was able to learn valuable experience on developing ideas and creating a UX design.

Sample student work

Snapchat, found digital experience wireframes

HerStory, found digital experience wireframes

Skillshare, found digital experience wireframes

AmazonGo, found digital experience & improvements wireframes

Apple Clock, found digital experience & improvements wireframes

Final project for an app for those who suffer with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Seattle University

Created and taught a senior UX design course, preparing students for real-world roles through hands-on projects in branding, prototyping, and accessibility.

I really liked the material that we were taught cause I'm very interested in UX/UI design and so it was great to learn more about it. I also liked how the class was structured and I think that the lectures really helped to make the readings a lot more clear.

This class was insanely fun and hard at the same time! I feel like I learned so much and I wish we had more classes like this at SU!

I really enjoyed this course! Before taking the class it was difficult to understand the process of UX design, however though the course I was able to learn valuable experience on developing ideas and creating a UX design.

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