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David Roll

David Roll

School of Information
Associate Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
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Contact Information
Email:
droll@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-4628
Personal Website:
David Roll

Biography

David Roll joined the iSchool faculty in fall 2015 as a joint appointment with the School of Visual Communication Design. He earned his combined BS/MA degree from the Kent State University VCD program in 2007 and has worked as a graphic designer/art director and part-time instructor since. Before coming back to Kent State, David worked as a designer for The Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, MD and Epstein Design Partners in Cleveland, Ohio on a range of projects from print design and branding to interactive, motion, UI design and environmental graphics. Before returning to Kent he was the Manager and art director of the Cleveland State University Marketing department where he served as creative director of the graphic design team and focused his efforts on assisting the University with branding, environmental graphics and web/UI/application design.

David also taught graphic design and UI/UX, responsive design, and web development courses for Kent State and Cleveland State part-time before joining Kent State as a full-time faculty member. David splits his teaching assignment between the UXD and VCD programs, focusing on interaction and interface design and usability for the UXD program, and print, interactive, and branding for the VCD program. He continues to work professionally for a range of local and national clients, and serves as the consulting Director of Design for the marketing firm Acclaim Communications based in Cleveland, Ohio.

*The School of Information faculty are superstars in the field. Therefore, it is impossible to list all of the great work they do on one page. Listed below is a small selection of David Roll’s work. Further information can be viewed in his CV (found below).


Teaching/Advising

Academic Programs
User Experience Design
Visual Communication Design

Courses
CCI   56001    Responsive Web Design (Slashed with 46001)  
UXD 60118    Accessibility Evaluation and Universal Design
VCD 21000    Introduction to Web Design
VCD 37000    Visual Design for Media: Advanced
VCD 43003    Identity Systems


Professional Specialties

Graphic (Visual) DesignBrandingUsabilityUser Interfaces


Awards/Achievements

  • PRINT Regional Design Annual (2012)
  • Society for Environment Graphic Design Honor Award (2007)
  • Cleveland AIGA Design Competition (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  • Cleveland ADDY Awards (2007, 2008, 2010, 2014)
  • District ADDY Awards (2014)
  • CASE Awards, Design (2013, 2014)
  • Interactive Media Awards (2007, 2010)
  • W3 Design Awards (2008, 2009)
  • Web Marketing Association WebAward (2008)
  • Graphic Design USA Design Annual (2008, 2009, 2010)

Professional Service

  • Peer Reviewer for the MODE Summit (2019)
  • Competition Judge for UCDA Design (2018)
  • Competition Judge for District ADDY (2013)

Affiliations

  • AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
  • SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Design)
  • UXPA (User Experience Professionals Association)

Education

MA in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University BS in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University

Documents

PDF icon Roll-David-CV-Sept2020.pdf
School of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication & Information

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