Lisa M. Abendroth
Co-Editor, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies (2018) and Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: Seed Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues (2015)
Co-founder and SEED Education Director, SEED Network
Professor, Communication Design, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Lisa is a Professor in the Communication Design Program at MSU Denver where her research focuses on issues of social equity, inclusion, and justice. Working across diverse disciplines, she practices, evaluates, and writes about design that champions the needs of marginalized people, places and problems. She is the SEED Education Director and also a SEED Network co-founder, a SEED Evaluator co-author, and a recipient of the SEED Award for Leadership in Public Interest Design. Along with Bryan Bell, Lisa is a co-editor of two books in Routledge’s Public Interest Design Guidebook series: Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues (2015) and  Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies (2018). She has earned degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Lisa is an AIGA Fellow.