A Fellow of Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design (CPID), Dylan Morgan approaches design with curiosity, exploring how culture, ecology, and the stories held within a landscape can shape its future. A Principal at PLACE and adjunct faculty at PSU, Dylan brings practice, research, and education in service of communities and the public realm. He is currently leading the land team for the Oak Savanna and ITECK Center, an evolving landscape for learning and stewardship grounded in Indigenous Traditional Ecological & Cultural Knowledge (ITECK) and has collaborated with Finding Country workshops, bringing Indigenous voices and Ways of Knowing into dialogue with students and contemporary practice. Extending this inquiry internationally, Dylan has traveled to Hokkaido to learn from Ainu communities and helped curate Reimagine the River: River as Ancestor, exploring the Saru River Basin and IWOR—the Ainu relationship between culture, community, river, and land. His work approaches design as an act of learning, grounded in reciprocity, stewardship, and deeper relationships with place.