Deborah Shackleton is an Associate Professor who teaches design research and methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She attended Ryerson University to study design and media arts, and Royal Roads to study leadership and learning. Deborah’s research and teaching interests include design theory, human-centred designing, and learning theory for design development. Many of her students have won design awards and scholarships. In addition to her teaching practice Deborah is a published designer, writer and photographer whose work has been recognized nationally and internationally. She is one of the founding editors of the award-winning Current (http://current.ecuad.ca/) the university’s design research journal, and the founding Chair of the ECU Research Ethics Board. In 2010, she was awarded the Ian Wallace Teaching Award.
