Ruki Ravikumar was born and raised in Chennai, India. She has a bachelor’s degree in the history of fine art and drawing and painting from the University of Madras, India, and an MFA in graphic design from Iowa State University. Ravikumar has more t
...MoreRuki Ravikumar was born and raised in Chennai, India. She has a bachelor’s degree in the history of fine art and drawing and painting from the University of Madras, India, and an MFA in graphic design from Iowa State University. Ravikumar has more than 10 years of experience as a design educator and more than 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, with clients in India, the United Kingdom and the United States. She presently serves as the Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Ravikumar has a long history of service to AlGA; she is currently serving on the national board of AIGA. She has served as the co-chair of the AlGA Design Educators Community steering committee and has held the positions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, education chair and communications chair for AlGA Oklahoma. Ravikumar has won ADDY awards in Oklahoma for her publication and book design work. She is also known for the Design Outreach Workshops she developed in 2008; at that time, they were the only annual workshop opportunity for Oklahoma high school students to learn about graphic and interior design.
Ravikumar’s cross-cultural life and design experience has led her to research, present and publish work that investigates the intersections between graphic design and culture and their impact on design education.
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