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Denise Ramzy is a designer and educator who brings a sustainable, human-centered entrepreneurial approach to design and business curricula, focusing on design strategy and management. She is a senior lecturer in design strategy at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Prior to this role, she was a lecturer in the Department of Design + Environmental Analysis at Cornell University College of Human Ecology. Ramzy serves as a faculty advisor for the Medium Design Collective, a platform for interdisciplinary design at Cornell. Before joining Cornell, she was an assistant professor at Parsons School of Design and the interim director of the strategic design management program at Parsons Paris. She has taught design studios, seminars, and lecture courses to undergraduate, graduate, and adult students at prestigious institutions including Columbia University, New York University, and Pratt Institute. Ramzy's research and practice bridge multiple disciplines within the built environment and she is the founding principal of Field Dimension, a research and design practice focused on sustainable design and redevelopment at the intersection of design and business. Recent projects include Design Diversions, a curated series of design-related events that started in 2010, serving as a research platform and educational community resource. Previously, Ramzy worked in the New York office of multidisciplinary design consultancy Pentagram on architecture, design, and brand strategy projects, with experience in project management across a wide range of organizations, including work on Columbia University's campus expansion and the inaugural year of Tate Modern.
Department of Architecture