Dr. Roshanak Keyghobadi is an award-winning educator and Assistant Professor in the Visual Communications Department at Farmingdale State College, SUNY. She teaches courses in Graphic Design, Typography, Histories of Graphic Design, Design Thinking and Interaction Design. Dr. Keyghobadi's work centers on contemporary design histories with a focus on global and underrepresented perspectives. She lectures widely, conducts research, and writes on design and visual culture. She previously served as Managing Editor of GRAPHIS Publications in New York City. Her artworks have been exhibited nationally and internationally and featured in publications such as Fiber Art Now and The New York Times.
Courses Taught
Design History and Art History:
ART200: History of Graphic Design
ART304: Global Art History (D)
Visual Communications:
VIS101: Introduction to Drawing
VIS112: 2-D Design
VIS122: Typography I
VIS236: Typography II
VIS222: Graphic Design I
VIS416W: Sr. Project
Interaction Design:
IXD101H: Design Thinking (Honors Course)
IXD210: Typography for Interaction Design
ART203: History of Interaction Design
Education
- EdD CT, Art & Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2012
- MFA, Graphic Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1993
- BFA, Graphic Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1990
Certificates & Licensures
- DEISJ Certificate, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice Certified Instructor, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York, Farmingsdale, NY, 11/22/2022 (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice)
- IDEO Design Thinking: From Ideas to Action, Certificate, IDEO.com, 06/03/2024
- IDEO AI X Design Thinking, Certificate, IDEO.com , 03/10/2025–03/31/2025
Publications
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Iranian Women in Graphic Design in C. Ferrara, L. Moretti and C. Palladino (Eds.), How Many Women Are in the Room?, Milan, Italy: Lazy Dog (2025), pp. 336.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, A Packed Liminal Space in H. Smitshuijzen Abi Fares, Y. Nachabe Taan and B. Shehab (Eds.), Revealing, Recording, Reflecting: Graphic Women from Southwest Asia and North Africa, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Khatt Books (2024), pp. 640.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Calligraphy in V. Porter, S. Canby and L. Komaroff (Eds.), Highlights from the Farjam Collection of Islamic Art, translated by Roshanak Keyghobadi, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (2024), pp. 1340.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, People's Graphic Design Archive, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, 1(2) 2024.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Visualizing Rhythm in Poetry and Music, Role of Poetry in Contemporary Iranian Visual Communication in H. Smitshuijzen Abifarès (Ed.), Inner Structures, Outer Rhythms: Contemporary Arab & Persian Graphic Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Khatt Books (2024), pp. 184.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Mavīzāb And Fuqqāʿ: An Ilkhanid-Period Dispute as Evidence in the Spheroconical Vessels Debate, Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic world, Harvard University, 40 2023.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Inside a Poem, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (46/47) 2019.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Listen to My Poster, Neshan Magazine,Tehran, Iran, (44) 2018.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Takenobu Igarashi: Design and Fine Art, Graphis Publication, R. Keyghobadi and A. Sabarese (Eds.), , New York, NY: Graphis Publication (2018).
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Ellen Lupton: Telling stories with objects and images., Nesahan Magazine,Tehran, Iran, (41) 2017.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Homa Delvaray: Designer of Powerful Intricacies., Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (41) 2017.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Networks of Interactivity., Neshan Magazine,Tehran, Iran, (40) 2017.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Adbusters: The Culture Jammers., Neshan Magazine,Tehran, Iran, (39) 2017.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Location of Ornament: Typographic Jungle of Marian Bantjes, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (37) 2016.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Post-binary Aesthetics, Neshan Magazine,Tehran, Iran, (36) 2016.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Graphis: Seventy-Three Years of Visual Literacy, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (38) 2016.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Conversations that Matter: Interview with Debbie Millman, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (35) 2016.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Two Bowls, Neshan Magazine, Tehran, Iran, (34) 2015.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Tehran Style, Interview with Farhad Fouzouni, B|ta'arof Magazine, New York, NY, (3) 2014.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, When Mona Lisa Speaks Persian: Looking Closer at Farah Ossouli’s Painting, Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, Intellectbooks.com, 2014.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Composing in Space: Tactile Poetry of Farhad Fozouni , Design Observer, Designobserver.com, 2013.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Homa Delvaray: A Contemporary Iranian Graphic Designer and Her Mission , VOICE, AIGA.org, 2010.
- Roshanak Keyghobadi, Iranian Women in Graphic Design, 5th Edition of the AWDA (Aiap Women in Design) Book, Milan, Italy,.
Awards & Honors
- Spencer Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2007.
- E.W. Morse Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2006.
- What Matters to Roshanak Keyghobadi, "What Matters to..." by Debbie Millman, Print Magazine, Printmag.com, 2023.
- Award For Rights, 2023 AWDA (Aiap Women in Design Award), Milan, Italy., 2023.
- Award For Design Research, 2023 AWDA (Aiap Women in Design Award), Milan, Italy., 2023.
