Ph.D.; Professor; Dean
College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Lorraine Justice has worked in higher education for more than 20 years. She was appointed as dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011. From the past six years (2004-2010), she has served as director of Hong Kong PolyU School of Design. Under her leadership, the School has emerged as one of the top 30 design schools in the world and one of the top four Asian design programs. Prior to leading Hong Kong PolyU School of Design, Justice headed the industrial design program at Georgia Tech and served for several years at Ohio State University as professor of visual communication. In 2006, ID magazine selected Justice as one of the world’s top 40 influential designers, praising her for “raising standards” for both design education and the industry. Justice is also a Fellow of The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). In 2008, IDSA awarded Justice with the National Educator Award. She serves on editorial boards for six world-class design research journals including The International Design Magazine, Design Studies, and The Design Journal. Justice obtained her BFA from Edinboro University and her Master Degree in design and Ph.D. in communications from Ohio State.