Spark – The UCDA Design Education Journal
Spark—the UCDA design education journal—invites submissions that heighten and expand the understanding and practice of design and design education in the past, present, or future.
Spark Published Issues
Spark: Volume 1, Issue 1, 2024 (PDF Download) ©2024 The University and College Design Association [UCDA]. All rights reserved. SPARK. Format: Online. ISSN: 3065-7911
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed for the upcoming issue. Submissions must not have been previously published in print or online, although articles that expand research from previously published material are welcome. |
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SUBMIT AN ARTICLE Volume 2, Issue 1: Call for Entries - NOW CLOSED Volume 3, Issue 1: Call for Entries - Will open January 15, 2026 Deadline to Submit: March 15, 2026 [ Submissions Closed ] |
EDITORIAL BOARD
CHIEF EDITOR Kyra Whitehead, Wenzhou-Kean University [About the Editor]
Katharine McCann, UCDA Interim Executive Director
Michael Clayton, UCDA Education Director, Professor at University of the Incarnate Word
DESK REVIEW COMMITTEE (2025)
Danielle Currier, Edicott College
Vitoria Faccin-Herman, University of North Dakota
Nan Hu, Central Connecticut State University
PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE (2025)
Calee Cecconi, University of Wisconsin—Stout
Stephanie Cunningham, Florida Atlantic University
Samantha Herbert, Auburn University
Anna Jordan, Rochester Institute of Technology
Christina Singer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
John Smith, Chicago State University
Christopher St. Cyr, Delaware College of Art & Design
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Reviews for Spark—the UCDA Design Edcuation Journal are double-blind. Identities of the reviewer and author are concealed from each other. Double-blind reviews are considered of high-quality for tenure and promotion committees.