A/ProfKate Scardifield
(She/Her)
Associate Professor
Discipline of Design Studies
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- Associate ProfessorDiscipline of Design Studies
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
Kate is an award-winning teacher with over a decade of experience in tertiary education. She is the former Director of Design Studies in the School of Design, and recipient of the 2023 UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Award for team teaching and contribution to social impact.
Kate supervises interdisciplinary and practice-led Masters and PhD research with an emphasis on materials enquiry, and projects in which students operate at the edges of design, art, science and other disciplines. She has established relationships with major museums and cultural institutions both nationally and abroad, and scholarly networks for connecting students to cross-faculty supervision, mentoring and support.
Kate has a strong grounding in both studio practice and theoretical inquiry. She coordinates and teaches undergraduate studios with a focus on material futures, biomaterials and biodesign.
Kate supervises interdisciplinary and practice-led Masters and PhD research with an emphasis on materials enquiry, and projects in which students operate at the edges of design, art, science and other disciplines. She has established relationships with major museums and cultural institutions both nationally and abroad, and scholarly networks for connecting students to cross-faculty supervision, mentoring and support.
Kate has a strong grounding in both studio practice and theoretical inquiry. She coordinates and teaches undergraduate studios with a focus on material futures, biomaterials and biodesign.