Jessica Barness is a design scholar and a scholarly designer. Through her research, she investigates connections among and within design systems, ranging from sensory media to publication histories, often found at the edges of design discourse.
She is a Professor of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University and serves as Co-chair and Director of Research Initiatives for Design Incubation.
Current projects include The Designers Respond, The Quiet Design Scholar, and What Scholarship Looks Like (with Amy Papaelias, SUNY New Paltz).