Jennifer Cole Phillips directs the Graphic Design MFA Program at MICA, and operates a design practice specializing in visual identity and publication design. The heart of her practice is a passion for design innovation and formal rigor. Her work has won awards of excellence from Graphis, Print Magazine, The Art Director’s Clubs of New York and Metropolitan Washington, AIGA 50, and the Society of Typographic Arts 100 Show, among others. She is co-author (with Ellen Lupton), of Graphic Design: The New Basics; and co-creator (with Ellen Lupton) of the popular online Skillshare course, Graphic Design Basics: Core Principles for Visual Design, with over 105,000 students. Professor Phillips earned her MFA and BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She is a recipient of the MICA Trustees Fellowship Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a Sappi Ideas That Matter grant for a social impact project with Johns Hopkins University targeting puberty education for girls in Baltimore.