About

Patricia Childers is a NYC-based designer and professor of graphic design, typography, and design theory. As an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute and The New York City College of Technology (Citytech) she promotes intellectual engagement as a place of possibilities. Throughout her career in education, she has explored the symbiotic relationship between culture and design, and design’s power to reshape cultural narratives.

Besides teaching, Patricia practices professionally through her design studio, P Childers Design. She serves on the AIGA’s Design Educator’s Community (DEC) Steering Committee, is co-director of Tipo, Cibo, Vino, a letterpress workshop in Italy, and is an active member of several design organizations. Patricia holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and studied critical theory at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science.