ANZ DESIGN TALKS By.For, and With: Design Struggles with more than just its prepositions

Nan O'Sullivan is the Head of the School for the School of Design Innovation as a part of Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation. As a Senior Lecturer, Nan has held the roles of Associate Dean (students) and Deputy Head of School, as well as Programme Director of both the First Year and Design for Social Innovation programme. Nan believes in taking an inclusive approach to the teaching and learning environment, and endeavour to embrace diversity as a means to introduce students and the discipline to the multiplicities and intricacies of the design world, its vocabulary and its possibilities. She encourages an environment in which design education and practice are both well-equipped, well-prepared and confident enough to confront and challenge the complexities held within the environments we all both inhabit and design within. Nan's approach has gained recognition across the wider university and she was awarded, for her leadership, both the Victoria Early Career Teaching Excellence Award and the Victoria Equity and Diversity Excellence Award in 2016 and 2017 respectively.