Build your voice as a thought leader across design research and professional practice. In this course, students will step into or advance their roles as thought leaders while developing their identities as design scholar-practitioners. Students will explore ways to develop, communicate, protect, and advance original ideas to influence academic, professional, commercial, and/or public audiences. Under the guidance of a supervising faculty member, students will develop a thought leadership strategy grounded in their doctoral research and work to advance that strategy through their scholarly and professional practice.