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Her poster designs have been awarded internationally, and she remains active in the industry by designing for select clients through her company\u00a0Ody Design, LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer is an active design researcher and writer. She has participated in two national writing fellowships, and has published works such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@csinger3\/activating-qualitative-data-and-building-equitable-visualizations-8e369cbc8fb5\">an article<\/a>&nbsp;in the Society for Technical Communication\u2019s <em>Intercom<\/em>&nbsp;magazine and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcrum.org\/concern\/monographs\/z890rx170?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visual essay<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Dialogue<\/em>. Singer also disseminates her research at conferences. She has Chaired a range of sessions at national conferences and presented her research at more than a dozen conferences\u2014ranging in scale from national to international\u2014such as AIGA, SECAC, HASTAC, CAA, and UCDA. Singer was selected to Co-Chair the 2024 UCDA Design Education Summit: Immerse in Mesa, Arizona. She was responsible for forming the review panel and overseeing the peer review process. Singer was also selected to host and Chair the 2025 UCDA Design Education Summit: Mindful at Charlotte.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She earned an MFA from the University of Florida and a BFA from East Tennessee State University. Singer started her career in editorial design, and was formerly the associate art director for&nbsp;<em>EatingWell<\/em>&nbsp;magazine in Vermont. Prior to pursuing her MFA, Singer also spent a year teaching English as a Foreign Language in Busan, South Korea, during which time she also took Korean language classes at Busan City Hall. 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