Research Supervision
I am available for Primary Supervision for Masters by Research (Design) and Co-Supervision for PhD (Design) candidates (Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, UTS). My supervision strengths are best catered to candidates in the fields of design history, design studies, sustainable design & repair, craft studies, print culture, labour history, gender-labour relations, and the history of technology. I have experience supporting students in research that moves somewhat beyond design as a discipline – including but not limited to: oral history, sociology, human geography and labour history. To undertake a PhD in Design, see the UTS Handbook.
Candidates would be networked with the UTS Australian Centre for Public History. I can provide experience and support for research projects involving interviews, archival research, object analysis and visual analysis. Please feel free to contact me to discuss your research proposal.
I teach in the Design Studies program within the UTS School of Design. I have taught design and art subjects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, UNSW and the University of Canberra.
Current Supervisory Projects
(Co-supervisor), Geoff Isaac, “Design for the environmental emergency: Plastic chairs as a case study for the transition to low-carbon product design” (w/ Primary Sup: P McNeil/ Co-Sup: S Lie).
Key teaching areas
- Industrial craft & maker cultures (past and present)
- History & theory of technology
- Maintenance and repair
- Gender, design and technology
- The past and future of work
- Printing history and the history of visual communication design
- Academic literacy & research methods
Jesse Adams Stein 