Design that hands systems back to the people who use them.
Henry Stankiewicz | Assistant Professor of Graphic Design | Creative Technologist
Heritage environments that restrict access, professional tools built for experts rather than practitioners, community stories told through institutions rather than the communities themselves: in each one, the people a system was built for end up on the outside. My work closes that distance and puts control back in their hands.
Research & Creative Works
A sustained line of inquiry into immersive storytelling, professional literacy, and institutional frameworks.
Featured Case Study, Current Research
Nantucket XR: Harbor Visualization
A digital twin of the historic harbor, exhibited at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
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A hand-turned vane in a wooden doorway that opens a projected field of flowers across the frame.
BuildFest: Acts of Construction · Bethel Woods
Liberty Hall 360
A 2020 NY Emmy®-nominated immersive experience in two formats: ultra-widescreen digital HD and 360° Virtual Reality.
NY Emmy® Nominated · Viddy Award of Excellence
Design Technology & Professional Readiness
Purpose-built tools that lower the barrier between the classroom and the field.
Beta-Testing in Progress
Community Design-Build
Students and community partners building public resources together, from an urban garden to earthen architecture.
Student-Built · Ongoing Series
Pedagogy
Research-informed instruction bridging immersive storytelling, motion design, and foundational professional practice.
My teaching connects immersive research to the classroom. I authored the proposal for the Robert Busch School of Design's first graduate degree, coordinate the Motion Design and XR curriculum across the Michael Graves College, and mentor more than 50 seniors a year, with community-engaged projects running through the Happiness Collaborative.
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Institutional stewardship that shapes the university's systems around the work its researchers actually do.
I serve across governance, research infrastructure, and technology policy, helping the institution meet R2 expectations, adopt generative AI responsibly, and clear the path between faculty and the tools their work depends on.
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