The Yale School of Art is pleased to announce the appointment of Nontsikelelo Mutiti to the faculty as the Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design. Set to begin her appointment this August, Mutiti will become the fourth director of the graphic design program, following Professor Sheila Levrant de Bretteville’s historic thirty-two year tenure. Mutiti is a Zimbabwean born designer, visual artist, and educator whose conceptual approach to design spans the mediums of print, moving-image, web design, fine art, and community engagement. Mutiti maintains a research based studio practice through which design commissions and independent projects are both facilitated, foregrounding research, experimentation, and learning with colleagues and mentees.