Cheryl Heller

Cheryl Heller
NationalityAmerican
EducationOhio Wesleyan University
Goddard College
RMIT University, Design PhD
Known forFounding the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts
Nonprofit contributions
AwardsAIGA award, 2014[1]

Cheryl Heller is an American business strategist and designer. She is the Founder of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts, President of the design lab "CommonWise", and winner of the AIGA Medal for her contribution to the field of design.[2][3][4] She is a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellow [5] Heller has been credited as founding the first design department in a major advertising agency. Her work focuses on investigating the contributions design have on human health and its impact on society.[6]

  1. ^ "Cheryl Heller". AIGA. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "DSI Faculty Directory". Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "CommonWise: Cheryl Heller". CommonWise. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  4. ^ Potts, Emily (March 1, 2014). "AIGA Medalist: Cheryl Heller". AIGA.
  5. ^ "Cheryl Heller Awarded a Practitioner Fellowship in the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Program". DSI - Design for Social Innovation.
  6. ^ Ngowi, Helena Aminiel; Winkler, Andrea Sylvia; Braae, Uffe Christian; Mdegela, Robinson Hammerthon; Mkupasi, Ernatus Martin; Kabululu, Mwemezi Lutakyawa; Lekule, Faustin Peter; Johansen, Maria Vang (2019-06-05). "Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis literature in Tanzania provides research evidence justification for control: A systematic scoping review". PLOS ONE. 14 (6): e0217420. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1417420N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217420. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6550401. PMID 31166983.