Carole Maugé-Lewis
Professor Emerita | Graphic Communications
MFA (Graphic Design), Howard University/Washington DC
BFA (Graphic Design) Howard University/Washington DC
Minor: Art History (focus on the History of Graphic Design)
Carole Maugé-Lewis is a designer and Professor Emerita of Kennesaw State University, whose career has centered on visual communication, design methodology, and mentoring the next generation of creators. Much of her work explores how designers think, how they make meaning, and how they adapt to new tools. Her latest work, So! You and AI: Exploring Collaboration in Design, grew out of her recent "AI in Education" course from the University of Glasgow, and her desire to help students and educators navigate AI thoughtfully and ethically. The new publication frames AI not as a replacement but as a collaborator — one that expands curiosity, supports experimentation, and strengthens our human creative voice.
Maugé-Lewis developed the Graphic Communication concentration at Kennesaw State University, and for several years was its coordinator, before she retired. Since her retirement she has focused on and enjoyed writing books about design education. She recently designed a series of award-winning textbook-styled "So!" series of publications on Graphic Design, the last one being on Artificial Intelligence (AI), available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and IngramSpark, among others and on her award-winning website, developed by one of her design students who now has her own design agency.
From the beginning, students in the Graphic Communication concentration program won numerous awards and many students have secured lucrative positions in design agencies both locally and nationally. Some have also found employment with recognized companies such as Disney, Facebook, Apple, and other branding and UI/UX agencies, while a few have begun individual businesses.
The most rewarding recognitions have been from Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), a respected source for graphic design professionals for over 65 years. Students have been featured in GDUSA's print and online magazines and have won numerous awards every year since 2015. Furthermore, by invitation only, students were invited to participate in the exclusive 48-HR Repack competition, where they have received coveted monetary awards.
With such attention from the graphic design community, Maugé-Lewis was featured as one of GDUSA's Educators to Watch and Person to Watch. In 2023, she was also featured in "60 Years of GDUSA People to Watch for Six Decades," alongside legendary designers like Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, and Saul Bass, most of whom she studied during her undergraduate years.
Maugé-Lewis's scholarship of teaching has also been recognized through her receipt of the Distinguished Teaching Award in the College of the Arts twice. Her penchant for cross-disciplinary collaboration across various departments at KSU, notably with the Computer Science and English Departments, is well-known. She has also engaged in interdisciplinary teaching with faculty members from within the School of Art and Design, including Sculpture, Ceramics, Printmaking, and Jewelry and Small Metals. Her scholarship and award-winning creative work have been well-documented,. Working with the Cobb County schools she was part of a team that created visual materials for their high school students driver education program. One of several award-winning designs was a DVD cover titled "Dying to Get There."
Educational Philosophy:
With graphic design being such a powerful and dynamic discipline covering such a broad spectrum for visual communication, Maugé-Lewis's focus is on helping students understand and apply design fundamentals to develop solutions that effectively convey messages to the intended audiences. This includes exploring typographic form, syntax, and communication, with careful attention paid to typography, page layout and composition and visual hierarchy.
