She also serves as the Director of the Food Design Institute at Walsh, facilitating community and faculty engagement through design thinking on food systems issues. In addition, Professor Vokoun is the faculty leader for the University’s Blouin Global Scholars class of 2020, an interdisciplinary living learning community cohort focused on food, sustainability, and hunger in a local and global context. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University, Ohio; MA at Ursuline College, Ohio; and BFA at Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio. Since 2012, she has served on the Board of Directors for AIGA Cleveland, currently as the Director of Special Projects. Her research interests include design thinking and social impact design as it relates to food access and food insecurity issues.