Sabiha Basrai
Adjunct Professor
Part-Time Faculty
Biography
Sabiha Basrai is a co-owner of Design Action Collective — a worker-owned cooperative dedicated to serving social justice movements with art, graphic design, and web development. She is co-coordinator of the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, where she works with racial justice organizers on international solidarity campaigns. Sabiha is part of the Center for Political Education advisory board and a member of Race Forward's affiliate training team.
Expertise
- Graphic design
- Social justice design history
Research Areas
- Graphic Design - De-centering the Latin letter in design education
Appointments
- Advisory Board Member, Center for Political Education
Education
- California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, BS in Art & Design
Prior Experience
- Co-Owner, Design Action Collective
- Co-Director, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)
- Affiliate Trainer, Race Forward
Selected Publications
- How Bay Area South Asian Americans Organized in the Years After 9/11 — Asian American Writers’ Workshop - The Margins
- Every Design Studio Should Be a Worker-Owned Studio — AIGA Eye on Design