Ashton Moseley is a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Design at the University of Johannesburg. She is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well post-graduate supervision of Honours and Masters students. Ashton obtained her Master’s degree in Design at UJ where her study focused on the design of appropriate paediatric medical devices in the South African context. Over the past two years she has been involved in two international research initiatives (Unequal Stories and World Design Organisation's Young Designer's Circle) contributing to the discourse of diversity and equity across creative disciplines within Higher Education and Industry.
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