our team
Stephanie Rowden
Project Co-Lead
Stephanie Rowden is an audio documentary producer whose work encompasses installation, podcast and participatory public art. She’s inspired every time she sees students use their creative energies to help their peers register and vote. Stephanie is an Associate Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan.
Hannah Smotrich
Project Co-Lead
Hannah Smotrich is a visual communication designer whose work explores how design can make the possibilities for change visible, accessible, and actionable. She loves watching her students discover their design superpowers. Hannah is an Associate Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan.
Brenna K. Murphy
Brenna K. Murphy is a visual artist, former preschool teacher, and wearer of many hats. The Project Manager for the Creative Campus Voting Project, her favorite activities include making to-do lists and crossing items off those lists with relish. She graduated with an MFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in 2018.
Sky Christoph
Sky Christoph, as the Digital Communications Lead, makes things possible — websites, emails, videos, tech acrobatics. As the first in his family to be able to vote in America, he takes voter engage-ment to heart. Sky is a graduate of the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
Emma Cordova
Emma Cordova is studying Sociology (Law, Justice, and Social Change) and Spanish at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She worked as a UMICH Votes Fellow in 2022 and had an incredible experience interacting with students. She is continuing her work with CCVP through researching and implementing creative forms of assessment and assisting with the development of the Fellows training.
Lindsay Farb
Lindsay Farb is a visual communication designer and maker interested in design's social and environmental impact. Passionate about the iterative and collaborative design process, Lindsay is excited to help create and execute an accessible voting experience. She graduated with a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in 2024.
Victor Luis Garcia
Victor Luis Garcia is a Queer Chicano Artist born and raised in the South-West side of Chicago. Experiencing the lack of voting culture within the Latino community at large, Victor Luis designs content for students considering a wide range of voting experiences. He is a part of the graduating class of 2024 receiving a BFA at the Stamps School of Art & Design.
Alex Warren
Alex is an undergraduate student studying Information Science at UMSI. He is passionate about increasing excitement around voting through gamified design with special consideration to accessibility.
Abigail Lowe
Abigail Lowe is a visual artist and teacher whose work encompasses drawing, writing, installation, and theatrical design. Abigail is an enthusiastic creative collaborator, a collector of unusual editions of Hamlet, and an avid reader of Victorian literature. She earned her MFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design in 2024.
Zichen Zang
Zichen (Selina) Zang is a double major in Art & Design (BA) at the Stamps School and in User Experience Design (BSI) at the School of Information. She is passionate about human-computer interaction and digital fabrication, creating 3D models for interactive installations and employing user interface and experience design to support students in the voting process.
Ria Ma
Ria Ma is an illustrator and designer interested in how visual art can create playful interventions for social and community engagement. Deeply aware of the importance of democracy and the impact of voting in everyday life, Ria is devoted to making voting more accessible to her peers. She is currently pursuing a BFA in the Stamps School of Art and Design.
Previous Team Members
Alonzo Cortez
Aiofe Harte
Lindsey Haughton
Carolina Jones
Aditi Kagalkar
Andy Kirshner
Ben Leavitt
Juan V. Marco
Sarah Miles
Vincent Pinti
Casey Rheault
Maddie Shepherd
Stephanie Sim
Ren Strawn
Elizabeth Williams