Tessa Forshaw operates at the intersection of design, learning science, and workforce development. As a lecturer and researcher at the Stanford University d.school, she creates learning environments that enable students to apply design thinking and innovation to challenges facing the future of work. At Harvard she is on the DCE Teaching Faculty, co-founded the Workforce Development Landscape Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, and supports research in HGSE’s Next Level Lab.
Outside her academic career, she a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Silicon Valley design firm People Rocket. Previously, Tessa worked at IDEO CoLab and in Accenture’s Strategy, Insight, and Innovation team where she was focused on super-charging the future of work through the intentional use of emerging technologies and human centered design. Tessa is a recipient of the the Australian American Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award, a Fast Company Design Award for General Excellence, and a Core 77 Design Award for Educational Product Design.
Tessa earned her M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University and her B.A. (Honours) in Sociology and Economics from the Australian National University. She is currently a Doctoral Student and Presidential Scholar at Harvard University.