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Biography
Timothy J. McNeil is a professor of design and director/curator of the UC Davis Design Museum at the University of California, Davis where he teaches the next generation of exhibition design thinkers and practitioners. He developed and authored the exhibition design curriculum in the department of design and serves as the primary instructor for undergraduate courses on exhibition design and environmental graphic design and is a thesis advisor for graduate students researching exhibition related design theory, criticism, and practice. McNeil’s writing and creative work researches exhibition design history and the methods that define exhibition and experience design practice. McNeil has 30 years of professional design experience. He is a principal with Muniz/McNeil a multi-disciplinary design and award-winning research practice.