Bennett Nestok

My name's Bennett, and I'm an opportunity-hungry designer/educator fueled by an incessant desire to pursue quality and uniquity in everything I create. I'm now enrolled in Harvard University's Master of Education Program in Technology, Innovation, and Education. My goal is to combine seemingly incompatible ideas within my research and in doing so fill in (or even create) unseen gaps in design education fieldwork. My logic behind this is that, from what I've gathered, innovation is often the result of forming unheard–of relationships. Thus, in the pursuit of what this master's program is meant to do—advance the field of education—I want to (oxymoronically) follow suit and do something that's never been done. I try to pursue well–crafted unusualness in everything I do. In my free time I enjoy self–publishing illustrated books with bizarre plots, filming surrealist skits for an online video series, experimenting with hand drawn stylization methods, creating illustrations that convey metaphysics concepts, ideating guerrilla industrial designs, submitting humorous essays to academic blogs, and drafting curriculums for imaginary classes.

Education

• Harvard University
  Master of Education - Technology, Innovation, and Education
  2016 - 2017
• University of Cincinnati
  Master of Design - Interaction Design
  2015 - 2016
• University of Cincinnati
  Bachelor of Science - Interaction Design, Minor in Information Technology
  2010 - 2015

Companies

• Adjunct Professor University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (2022)
• UI & UX Designer Index Analytics LLC (2021)
• Ending the Silence Young Adult Program Leader NAMI (2018)
• In Our Own Voice Program Leader National Alliance On Mental Illness (2018)
• Instructor Bennett Creative (2017)
• Scholarship Manager Bennett Creative (2017)
• Mentor Bennett Creative (2017)
• Creative Scavenger Bennett Creative (2017)
• Co-Founder Sabrdoge (2021 — 2021)