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Ricardo Gomes is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Design and Industry (DAI) at San Francisco State University. He is also the Director of the Design Center for Global Needs in the DAI Department. He is a Fulbright Scholar having received his M.F.A. in Industrial Design for Low-Income Economies; an M.A. in Architectural Building Technology from the University of California, Los Angeles; and a B.A. in Industrial Design from Massachusetts College of Art.

He is member of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco, Board of Directors; President of the Organization of Black Designers (OBD) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and former Educational Chair for the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Western Region.

He has participated on national and international presentations, seminars, workshops and juries regarding such topics as: Design for Social Responsibility; Global Design & Cultural Identity; Design for Community Development & Mentoring; Universal Design; and Sustainable Design.

He has lectured extensively at universities in the U.S., Europe and Africa. He has also published and participated in international conferences, workshops and proceedings in Africa, Japan, Mexico and the United States.