To create these Doodle Shoes I asked all of the undergraduate design students I taught in the spring of 2023 to respond to the prompt, “What is it like to be in your shoes? Make a small drawing representing a daily struggle or a daily joy that you experienced this week outside of the classroom.”
Using this guidance they created this pair of shoes, which I wore to class periodically throughout the semester. The finished artwork represents the importance of a teacher “walking in their students’ shoes” to fully understand them as people, not just as students.