Dannell MacIlwraith has worked as an artist and designer for over 15 years. She teaches at Kutztown University in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Art & Design department. She earned a BA in Digital Art from Tyler School of Art, an MEd in Art Education from Kutztown University, and an MFA in Graphic Design from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Dannell is active with Healing Through the Arts, a non-profit that places original artwork in hospitals and clinics. Her art is a means to work through anxiety and struggles. Dannell’s area of expertise is the concept of ‘letting go through art’ through analog, digital, and animated collages. She is researching inclusive assessment techniques and hopes to transform the Eurocentric critique formats into user-friendly critique methods that all can appreciate and learn from.