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Gabi Schaffzin
Gabi Schaffzin is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Southern California. He is currently a PhD candidate in Art History, Theory, and Criticism, Art Practice Concentration at University of California, San Diego. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College in Wellesley, a degree he readily admits provides a curious pairing with his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design’s Dynamic Media Institute. His work has been on display in galleries, public space in America and Europe. He has had the privilege of speaking at conferences around the country, as well as internationally, appearing on panels at the American Studies Association, Theorizing the Web, and the Society of Literature, Science, and the Arts, among others. His dissertation project combines design history, disability studies, and a history of computing to trace the history of designed pain scales in the United States throughout the 20th century.