Dr. Maithreyi Subramaniam received her Ph.D. (2017) and Master of Education (2010) degrees both specializing in Art Education from the University of Malaya, Malaysia and BA (Hons) Graphic Design (2003) from The Nottingham Trent University, UK. She was awarded an excellence award (2017) by UM for an outstanding achievement in the category of Ph.D. completion more than 3 years but less than 4 years. Her areas of research interest are graphic design/advertising design and art education. She has over 14 years of teaching experiences.