Change, unorthodoxy, and justice are core pillars of his decades-long involvement in academic institutions as an educator and in a hands-on practice. These ideals, however, are also critical in his role as an activist who collaborates with non-profit organizations for urban advancement, especially around Ohio where is currently based as a visiting professor in the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. Before Stephen Slaughter assumes his new role and life in Brooklyn, he answered Interior Design’s questions.