Full Time Faculty

Jeremy Alexis

Assistant Professor & Assistant Dean | B.Arch., M.Des., Illinois Institute of Technology.
Economics and Design | Concept Evaluation | Decision Making | Problem Framing | Developing Options | Case Studies | Identifying Options | Developing Options

Dale Fahnstrom

Professor | B.A., M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Product Design Workshop: Play by Your Own Rules | Product Design Workshop

Judith Gregory

Assistant Professor | Ph.D. Communication, University of California at San Diego; B.A., Social Research, Antioch College; Professor Honorar, Human-Centered Informatics, Aalborg University
Cultural Human Factors | Philosophical Context of Design Research | Emotion and Design | Readings in Design Research | Wellness Experience Research | Re-Imaging Health

John Grimes

Professor & Associate Dean | B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology.
Graduate Intro To Digital Media | Design Languages | Photo Workshop: Social Techtonics

Vijay Kumar

Associate Professor | M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology.
www.id.iit.edu
Comm Design Workshop: Data Visualization | Planning Workshop

Tom MacTavish

Visiting Associate Professor | B.A., Central Michigan University; M.A. University of Iowa; M.A. University of Michigan
http://ixdstrategies.com/
Interface Design | Interactive Media | Immersive Media | Comm Design Workshop: Mobile Devices | Interaction Design for Embedded Systems

Charles Owen

Distinguished Professor Emeritus | B.S., Purdue University; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology.
System Evaluation | Systems Workshop

Martin Thaler

Visiting Associate Professor | BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; MFA, Royal College of Art, London
Graduate Intro to Product Design 2 | Product Design Workshop: Chicago Childrens Museum | Prototyping Methods | Prototyping Products

Patrick Whitney

Dean and Steelcase/Robert C Pew Professor | M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
Strategic Design Research

Part Time Faculty

Kathleen Brandenburg

Adjunct faculty | Co-founder, IA Collaborative
http://www.iacollaborative.com

Sal Cilella

Adjunct faculty | gravitytank

Michelle Curry

Adjunct faculty | Research Lead, Gravity Tank
Research Methods for Product Development

Kevin Denney

Adjunct faculty | MDM, IIT Institute of Design
Strategic Design Research

Ken Douros

Adjunct faculty | Director, Experience Design, Motorola Government & Public Safety Business; BS, Psychology, Illinois State University; MBA, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Northwestern University
Cognitive Human Factors

Jereme Dumm

Adjunct faculty | Vessel Ideation; BFA Computer Graphics, Syracuse University; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
http://www.jeremedumm.com
Graduate Intro to Product Design 2

Suzanne El-Moursi

Adjunct faculty | Principal, Interaction Design, Global Design, GE Healthcare; M.S. in Human Computer Interaction - DePaul University
Re-Imaging Health

Megan Fath

Adjunct faculty | Director of Design, Conifer Research; BFA- Visual Communication Design, Kent State; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
Graduate Intro to Comm Design 2

Bill Hill

Adjunct faculty | President and Managing Director, MetaDesign; B.A., Stanford University
http://www.metadesign.com

Tomoko Ichikawa

Adjunct faculty | B. A., International Christian University, Tokyo; MS, IIT Institute of Design
Graduate Intro to Comm Design 1 | Comm Design Workshop: Visualizing information across multiple channels

Ben Jacobson

Adjunct Professor | M.A. Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago; M.A. Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.coniferresearch.com
Social Human Factors | Observing Users

Mark Jones

Adjunct Professor | IDEO Chicago

JohnPaul Kusz

Adjunct faculty | Associate Director, IIT Center for Sustainable Enterprise; MFA, Industrial Design, University of Illinois at Chicago; MBA,, Marketing, Dominican University; BFA, Industrial Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
http://www.stuart.edu/cse/kusz
Life Cycle and Sustainable Design

Peter Laundy

Adjunct faculty | Design Synthesis Lead, Doblin Inc.; BA, Princeton University; MFA, Yale University School of Art
http://www.doblin.com
Communication Planning

Aaron Marcus

Adjunct faculty | President, Aaron Marcus & Associates; B.A., Princeton University, physics; B.F.A., Yale University Art School, graphic design; M.F.A., Yale University Art School, graphic design
http://www.AMandA.com

Matt Mayfield

Adjunct faculty | Business Planning Manager, Motorola; BS, IIT Institute of Design
Product Planning | Advanced Portfolio Planning

Tim McCarthy

Adjunct faculty | Attorney-at-law, Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois; J.D., University of Houston
http://timmccarthylaw.com
Intellectual Property and Product Development

Todd McCullough

Adjunct faculty | Managing Director/CFO, Doblin Inc.; BBA, Harding University; MBA, Vanderbilt University
http://www.doblin.com
Design Planning Implementation

David McGaw

Adjunct Faculty | MDes, IIT Institute of Design; BA, Yale University
www.mcgaw.net/
Managing Creativity

Tim McKeown

Adjunct faculty | 3GSM Design Lead, Mobile Devices, Motorola; BFA, University of Illinois
Advanced Product Development | Production Methods

Colleen Murray

Adjunct faculty | Jump Associates; B.F.A., University of Illinois; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
http://www.colleenmurray.org
Applied Design Research | Research Methods for Product Development

Michael North

Adjunct faculty | PhD Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
Agent-based Modeling

Peter Pfanner

Adjunct Professor |
Product Form

John Pipino

Adjunct faculty | Doblin Inc.; BA, Frostberg State University
Systems Workshop | Design Analysis | Design Synthesis

Linda Pulik

Adjunct faculty | MDes, IIT Institute of Design

Russ Rosenzweig

Adjunct faculty | CEO, Round Table Group; BA, Northwestern University; MBA, University of Chicago
http://www.roundtablegroup.com
Business Frameworks

Ruth Schmidt

Adjunct faculty | B.A, Brown University; Archeworks, School of Design; M.Des. IIT Institute of Design
http://www.kitchenbox.com
Graduate Intro to Comm Design 1 | Behavioral Finance

Jose Sia

Adjunct faculty | BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, George Washington University; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
Survey of Quantitative Methods for Designers

Brianna Sylver

Adjunct faculty | President, Sylver Consulting; BFA-Comm Design, SUNY Buffalo; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
http://www.sylverconsulting.com
Cross Cultural Research

Jeffrey Tull

Adjunct faculty | Doblin Inc.; BS-Graphic Design, University of Cincinnati; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
Graduate Intro to Design 2

William Verplank

Adjunct faculty | Lecturer, Stanford University; B.S., Stanford University; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://www.billverplank.com
Physical Human Factors

Denis Weil

Adjunct faculty | MDes, IIT Institute of Design
Service Design Seminar | Branding of Services

Michael Winnick

Adjunct Professor | Gravity Tank
New Product Definition

Robert Zolna

Adjunct faculty | Communications lead, Gravity Tank; BFA, Northern Illinois University; Certificate, Central St. Martins, London; MDes, IIT Institute of Design
Graduate Intro to Comm Design 2

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