DI Staff, Crew & Team
J.R. Campbell
Executive Director, Design Innovation
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Shannon Hines
Manager, DI Makerspaces
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Chris Holthe
Director, DI Hub and Ecosystem
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Sarah McMahon
Outreach Program Officer
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Kedron Trapp
Director, Strategic Communications and External Engagement
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Amy Nethken
Coordinator, Operations & Special Projects
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Abby Warner, Art History
Adrian Leff, CIS Business Analytics
Alli LePard, Visual Communication Design
Anna Lietson, Integrated Mathematics
Bhargav Pakala, Mechanical Engineering
Ben Ehrhardt, Visual Communication Design
Carley Klaas, Interior Design
Carley Pollock, Art Education
Carson Bauer, Emerging Media and Technology
Dallas Jacobson, ESL
Graham Richard, Construction Management
Harsha Amara, Data Science
Hayden Davis, Fashion Design
Jada Woods, Animation Game Design
Jordan Bower, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Julian Leff, CIS Business Analytics
Mimi Lemar, Fashion Design
Nadia Modjrian, Fashion Design
Nathan Glassic, Architecture
Samuel Knight, Fashion Design
Vivienne Gilmore, Fashion Design
Michael Beam
Director, School of Emerging Media & Technology
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Margarita Benitez
Associate Professor, Fashion Design & Merchandising
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James Blackwell
Lecturer, College of Nursing
Christina Bloebaum
Dean, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ken Burhanna
Dean, University Libraries
Sheryl Chatfield
Assistant Professor – Public Health; Co-coordinator – Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research
Robert Clements
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Mike Collura
Asst Dean, University Libraries
Antonio D'Angona
IT Support Expert, College of Arts & Sciences
Jack Dauphars
Research Engineer II, AMLCI
Lillian Denning
Adjunct, Management and Information Systems
Kristin Dowling
Business Development Manager and Director for IdeaBase, College of Communication & Information
Virginia Dressler
Digital Projects Librarian, Assistant Professor, University Libraries
Nick Fagan
Librarian/Assistant Professor, University Libraries - Morbito Architectural Library
Michael Fisch
Associate Professor, Engineering
Scott Hallgren
Assistant Professor, School of Media and Journalism
Michael Hawkins
Subject Librarian for Geography, Geology, Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communications, Honors College and Biological Science
Torsten Hegmann
Director, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Julee Henry
Director, Technology and Instructional Resources, College of Education, Health and Human Services
Antal Jakli
Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Michael Kavulic
Director, Research Strategic Initiatives, Division of Research and Economic Development
Hilary Kennedy
Manager, Library Makerspaces, Lecturer, University Libraries
Eli Kessler
Assistant Professor, School of Art (Sculpture and Expanded Media), College of the Arts
Edgar Kooijman
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Annette Kratcoski
Director of the Research Center for Educational Technology
Kendra Lapolla
Assistant Professor, School of Fashion Design and Merchandising
Laura Leff
Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Michael Lehman
Director, Brain Health Research Institute
Jessica Leveto
Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences, Ashtabula
Robert Louis
Assistant Vice President, University Communications and Marketing
Joe Manganelli
Instructor, School of Information
Kate Medicus
Associate Professor, Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries
Zach Mikrut
Program Manager, Entrepreneurship Initiatives & LaunchNET
Mark Mistur
Dean, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Elena Novak
Associate Professor of Educational Technology, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
Gabriella Paár-Jákli
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, Political Science
John Rathje
Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer
Amy Reynolds
Dean, College of Communication and Information
Krissi Riewe Stevenson
Assistant Professor, School of Fashion and Merchandising
Alyssa Robinson
Director of Strategic Communications and External Affairs, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Sarah Rogers
Director, College of the Arts, KSU Museum
Shawn Rohlin
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation
Mark Schatz
Assistant Professor - Foundations Program, School of Art
Bobby Selvaggio
Associate Professor, Director Jazz Studies, School of Music, School of the Arts
Jakyung Seo
Associate Professor, School of Theatre and Dance
Edith Serkownek
Assistant Professor, University Libraries
Tao Shen
Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Alison Smith
Dean, Honors College
Catherine Smith
Associate Professor, School of Information
Todd R. Snider
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy
Tatiana Stettler
Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship
Josh Talbott
Team Leader, Information Technology, College of Arts and Sciences
Benjamin Tipton
Director, Foundation Relations
Robin Vande Zande
Professor, Art
John West
Trustee Professor of Chemistry and Interim Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
James Williams
Exhibition Designer/Preparator, Museum, College of the Arts
William Willoughby
Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Amanda Woodyard
Director, Community Engaged Learning
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence R. Armstrong | Chairman, Ware Malcomb |
| Heather Braun | Associate Professor, English at the University of Akron |
| Tammy Honesty | Associate Professor, Scenic Design at West Virginia University |
| Robert Jewell | Professor, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
| Richard G. Krumel | Foundation Board of Directors, Kent State University |
| Karen MacDonald | Associate Professor, University Libraries / Business Research |
| Naser Matar | MA. MBA, Founder of GeoMarketing, LLC |
| Jeffrey McCandless | Business Professional |
| Kathleen McConaughy | Professional in Residence, Visual Communication Design, College of Communication and Information |
| Julie Messing | Executive Director for Entrepreneurship Initiatives and LaunchNET |
| Kris Palcho | Leadership Coach and Consultant, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Stephanie Smith | Associate Professor, College of Communication and Information |
| Heather Soyka | Associate Professor, School of Information, CCI |
| Kim Thomas | Founder/CSO, MaskCureAid, LLC |
| Markus Vogl | Associate Professor, Graphic Design at the Myers School of Art in the Buchtel College of Science and the Arts at the University of Akron |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stefan Agamanolis | Chief Strategy Officer, Xploro; Associate Director of Strategic Research Programs, Weatherhead School of Management; Consultant, Project Medtech; Entrepreneur in Residence, Youngstown Business Incubator |
| Emily Applebaum | Executive Artistic Director, Ingenuity Cleveland |
| Larry Armstrong | Chairman, Ware Malcomb; Artist; KSU Alumnus |
| Lisa Camp | Principal, Livingston Innovation Group, LLC |
| John B. Johnson | Principal Identity Architect; KSU Alumnus |
| Fred Leichter | Founding Director, Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (The Hive), Claremont Colleges |
| Scott Looney | Head of School, Hawken Schools; Founder, Mastery Transcript Consortium |
| Jeffrey McCandless | Founder & CEO, PlaidMug |
| Lesley Ann Noel | Dean of Design, OCAD, Toronto; Author of "Design Social Change" and co-editor of "Black Experience in Design" |
| Grafton Nunes | Former President & CEO, Cleveland Institute of Art |
| Tom Prior | Faculty, Kent State Architecture (Retired); KSU Alumnus |
| Larry Sears | Founder, Hexagram, Inc.; Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University |
| Rachel Switzky | Director, Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |