Meet the DI Team
DI Team Members
J.R. Campbell
Executive Director, Design Innovation Initiative
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Margarita Benitez
Associate Professor, Fashion Design & Merchandising
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James Blank
Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
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Christina Bloebaum
Dean, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
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Marie Bukowski
Director, School of Art
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Ken Burhanna
Interim Dean, University Libraries
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Sheryl Chatfield
Assistant Professor – Public Health; Co-coordinator – Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research
View moreRobert Clements
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
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Kristin Dowling
Business Development Manager and Director for IdeaBase, College of Communication & Information
View moreMichael Fisch
Associate Professor, Engineering
View moreScott Hallgren
Assistant Professor, School of Media and Journalism
View moreMichael Hawkins
Subject Librarian for Geography, Geology, Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communications, Honors College and Biological Science
View moreJulee Henry
Staff & Adjunct Instructor for Educational Technology; Instructional Resource Center, College of Education, Health and Human Services
View moreLamar Hylton
Interim Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
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Michael Kavulic
Director, Research Strategic Initiatives, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs
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Hilary Kennedy
Manager, Library Makerspaces, Lecturer, University Libraries
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Edgar Kooijman
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
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Annette Kratcoski
Director of the Research Center for Educational Technology
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Kendra Lapolla
Assistant Professor, School of Fashion Design and Merchandising
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Robert Louis
Assistant Vice President, University Communications and Marketing
View moreTabitha Messmore
Interim Assistant Director, LaunchNET
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Zach Mikrut
Program Manager, Entrepreneurship Initiatives & LaunchNET
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Mark Mistur
Dean, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
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John Rathje
Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer
View moreAlyssa Robinson
Director of Strategic Communications and External Affairs, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
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Sarah Rogers
Director, College of the Arts, KSU Museum
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Shawn Rohlin
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation
View moreMark Schatz
Assistant Professor - Foundations Program, School of Art
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Bobby Selvaggio
Associate Professor, Director Jazz Studies, School of Music, School of the Arts
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Associate Professor, School of Theatre and Dance
View moreAlison Smith
Dean, Honors College
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Tatiana Stettler
Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship
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Josh Talbott
Team Leader, Information Technology, College of Arts and Sciences
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Benjamin Tipton
Director, Foundation Relations
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Robin Vande Zande
Professor, Art
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John West
Trustee Professor of Chemistry and Interim Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
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James Williams
Exhibition Designer/Preparator, Museum, College of the Arts
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William Willoughby
Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
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Amanda Woodyard
Director, Community Engaged Learning
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Abraham Avnisan
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Digital Sciences
View moreBryan Barry
Information Technology Manager, College of Arts and Sciences
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Michael Beam
Director, School of Emerging Media & Technology
View moreJames Blackwell
Lecturer, College of Nursing
View moreMike Collura
Asst Dean, University Libraries
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John Crawford-Spinelli
Dean, College of the Arts
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Antonio D'Angona
IT Support Expert, College of Arts & Sciences
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Jack Dauphars
Research Engineer II, AMLCI
View moreLillian Denning
Adjunct, Management and Information Systems
View moreVirginia Dressler
Digital Projects Librarian, Assistant Professor, University Libraries
View moreNick Fagan
Librarian/Assistant Professor, University Libraries - Morbito Architectural Library
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Jeffrey Fruit
Interim Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
View moreMichael Hausknecht
Digital Print Technician
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Torsten Hegmann
Director, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
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Antal Jakli
Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
View moreEli Kessler
Assistant Professor, School of Art (Sculpture and Expanded Media), College of the Arts
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Laura Leff
Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
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Michael Lehman
Director, Brain Health Research Institute
View moreJessica Leveto
Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences, Ashtabula
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Roza Maille
Marketing Associate, School of Art, School of Art Collection and Galleries
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Joe Manganelli
Instructor, School of Information
View moreKate Medicus
Associate Professor, Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries
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Elena Novak
Associate Professor of Educational Technology, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
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Gabriella Paár-Jákli
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, Political Science
View moreDeborah Pasquarella
Associate Lecturer, Hospitality Management
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Amy Reynolds
Dean, College of Communication and Information
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Krissi Riewe Stevenson
Assistant Professor, School of Fashion and Merchandising
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David Robins
Associate Professor, School of Information
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Edith Serkownek
Assistant Professor, University Libraries
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Tao Shen
Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
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Catherine Smith
Associate Professor, School of Information
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Todd R. Snider
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy
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Ariella Yager
Marketing Manager, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
View moreDI Affiliate Members
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Chairman, Ware Malcomb |
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Associate Professor, English at the University of Akron |
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Associate Professor, Scenic Design at West Virginia University |
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Professor, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
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Richard G. Krumel |
Foundation Board of Directors, Kent State University |
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Associate Professor, University Libraries / Business Research |
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MA. MBA, Founder of GeoMarketing, LLC |
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Jeffrey McCandless |
Business Professional |
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Professional in Residence, Visual Communication Design, College of Communication and Information |
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Executive Director for Entrepreneurship Initiatives and LaunchNET |
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Leadership Coach and Consultant, Federal Aviation Administration |
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Associate Professor, College of Communication and Information |
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Associate Professor, School of Information, CCI |
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Founder/CSO, MaskCureAid, LLC |
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Associate Professor, Graphic Design at the Myers School of Art in the Buchtel College of Science and the Arts at the University of Akron |