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 ±Ê²¹Ã¡°ù-´³Ã¡°ì±ô¾±
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 |
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Chairman, Ware Malcomb | |
Associate Professor, English at the University of Akron | |
Associate Professor, Scenic Design at West Virginia University | |
Robert Jewell | Professor, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
Richard G. Krumel | Foundation Board of Directors, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ |
Associate Professor, University Libraries / Business Research | |
MA. MBA, Founder of GeoMarketing, LLC | |
Jeffrey McCandless | Business Professional |
Kathleen McConaughy | Professional in Residence, Visual Communication Design, College of Communication and Information |
Executive Director for Entrepreneurship Initiatives and LaunchNET | |
Leadership Coach and Consultant, Federal Aviation Administration | |
Stephanie Smith | Associate Professor, College of Communication and Information |
Heather Soyka | Associate Professor, School of Information, CCI |
Founder/CSO, MaskCureAid, LLC | |
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 |
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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 |
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, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ 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 |