DI Staff, Crew & Team
J.R. Campbell
Executive Director, Design Innovation
Shannon Hines
Manager, DI Makerspaces
Chris Holthe
Director, DI Hub and Ecosystem
Amy Nethken
Coordinator, Operations & Special Projects
DI Crew
Adrian Leff, Nursing
Aidan Marias, Computer Science
Alli LePard, Visual Communication Design
Carley Pollock, Art Education
Dallas Jacobson, ESL
Olivia Diemert, Visual Communication Design
Paula Ben-Smith, Healthcare Design
Reece Keimer, Aerospace Engineering
Sam Knight, Fashion Design
Michael Beam
Director, School of Emerging Media & Technology
Margarita Benitez
Associate Professor, Fashion Design & Merchandising
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 Sciences and Humanities
Jack Dauphars
Research Engineer II, AMLCI
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
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 and Human Services
Antal Jakli
Professor, Physics, College of Sciences and Humanities
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 Sciences and Humanities
Michael Lehman
Director, Brain Health Research Institute
Jessica Leveto
Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Sciences and Humanities, 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 Philanthropy, College of Education, Health & Human Services
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
David Silva
Associate Professor, School of Communication Studies, CCI
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 Sciences and Humanities
Benjamin Tipton
Director, Foundation Relations
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 Paulus
Senior Director, Community Engaged Learning
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| 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, 51ºÚÁÏÍø University |
| Karen MacDonald | 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 |
| Julie Messing | 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 |
|---|---|
| Stefan Agamanolis | Associate Director of Strategic Research Programs, Weatherhead School of Management; Consultant, Project Medtech; Entrepreneur in Residence, Youngstown Business Incubator |
| Emily Applebaum | Program Officer, Creative Sonoma |
| 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, 51ºÚÁÏÍø 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 |
