Faculty

Learn about the 50 faculty from the four sponsoring schools, plus additional HCI-active faculty. Each faculty can advise MS-HCI projects in areas related to their research interests.

Our faculty are well-recognized in their fields of endeavor and include members of the CHI Academy and the National Academy of Engineering, as well as ACM, HFES, and IEEE Fellows, technical and lifetime achievement award winners, journal editors, and conference chairs.

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Name Title Academic Unit Research Interests
Gregory Abowd Distinguished Professor School of Interactive Computing Ubiquitous/everyday computing
Rosa Arriaga Senior Research Scientist School of Interactive Computing HCI for chronic care management (e.g., asthma, diabetes), using crowd sourcing for health information; psychological theories and methods to address fundamental topics in HCI
Rahul Basole Associate Professor School of Interactive Computing Computational enterprise science, information visualization, and strategic decision support
Ian Bogost Director of Graduate Studies & Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Videogame criticism, videogame rhetoric, and visualization, including game design and educational, persuasive, and political speech in games
Jay Bolter Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Augmented Reality design, media theory
Mark Braunstein Professor of the Practice School of Interactive Computing Health information technology
Amy Bruckman Professor School of Interactive Computing Online communities and education
Jim Budd Chair & Professor School of Industrial Design Human-centered, interactive product design; wearables
Richard Catrambone Professor School of Psychology Instructional design, problem solving, use of task analysis to identify what learners and trainees need to know and do, computer-based (multimedia) instructional environments, animations and embodied conversational agents (ECAs)
Polo Chau Assistant Professor School of Computational Science and Engineering Data visualization, data mining, (explainable) machine learning, scalable interactive tools for big data
Christina Choi Assistant Professor School of Industrial Design New Product Innovation, Assistive Technology, Universal Design, Human Factors and Ergonomics, User Needs/Usability, Applications of Virtual Reality in the Design Process, Wearable devices/Medical devices, Marketing Management
Russ Clark Senior Research Scientist School of Computer Science Mobility and convergence, network management
Munmun De Choudhury Assistant Professor School of Interactive Computing Computational social science, social media analytics and modeling, social computing, health, wellbeing
Carl DiSalvo Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Critical design, participatory design, the construction of publics, imaging the city, community robotics
Ellen Do Professor (joint appt. with Interactive Computing) School of Industrial Design Intelligent Systems and Objects, Design Computing and Cognition, Physical and Ubiquitous Computing, Intuitive Design Interfaces, Sketch Understanding, Diagram Indexing and Retrieval, Computationally Enhanced Construction Kits and Toys, Architectural Robotics, Ambient Intelligence and Smart Living Technologies
Frank Durso Professor School of Psychology Engineering psychology, cognitive ergonomics
Charles Eastman Professor (joint appt. with Interactive Computing) School of Architecture Computer-aided design, solids modeling and engineering databases, and design theory
Keith Edwards Professor School of Interactive Computing Human-centered computing, information security, social computing, technology support for non-profits and NGOs
Alex Endert Assistant Professor School of Interactive Computing Visual analytics, information visualization
Irfan Essa Associate Dean for Off-Campus and Special Initiatives & Professor School of Interactive Computing Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Perception, Robotics and Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence
Karen Feigh Assistant Professor School of Aerospace Engineering Decision Support Systems, especially in aviation and accounting for human limitations; Computational Cognitive Modeling for Engineering Design, especially predictive cognitive modeling; Mission control and UAV and MAV ground control systems
Jim Foley Professor School of Interactive Computing Information visualization, educational technology
Jason Freeman Professor School of Music Computer vision, real-time music notation, and networked music
Katherine Fu Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering Design cognition, design by analogy, design intuition, expertise in design, computational support for design, design ethics, design theory and methodology
Ashok Goel Professor School of Interactive Computing Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computational design, computational creativity, modeling human creativity in practical tasks
Beki Grinter Professor School of Interactive Computing Relationships between human action, interaction, and computing; computer-supported cooperative work, sociology, software engineering and ubiquitous computing
Mark Guzdial Professor Computer science education, educational computing, software-realized scaffolding, collaborative multimedia, construction and design environments for students, constructionism, collaboration support, log file analysis and visualization, computational science (computer modeling, simulation, and visualization) for students
Melody Moore Jackson Associate Professor School of Interactive Computing Biometric control interfaces, brain-computer interfaces, user interface reengineering, software engineering education
Nassim Jafarinaimi Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Civic and Participatory Media, Design Ethics and Politics (Values and Design), Information Design and Visualization, Participatory and Co-design Methods
Lauren Klein Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Digital humanities, data visualization, media studies, food studies
Chris LeDantec Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Integrating theoretical, empirical, and design-based investigations of community technologies; computer-supported cooperative work, social computing, urban computing, and values in design
Wayne Li Professor of the Practice School of Industrial Design UI/UX, especially at the the hardware/software interface in transportation, housewares, electronics and all things green Ethnography & Data Analytics: Information design for complex databases & the human contexts that drive them. Advancing multi-disciplinary education in engineering and ID through connected platforms and shared physical and virtual spaces
Karen Liu Associate Professor School of Interactive Computing Computer graphics and animation, including physics-based animation, character animation, numerical methods, robotics and computational biomechanics
Yanni Loukissas Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Data Visualization, Social Studies of Computing, Urban Computing, Critical Design, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Blair MacIntyre Professor School of Interactive Computing Design and implementation of augmented reality environments, UI software architectures for AR and 3DUIs, games, AR systems.
Brian Magerko Assistant Professor (joint appt. with Interactive Computing) School of Literature, Media, and Communication Computational creativity, interactive narrative, educational media, and AI-based digital performance
Janet Murray Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Interactive narrative and eTV, interactive gaming, encyclopedic media
Beth Mynatt Executive Director of IPaT & Professor School of Interactive Computing Supporting informal collaboration and awareness in office environments, enabling creative work and visual communication, augmenting social processes for managing personal information, ubiquitous computing, assistive technologies
Michael Nitsche Assistant Professor School of Literature, Media, and Communication Interaction in mixed media spaces, machinima, games and film, and digital performance
Colin Potts Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education & Associate Professor School of Interactive Computing Requirements engineering, design rationale and argumentation, user-centered design, and personal privacy
Amy Pritchett Associate Professor School of Aerospace Engineering Cognitive engineering methods for designing technologies and work processes to support cognitive behaviors; Applications of cognitive engineering to aerospace engineering (including cockpit, air traffic control, and UAV operations), to educational technology, and to design tools
Mark Riedl Associate Professor School of Interactive Computing Artificial intelligence, storytelling, and entertainment computing
Jon Sanford Director of CATEA & Professor School of Industrial Design Assistive Technologies and Universal Design
Stephen Sprigle Professor (joint appt. with Applied Physiology) School of Industrial Design Assistive and rehabilitation technologies; human-centered design
Thad Starner Professor School of Interactive Computing Wearable computing, contextual computing, ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence
John Stasko Professor School of Interactive Computing Information visualization, visual analytics, human-computer interaction
Bruce Walker Associate Professor (joint appt. with Interactive Computing) School of Psychology Sonification, auditory interfaces, user-centered design
May D. Wang Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Biomedical and Health Informatics, Molecular Imaging, Mobile Health
Kari Watkins Assistant Professor School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Transit traveler information systems, applications of Value Sensitive Design in transportation information
Gil Weinberg Professor (adjunct appt. with Interactive Computing) School of Music New instruments for musical expression, musical networks, machine and robotic musicianship, sonification, and music education
Lauren Wilcox Assistant Professor School of Interactive Computing Human-Centered Computing, Health Informatics, Health Communication
Ellen Zegura Professor School of Computer Science Human-centered computing, humanitarian computing, mobile wireless networking