Program Management Team
Graduate Program Coordinator
Jessica Celestine
 
Degree Director &
IC Faculty Coordinator
Jim Foley
 
Associate Director &
ID Faculty Coordinator
Jim Budd
 
 
Associate Director &
LMC Faculty Coordinator
Carl DiSalvo
 
Associate Director & Psychology Faculty Coordinator
Bruce Walker

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.

School of Aerospace Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
Amy Pritchett Associate Professor 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.
Karen Feigh Assistant Professor Decision Support Systems, especially in aviation and accounting for human limitations. Computational Cognitive Modeling for Engineering Design; predictive cognitive modeling. Mission control and UAV and MAV ground control systems.
School of Interactive computing
Name Title Research Interest
Lauren Wilcox Assistant Professor Human-Centered Computing, Health Informatics, Health Communication
Gregory Abowd Distinguished Professor Ubiquitous/everyday computing
Rosa Arriga Senior Research Scientist Human learning, technology aid for Autism Spectrum Disorders, developmental psychology in robotics
Aaron Bobick Professor Computer vision; computational perception for human-robot interaction
Mark Braunstein Professor of the Practice Health information technology
Amy Bruckman Associate Professor Online communities and education,
Keith Edwards Associate Professor Human-centered computing, information security, social computing, technology support for non-profits and NGOs,
Irfan Essa Professor Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Perception, Robotics and Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence
Jim Foley Professor Information visualization, educational technology
Eric Gilbert Assistant Professor Social media
Ashok Goel Professor Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computational design, computational creativity, modeling human creativity in practical tasks
Beki Grinter Associate Professor 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 Biometric control interfaces, brain-computer interfaces, user interface reengineering, software engineering education
Karen Liu Assistant Professor Computer graphics and animation, including physics-based animation, character animation, numerical methods, robotics and computational biomechanics
Blair McIntyre Associate Professor Design and implementation of computer-enhanced interactive environments, augmented reality environments, exploration and design of prototype applications
Beth Mynatt Professor 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
Colin Potts Associate Professor Requirements engineering, design rationale and argumentation, user-centered design, and personal privacy
Mark Riedl Assistant Professor Artificial intelligence, storytelling, and entertainment computing
Thad Starner Associate Professor Wearable computing, contextual computing, ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence
John Stasko Professor Information visualization, visual analytics, peripheral awareness
Andrea Thomaz Assistant Professor Socially intelligent machines, artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction
School of Computational Science and Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
Polo Chau Assistant Professor data visualization, data mining, (explainable) machine learning, scalable interactive tools for big data
School of Computer Science
Name Title Research Interest
Ellen Zegura Professor Human-centered computing, humanitarian computing, mobile wireless networking.
Russ Clark Research Scientist Mobility and convergence, network management
School of Industrial Design
Name Title Research Interest
Christina Choi Assistant Professor 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
Jim Budd Professor and ID School Chair human-centered, interactive product design; wearables
Wayne Li Professor of the Practice 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
Ellen Do Professor, Joint with IC 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
Jon Sanford Associate Professor; CATEA Director Assistive Technologies and Universal Design
Claudia Rebola Assistant Professor Intergenerational design, communication technologies and healthy aging with special emphasis on exercising inclusive design, tangible interfaces/physical computing, and participatory design methods
School of Literature, communication and culture
Name Title Research Interest
Nassim JafariNaimi Assistant Professor Civic and Participatory Media, Design Ethics and Politics (Values and Design), Information Design and Visualization, Participatory and Co-design Methods
Ian Bogost Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Videogame criticism, videogame rhetoric, and visualization, including game design and educational, persuasive, and political speech in games
Jay Bolter Professor Augmented Reality design, media theory
Carl DiSalvo Assistant Professor Critical design, participatory design, the construction of publics, imaging the city, community robotics.
Chris LeDantec Assistant Professor Integrating theoretical, empirical, and design-based investigations of community technologies; computer-supported cooperative work, social computing, urban computing, and values in design
Brian Magerko Assistant Professor, Adjunct with computational creativity, interactive narrative, educational media, and AI-based digital performance
Janet Murray Professor Interactive narrative and eTV, interactive gaming, encyclopedic media
Michael Nitsche Assistant Professor Interaction in mixed media spaces, machinima, games and film, and digital performance
Celia Pearce Assistant Professor Sociology of massively multiplayer games and virtual worlds, spatial media, game design
John Sharp Assistant Professor Game design curriculum, the artgames movement, videogame aesthetics, the history of play, and the early history of computer and video games
School of music
Name Title Research Interest
Gil Weinberg Assistant Professor, Adjunct with IC New instruments for musical expression, musical networks, machine and robotic musicianship, sonification, and music education
Jason Freeman Assistant Professor Computer vision, real-time music notation, and networked music
School of Psychology
Name Title Research Interest
Richard Catrambone Professor 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)
Frank Durso Professor Engineering psychology, cognitive ergonomics
Arthur Fisk Professor Engineering psychology, human factors and aging
Wendy Rogers Professor Engineering psychology, human factors and aging
Bruce Walker Associate Professor, joint withIC Sonification, auditory interfaces, user-centered design
School of Architecture
Name Title Research Interest
Charles Eastman Professor, joint with Computer-aided design, solids modeling and engineering databases, and design theory
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
Kari Watkins Assistant Professor Transit traveler information systems, applications of Value Sensitive Design in transportation information
School of Biomedical Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
May D. Wang Associate Professor Biomedical and Health Informatics, Molecular Imaging, Mobile Health