Faculty & Staff

A tight-knit community powered by optimism

ID faculty are recognized around the globe as pioneers in human-centered design, systems design, and other methods that apply design to the real world.

Aside from leading coursework and supporting student projects, all full-time faculty are actively engaged research initiatives. Students have the opportunity to participate in this research, applying lessons from coursework toward innovative problem-solving.

Full-time Faculty

Jeremy Alexis

Vice Provost for Academic Strategy and Associate Professor of Innovation

Weslynne Ashton

Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability & Food Systems Action Lab Co-Director

Tony Bynum

Associate Professor of Practice & Director of ID Academy

Kim Erwin

Associate Professor of Healthcare Design and Design Methods & Equitable Healthcare Action Lab Director

Tomoko Ichikawa

Associate Professor of Visual Communication

Anijo Mathew

Dean & Professor of Entrepreneurship and Urban Technology

Matt Mayfield

Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Business Strategy, & MDes/MDM Program Director

Jessica Meharry, sits on colorful cube shaped seating at ID

Jessica Meharry

Visiting Assistant Professor

Zach Pino

Assistant Professor of Data-Driven Design

Ruth Schmidt

Associate Professor of Behavioral Design

Maura Shea

Associate Professor of Civic and Community Design & Food Systems Action Lab Co-Director

Carlos Teixeira

Charles L. Owen Professor of Systems Design and PhD Program Director

Marty Thaler working with students

Martin Thaler

Associate Professor of Product and Environment Design & Studio and Fabrication Director

Affiliate Faculty

Jennifer deWinter

Dean of the Lewis College of Science and Letters and Professor of Rhetoric

Adjunct Faculty

Santosh Basapur

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical Center & Director of Design, Rush University

Michael Botos

Partner/Principal, EY-Parthenon Strategy, Innovation, Transformation Consulting

John Cain

Design Strategist, Entrepreneur, & Educator

Jody Campbell

Executive Creative Director, Magic+Might

Daniel Chichester

Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Design

Kelly Costello

Co-Founder of Panorama Innovation

Cheryl Dahle

Climate Initiative Manager

John Dominski

Senior Design Researcher

Jereme Dumm

Design Strategist, Cleveland Avenue

Jesse Gaskin

Care Experience Lead, Kaiser Permanente

Kristin Gecan smiles while sitting

Kristin Gecan

Assistant Dean & Senior Director for Content

Sari Gluckin

Founder, Wishful Thinking LLC

Yuli Patrick Hsieh

Research Survey Methodologist & Digital Sociologist

Ben Jacobson

Partner, Conifer Research

Sara Johnson

Senior Design Strategist / Incubator Manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas

Mark Jones

Experience Design Principal, Enterprise Transformation, Humana

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Tiago Baccarelli Justino

Senior Manager, Design Strategy, EY

Adam Kalish stands in the ID studio space

Adam Kallish

Principal, Trope Collaborative

JoEllen Kames

Director of User Experience Design at Tableau, a Salesforce Company

Allison Karas

Staff Product Designer and Real-World Data Design Lead, Tempus Labs, Inc.

Ali Karbassi

Founder & CEO, We All Code

Larry Keeley

Innovation Scientist at Keeley Innovations LLC & Former President and Co-Founder, Doblin Inc.

Amrita Kulkarni

Director, Design Research & Strategy at Highland

Shilpi Kumar, a Brown woman with long dark curly hair and a blue dress, stands in an ID studio

Shilpi Kumar

Founder & CEO, Khoj Lab

Jennifer Levin

UX Strategist and Experience Lead, Motorola Solutions

Mike Oren, a faculty member, stands in ID studio space

Mike Oren

Head of Design Research, Klaviyo

Nicholas Paredes, holds a pen and stands by a desk

Nicholas Paredes

Executive Director, User Experience, JPMorgan Chase & Co

Mo Sook Park

Founder, i-D Leadership Consulting

John Payne, stands in ID studio space

John Payne

Head of Design, Public Policy Lab

Ryan Pikkel

Design and Strategy Leader, Amazon Web Services

Charlie Smith

Innovation Executive and Design Lead, Salesforce Ignite

Susan Stirling

Project Director, UIC Innovation Center

Paolo Tanedo

Innovation Engineer, Navistar

Stephanie Wade

Founder and CEO, Ascendant

Peter Zapf stands in the ID outside courtyard

Peter Zapf

Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives

Emeritus Faculty

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John Grimes

Professor Emeritus

Vijay Kumar

Charles Owen Endowed Chair and Professor Emeritus

Keiichi Sato

Professor Emeritus

Patrick Whitney

Steelcase Endowed Chair and Dean Emeritus