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
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
Martin Thaler
Associate Professor of Product and Environment Design & Studio and Fabrication Director
Affiliate Faculty
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
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
Tiago Baccarelli Justino
Senior Manager, Design Strategy, EY
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
Founder & CEO, Khoj Lab
Jennifer Levin
UX Strategist and Experience Lead, Motorola Solutions
Mike Oren
Head of Design Research, Klaviyo
Nicholas Paredes
Executive Director, User Experience, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Mo Sook Park
Founder, i-D Leadership Consulting
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
Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives
Emeritus Faculty
Staff
Leslie Balcer
Associate Director of Operations
Tony Bynum
Associate Professor of Practice & Director of ID Academy
Kristin Gecan
Assistant Dean & Senior Director for Content
Mitch Gordon
Associate Director of Brand & Community Engagement
Mariah Jamison
Director of Admissions, Marketing, & Analytics
Shari Jones
Director of Student Success
Arrenius Karunakaran
Learning Experiences Manager
Matt Mayfield
Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Business Strategy, & MDes/MDM Program Director
Meghna Prakash
Assistant Director and Design Researcher, Equitable Healthcare Lab
Peter Zapf
Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives