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Mahmoud Aboelkheir

Ph.D. Candidate

Department
Human Centered Design
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Nooshin Ahmadi

Senior Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Architectural Design/Interior Architecture, Research-driven design, Human-centered design
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Samantha Alberts

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Sustainable fashion education, Youth development, Consumer behavior
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Mohsen Alishahi

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Functional Textiles, Biomaterials, Nanofibers
Susan Ashdown
Susan Ashdown

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 277-7912
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Moji Ashour

Ph.D. student

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Human Centered Design
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Fatma Baytar

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Fiber Science and Apparel Design

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-9306
Focus areas
Digitalization in the apparel industry, 3D body scan data + apparel simulation, 3D digital technologies
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Charles Beach Jr.

Digital Design and Fabrication Studio (D2FS) Manager

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-2721
Franklin Becker

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Julia Bernat

M.A. Student
Design

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Human Centered Design
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Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp

Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Fashion design, Vernacular art and architecture, Curation
Caroline Brockner

Director of Finance and Administration

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-6266
Shuang Cai

Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Sang Leigh

Department
Human Centered Design
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Kenjin Chang

Ph.D. Candidate

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Dietary Change, Environmental-Impact Modeling, Behavioral Interventions
Luhua Chen

M.S. Student
Advisor: Jung-hye Shin

Department
Human Centered Design
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Xingda Chen

MS Student
Advisor: Keith Green

Department
Human Centered Design
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Chih-Chang Chu

Rebecca Q. Morgan '60 Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 279-2938
Focus areas
Biomaterials for human body repair, New biodegradable pseudo-proteins, Nanotechnology for cancer therapy
Christine Cioletti

Administrative Assistant

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-3151
Kim Claes
Kim Claes

Visiting Research Scholar 

Department
Human Centered Design
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Melissa Conroy

Associate Teaching Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Surface design + textile design, Knit structure and design, Drawing
Jasmine Daniel

Ph.D. Candidate

Department
Human Centered Design
Sheila Danko

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
Matt DeLorenzo

MS Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Jaden Jaynes Demarest

Technical Services Technician

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-2721
Ayse Demirbas

Postdoctoral Associate

Department
Human Centered Design
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John Elliott

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Design + Environmental Analysis

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-9714
Focus areas
Material culture in the built environment, Ecological literacy in design, Arborworks sculpture
Paul Eshelman

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Gary Evans

Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor

Department
Human Centered Design, Psychology
Contact
(607) 342-1214
Focus areas
Children's environments (e.g. schools, housing), Environment of childhood poverty, Development of environmental attitudes/behaviors in children
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Jeremy Faulk

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Margaret Frey

Vincent V.C. Woo Professor in Fiber Science Emerita 

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-1937
Focus areas
Micro and nanofibers, Uses for high specific surface area materials, Environment/sustainability in fashion + textiles industries
Kopal Gangrade

Ph.D. Student
Human Behavior and Design

Department
Human Centered Design
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Kathleen Gibson

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
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Darin Gillenwater

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-3196
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Rhonda Gilmore

Senior Lecturer Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-1951
Focus areas
Interior design, Experience + exhibit design, Historic preservation
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Denise N. Green

Lau Family Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Fiber Science and Apparel Design

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Anthropological studies of style and fashion, History and curatorial practice of dress and textiles, Native American textiles and regalia
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Keith Evan Green

Jean and Douglas McLean Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-7138
Focus areas
Intersection of design + robotics + psychology, Robot “living rooms” interacting/adapting with inhabitants, Robots that improve community, learning and health
Lauryn Grubbs

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Black women's self-presentation, Black women's representation, Stereotypes in media, art, & design
Gaeul Han
Gaeul Han

Postdoctoral fellow

Department
Human Centered Design
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Alan Hedge

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Juan Hinestroza

Rebecca Q Morgan '60 Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-7600
Focus areas
Intersection Science-Design, Nanomaterials in Textiles, Use of waste as raw-material
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Ying Hua

Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Practice + approaches to creating optimal work + learning, Research methodology for post-occupancy evaluation (POE), Sustainable and resilience building practices in US + Asia
Syed Zubair Hussain

Ph.D. Student
Fiber Science

Department
Human Centered Design
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Shane Hutchinson

Graduate Field Coordinator

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-2809
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Hansadi Jayamaha

Postdoctoral Associate

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Human Centered Design
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Jan Jennings

Professor Emerita


 

Department
Human Centered Design
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Saleh Kalantari

Associate Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Wayfinding + spatial cognition using VR + simulation, Predictive design tools evaluating human responses to design, Human-environment interaction: built and virtual environment
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Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Associate Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
6072551959
Focus areas
Wearable technology and on-skin interfaces, Designing skins across scales, Social perceptions towards on-body technologies
Abdi Khadija

M.S. Student
Human Environment Relations

Department
Human Centered Design
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Sephra Lamothe

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
history of dress and textiles, material culture, museum studies and curation
Joseph Laquatra

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Sang Leigh

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-5628
Focus areas
Accessible interactive technologies, Human-computer interaction, Design innovation – bridging art, technology and UX
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Renata Leitao

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607.254.5660
Focus areas
Design for Indigenous empowerment, Transformational design for societal + environmental change, Intercultural design knowledge
Ann Lemley
Ann Lemley

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
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Van Dyk Lewis

Associate Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-1930
Sharmayne Lim

Ph.D. Student
Human Behavior and Design
Advisor: Keith Green

Department
Human Centered Design
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Ziyu Liu
Ziyu Liu

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Janet Loebach

Evalyn Edwards Milman Assistant Professor in Child Development

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
children's environments, participatory research & design, behavior mapping
Iris Y. Luo

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Design Theory, Textile History & Digital Archiving, Predagogy & Action Research
Lorraine Maxwell

Professor Emerita

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Human Centered Design
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Jared May
Jared May

Technical Services Technician

Department
Human Centered Design
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Mardelle Shepley
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley

Emerita Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-3165
Focus areas
Design and health/wellness, Physical environment evaluation, Impact of access to nature
Roberta Militello

Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
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Grace Moser

Ph.D. Student
Human Behavior and Design
Advisor: Rana Zadeh

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Human Centered Design
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Armin Mostafavi
Armin Mostafavi

Postdoctoral Associate

Department
Human Centered Design
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Anil Netravali
Anil Netravali

Jean & Douglas McLean Professor in Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
Kim Phung Nguyen

Ph.D. Student
Apparel Design
Advisor: Heeju Park 

Department
Human Centered Design
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Kay Obendorf
S. Kay Obendorf

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-3151
Edward Ostrander

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Heeju Terry Park

Vincent V.C. Woo Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-0185
Focus areas
Activewear and protective clothing, Smart wearable interface, Ethics of design and fashion
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Tara Pearson

Ph.D. student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Kimberly Phoenix

Teaching Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-7321
Focus areas
Improving patterning/fit with custom half-scale dress forms
Rouzbeh Rahai

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Climate resilience, Human health, Spatial modeling and design
Arifur Rahman

Ph.D. Student
Fiber Science

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Human Centered Design
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Radha Ranade

M.A. Student
Advisor: Denise Green

Department
Human Centered Design
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Jaleesa Reed

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-254-5661
Focus areas
Self-definition + consumption for marginalized groups, Feminist theory + Black geography, Racism + representation in relation to beauty + identity
Md Sazid Bin Sadeque

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Peter Schwartz

Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
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Larissa Shepherd

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-4288
Focus areas
Tailoring fibers (spinning) for practical applications, Optically responsive fabrics, Immersion electrospinning
Jung-hye Shin
Jung-hye Shin

Chair
Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-3672
Focus areas
Environmental design, Aging in place
Kumar Siddharth
Kumar Siddharth

Postdoctoral Associate

Department
Human Centered Design
Vicki Sill

Financial Administrator

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-5321
Karen Steffy
Karen Steffy

Events Coordinator

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-8605
Christine Tanner
Christine Tanner

Program Manager, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures

Department
Human Centered Design
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Paige Tomfohrde

Ph.D. Candidate

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Environmental justice, Identity, Fiber + fashion
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Sienna Torbitt

Assistant to the Chair

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-2168
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Tamer Uyar

Associate Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-4658
Focus areas
Nanofibers and nanotextiles, Medical textiles and drug delivery, Water treatment, food packaging
Lesimo (Yuanzhi) Wang

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Ruth Wang

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Susan Watkins
Susan Watkins

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 319-4160
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Nancy M. Wells

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Professor

Department
Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology
Contact
(607) 254-6330
Focus areas
Environmental psychology, Effects of the built and natural environment on human health, Environmental design + policy impacts on consumption + reuse
Margaret Wong

M.A. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Han Wu

M.A. Student
Advisor: Fatma Baytar
 

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Human Centered Design
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Danqing Xie

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Multisensory Design, Emotions and behavior, Smellscape
Sarah Yidriz
Zehra I. Yildiz

Postdoctoral Associate

Department
Human Centered Design
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Jay (JungKyoon) Yoon

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
607-255-2011
Focus areas
Experience-driven design, Design for emotion, subjective well-being + behavior change, Product design + development
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So-Yeon Yoon

Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-8467
Focus areas
Human-computer interaction in virtual environments, Large-scale interface/interaction design, Interior design
Rana Zadeh
Rana Sagha Zadeh

Associate Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-1946
Focus areas
User-centered design in healthcare, Systems approach, Healthcare entrepreneurship
Xia Zeng

Research Associate, Lab Manager

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-1941
Ivie (Xinyu) Zhang

M.S. Student
Human Environment Relations
Advisor: Rana Zadeh

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Human Centered Design
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