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Mahmoud Aboelkheir

Graduate Student

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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Mohsen Alishahi

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Functional Textiles, Biomaterials, Nanofibers
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Rebecca Ames

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
mental health facility design, trauma-informed design, developmental psychology
Susan Ashdown
Susan Ashdown

Professor Emerita

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
(607) 277-7912
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Fatma Baytar

Associate Professor

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
Leighton Beaman

Associate Professor of Practice

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Spatial material culture, Socially conscious design, Environmentally responsible design
Franklin Becker

Professor Emeritus

Department
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
Kenjin Chang

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Focus areas
Dietary Change, Environmental-Impact Modeling, Behavioral Interventions
Chih-Chang Chu

Rebecca Q. Morgan '60 Professor Emeritus

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
(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

Senior Lecturer

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

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Sheila Danko

Professor Emerita

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
Tatyana Dokuchayeva

Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
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John Elliott

Associate Professor

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, Interim Director of Graduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis

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
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
Olivia Gillett

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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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 in Fiber Science & 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, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis
 

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
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

Post-doctoral 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 & Apparel Design

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
Shane Hutchinson

Graduate Field Coordinator

Department
Human Centered Design
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607-255-2809
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Julia Jaffe

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Hansadi Jayamaha

Graduate Student

Department
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
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Eddy Man Kim

Director of Digital Design and Fabrication Studio (D2FS), Senior Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
607-253-2503
Focus areas
Design technology + digital media, Computational design, Product design, development and management
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Fran Kozen

Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies for FSAD Majors

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
607-255-6204
Focus areas
Natural dyes, Environment/sustainability in fashion + textiles industries, Textile durability, testing and laundering
Sephra Lamothe

Graduate 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
Contact
(607) 255-5628
Focus areas
Accessible interactive technologies, Human-computer interaction, Design innovation – bridging art, technology and UX

Sang’s research focuses on the creative, critical, and aesthetic use of technology in design making. He has spent the past decade bridging academia and industry, leading design innovation initiatives around human-centered applications of technology. Through the design of performative technological artifacts, he envisions alternative and more sustainable forms of human–technology relations—what he calls symbiosis.

His current work explores new horizons for AI systems that are interpretive, embodied, and symbiotic. He directs the Machine Poetics Lab, which investigates experimental designs that challenge the normative and uncritical pervasion of technologies—particularly AI—into everyday life. He uses making as a method to surface new questions about how emerging technologies shape human experience, values, and futures.

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Renata Leitao

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
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
Ziyu Liu
Ziyu Liu

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Janet Loebach

The 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
Tim Mateer

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wells Lab

Department
Human Centered Design
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Lorraine Maxwell

Professor Emerita

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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Armin Mostafavi
Armin Mostafavi

Postdoctoral Researcher

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
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
Kyuin Park

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Kimberly Phoenix

Senior Lecturer

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
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
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Jaleesa Reed

Assistant Professor

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
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

Graduate 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

Professor and Chair

Department
Human Centered Design
Contact
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
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Dorota Szlek

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
Christine Tanner
Christine Tanner

Program Manager, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures

Department
Human Centered Design
Sienna Torbitt
Sienna Torbitt

Assistant to the Chair

Department
Human Centered Design
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(607) 255-2168
Natasha Turkar

Graduate Student


 

Department
Human Centered Design
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Tamer Uyar

Associate Professor

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

Senior Associate Dean for Research + 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
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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
Tong Xu

Graduate Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Qi Yang

Ph.D. Student

Department
Human Centered Design
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Jay (JungKyoon) Yoon

Associate Professor

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
Contact
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
Contact
(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
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Jingwen Zhu

Ph.D. Student

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Human Centered Design
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