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Melissa Conroy is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University. Her interests are surface design, drawing, and textile design with a specialty in knit structure and design.

Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp is a designer and educator whose work is guided by her interest in material culture and the aesthetic, cultural, and collective meanings of design.

As a lecturer in Human Centered Design, she teaches courses in fashion, aesthetics and society and fashion draping; hosts workshops that invite outside experts to share their experience with the Human Centered Design community; and serves as associate director of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection. She is

Erin Green earned Bachelor of Science degrees in both Nutrition & Food Science and Exercise Physiology from California State University, Chico, where she received the honor of Summa Cum Laude. She then completed her dietetic internship with the Veterans Affairs Healthcare Systems in San Diego, CA. Upon obtaining her RD credential Erin went on to work in a variety of settings including WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) and Peace Corps. After completing her work abroad, Erin obtained her PhD in

Navika Gangrade, Ph.D., RDN, is a lecturer at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. In addition to teaching various classes, she is responsible for overseeing the Cornell Human Ecology in New York City summer internship program.

Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Gangrade was a visiting assistant professor in the Nutrition Program at New York University, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in nutrition and registered dietitian credentials (RDN) from Cornell University

I am an architectural designer and researcher whose primary interest is research-driven design approaches to fitting objects, spaces, and experiences to human needs, capabilities, and behaviors.

Before coming to Ithaca, I was a faculty member at the University of Houston, and an Architectural Designer III at Perkins + Will. Prior to joining Perkins + Will, I was a faculty member at the University of Idaho and practiced as an architectural designer at SmithGroup, an American