DI Staff, Crew & Team
DI Staff
DI Crew
Adrian Leff, Nursing
Aidan Marias, Computer Science
Alli LePard, Visual Communication Design
Carley Pollock, Art Education
Dallas Jacobson, ESL
Olivia Diemert, Visual Communication Design
Paula Ben-Smith, Healthcare Design
Reece Keimer, Aerospace Engineering
Sam Knight, Fashion Design
DI Team
Sheryl Chatfield
Assistant Professor – Public Health; Co-coordinator – Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research
Kristin Dowling
Business Development Manager and Director for IdeaBase, College of Communication & Information
Nick Fagan
Librarian/Assistant Professor, University Libraries - Morbito Architectural Library
Michael Hawkins
Subject Librarian for Geography, Geology, Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communications, Honors College and Biological Science
Julee Henry
Director, Technology and Instructional Resources, College of Education and Human Services
Michael Kavulic
Director, Research Strategic Initiatives, Division of Research and Economic Development
Eli Kessler
Assistant Professor, School of Art (Sculpture and Expanded Media), College of the Arts
Jessica Leveto
Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Sciences and Humanities, Ashtabula
Elena Novak
Associate Professor of Educational Technology, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
Bobby Selvaggio
Associate Professor, Director Jazz Studies, School of Music, School of the Arts
John West
Trustee Professor of Chemistry and Interim Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
DI Affiliates
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence R. Armstrong | Chairman, Ware Malcomb |
| Heather Braun | Associate Professor, English at the University of Akron |
| Tammy Honesty | Associate Professor, Scenic Design at West Virginia University |
| Robert Jewell | Professor, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
| Richard G. Krumel | Foundation Board of Directors, Kent State University |
| Karen MacDonald | Associate Professor, University Libraries / Business Research |
| Naser Matar | MA. MBA, Founder of GeoMarketing, LLC |
| Jeffrey McCandless | Business Professional |
| Kathleen McConaughy | Professional in Residence, Visual Communication Design, College of Communication and Information |
| Julie Messing | Executive Director for Entrepreneurship Initiatives and LaunchNET |
| Kris Palcho | Leadership Coach and Consultant, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Stephanie Smith | Associate Professor, College of Communication and Information |
| Heather Soyka | Associate Professor, School of Information, CCI |
| Kim Thomas | Founder/CSO, MaskCureAid, LLC |
| Markus Vogl | Associate Professor, Graphic Design at the Myers School of Art in the Buchtel College of Science and the Arts at the University of Akron |
DI Advisory Board
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stefan Agamanolis | Associate Director of Strategic Research Programs, Weatherhead School of Management; Consultant, Project Medtech; Entrepreneur in Residence, Youngstown Business Incubator |
| Emily Applebaum | Program Officer, Creative Sonoma |
| Larry Armstrong | Chairman, Ware Malcomb; Artist; KSU Alumnus |
| John B. Johnson | Principal Identity Architect; KSU Alumnus |
| Fred Leichter | Founding Director, Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (The Hive), Claremont Colleges |
| Scott Looney | Head of School, Hawken Schools; Founder, Mastery Transcript Consortium |
| Jeffrey McCandless | Founder & CEO, PlaidMug |
| Lesley Ann Noel | Dean of Design, OCAD, Toronto; Author of "Design Social Change" and co-editor of "Black Experience in Design" |
| Grafton Nunes | Former President & CEO, Cleveland Institute of Art |
| Tom Prior | Faculty, Kent State Architecture (Retired); KSU Alumnus |
| Larry Sears | Founder, Hexagram, Inc.; Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University |
| Rachel Switzky | Director, Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
