Faculty

Students have the opportunity to study with the profession's most inventive designers and thought leaders.

By working in the field and teaching in the graduate program, faculty members at SVA are able to share with students the latest thinking in interaction design.

Alex Wright

Author; Director of User Experience Research, The New York Times
Carla Diana

Senior Interaction Designer, Smart Design
Chloe Gottlieb

VP, Executive Creative Director of Interaction Design, R/GA
Christopher Fahey

User Experience Strategist; Founding Partner, Behavior LLC
David Womack

Writer, Editor, Digital Strategist
Ian Curry

Senior Interaction Designer, Local Projects
Jake Barton

Founder and Principal, Local Projects
Jason Santa Maria

Founder, Mighty.
Jeffrey Zeldman

Founder, Executive Creative Director, Happy Cog Studios
Jennifer Bove

Principal, Kicker Studio
Jill Nussbaum

Creative Director, R/GA
John Zapolski

Director, Strategos
Joshua Musick

Principal Designer, frog design
Karen McGrane

Founding Partner, Bond Art + Science
Khoi Vinh

Design Director, NYTimes.com
Liz Danzico

Chair, MFA Interaction Design
Matt Owens

Principal, Volumeone LLC
Nicholas Felton

Co-founder, Daytum.com
Paul Ford

Author; Associate Editor, Harper's Magazine
Paul Pangaro, Ph.D.

CTO and Founder, Cybernetic Lifestyles
Phi-Hong D. Ha

Interaction Design and Strategy Consultant
Rachel Abrams

Creative Director of Turnstone Consulting
Rebekah Hodgson

Lead Web and Interaction Designer, GOOD Magazine
Robert Fabricant

Vice President, Creative, frog design
Robert Faludi

Device & Strategy Consultant, GroundedPower, Inc., and Author, O'Reilly Media
Shawn Allen

Partner and Design Director, Stamen Design
Steve Duenes

Graphics Director, The New York Times
Tamara Giltsoff

Sustainability Strategist
Zachary Lieberman

Co-founder, openFrameworks

Guest Lecturers

Visiting lecturers will be speaking throughout the year. Talks will open to the public, and recorded, when permissible, and posted for all to hear.