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.

Carla Diana

Associate Director, Interaction and Industrial Design, Smart Design
Chloe Gottlieb

VP, Executive Creative Director of Interaction Design, R/GA
Christina Cacioppo

Investments at Union Square Ventures
Christopher Fahey

User Experience Strategist; Founding Partner, Behavior LLC
David Womack

Creative Director of Interaction Design at R/GA
Gary Chou

General Manager of the Union Square Ventures Network
Ian Curry

Senior Interaction Designer, Local Projects
Jake Barton

Founder and Principal, Local Projects
Jason Santa Maria

Founder, Mighty
Jeff Hoefs

Interaction Designer, Developer, Rockwell Group
Jeffrey Zeldman

Founder, Executive Creative Director, Happy Cog Studios
Jill Nussbaum

Executive Director of Product and Interaction Design, The Barbarian Group
John Zapolski

Director, Strategos
Joshua Musick

Principal Designer, frog design
Karen McGrane

Founding Partner, Bond Art + Science
Kate Muth

Senior Interaction Designer, Martha Stewart
Liz Danzico

Chair, MFA Interaction Design
Nate Bolt

President, Bolt | Peters
Paul Ford

Content Strategist
Paul Pangaro, Ph.D.

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

Service Design Lead, Fjord
Rachel Abrams

Creative Director of Turnstone Consulting
Robert Fabricant

Vice President, Creative, frog design
Robert Faludi

Collaborative Strategy Leader in R&D for Digi International
Roger Mader

Partner, Growth Strategy at Velo

Guest Lecturers

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