THESIS CHAIR
  • Salah, Miriam, “Food and Design Thinking,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated Spring 2020. Currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Siebel Center for Design, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
  • Melton, Rachel, “Creative Economies in Rural Spaces,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated Fall 2020. Currently a Multimedia Designer on the Marketing Team at World Relief, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
THESIS COMMITTEE
  • Lou, Zhi, “Designed Dissent — Navigating Agency through Times of Information Crisis,”
    MFA in Design for Responsible Innovation, Graduated May 2023.
    Currently a Ph.D. Student in the Communication Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Oladeji, Faithful, “Architecture and Design Research,”
    MFA in Design for Responsible Innovation, Graduated May 2022,
    Currently a User Interface and User Experience Designer at Welldoc, Columbia, Maryland.
  • Dailey, Keenan, “1104,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated May 2021. Currently works as a Freelance Artist and Designer.
  • Gonzalez, Carolina, “Developing Engagement on Instagram through Storytelling,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated May 2020. Currently the Co-Founder & Creative Director of Happer Agency, Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Landrum, Brock, “Postmodernism Philosophy,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated May 2019. Currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Southern Utah, Cedar City, Utah.
  • Moon, Eunmi, “Empathic Methods of Design,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated May 2019. Currently a Ph.D. Applicant in the Informatics Program, UIUC.
  • Tucker, Zack, “Humanist Interfaces,”
    MFA in Graphic Design, Graduated May 2019. Currently an Assistant Professor of Communication/Experience Design at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.