Human Centered Design

In the College of Human Ecology.

The Department of Human Centered Design enriches people and their environments through transdisciplinary activity. We integrate analog and digital knowledge, tools, methods, and creative processes from design, humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences to address real-world challenges. Faculty and students conceptualize, prototype, and evaluate products and processes that enhance human potential, well-being, and community. Our graduates possess the tools, skills, and strategies to become industry leaders, visionary academics, and pioneering practitioners.

Our students study human-centered design – a focus that crosses all design disciplines by placing human experience and engagement at the center of problem solving.

Undergraduate Majors:

• Design and Environmental Analysis   
• Fashion Design and Management  
• Fiber Science  

 

Graduate Degrees: 

Design and Environmental Analysis

• Design (M.A.)  
• Human Environment Relations (M.S.)  
• Human Behavior and Design (Ph.D.)  

 

Fiber Science and Apparel Design

• Apparel Design (M.A.)  
• Fiber Science (M.S.)  
• Apparel Design (Ph.D.)  
• Fiber Science (Ph.D.)  

 

Faculty

Y. Gowayed, Chair (HEB T57); N. Ahmadi, F. Baytar, L. Beaman, C. Blumenkamp, M. Conroy, J. Elliott, G. Evans, M. Frey, R. Gilmore, D. Green, K. Green, J. Hinestroza, Y. Hua, S. Kalantari, H. Kao, F. Kozen, R. Leitao, T. Lewis, V.D. Lewis, J. Loebach, H. Park, K. Phoenix, J. Reed, L. Shepherd, M. Shepley, N. Wells, J. Yoon, S. Yoon, R. Zadeh, T. Uyar.