Faculty

Mirela Alistar
Assistant Professor • Living Matter Lab • BIOCHIPS, PERSONAL MEDICINE, DIY BIO • COMPUTER SCIENCE
ATLAS Institute

John Bacus
Teaching Associate Professor and Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs • DESIGN, AR/VR, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
ATLAS Institute

Carson Bruns
Assistant Professor • Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials • CREATIVE MOLECULAR NANOTECH • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Aidan Chopra
Lecturer • DESIGN FOR CHILDREN • CODING EDUCATION • PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Ruscha Cohen
Senior Graduate Program Manager • GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kevin Cook
Lecturer • UI/UX
User Interface Designer • Amazon

Laura Devendorf
Assistant Professor • Unstable Design Lab • SMART TEXTILES, HCI, DESIGN RESEARCH • INFORMATION SCIENCE

Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Professor • Director, ATLAS Partnerships & Innovation • ACME Lab • DESIGN, TANGIBLE INTERACTION, HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING • COMPUTER SCIENCE

Jill Van Matre Dupré
ATLAS Associate Director • Co-Director Graduate Programs • Professor of Engineering Practice • TECH POLICY, SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT, INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION

Megan (Leahy) Friesth
Lecturer • MS, TMS—Creative Technologies + Design '16
ATLAS Institute

Steven Frost
Faculty Director, B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance
Media Studies

Brad Gallagher
Graduate Part-Time Instructor • MOTION CAPTURE • SPATIAL SOUND • VIDEO PROJECTION & SYMPOIESIS

Greg Greenstreet
Lecturer • CTO, EasyPost
CTO • EasyPost

Mark D. Gross
Professor • ATLAS Director • DESIGN, ROBOTICS, TANGIBLE INTERACTION • COMPUTER SCIENCE
ATLAS Institute

Jeffrey (Jiffer) Harriman
Lecturer • NEW INSTRUMENTS FOR MUSICAL EXPRESSION, TANGIBLE INTERACTION, COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY

Kevin Hoth
Lecturer • PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL IMAGING
ATLAS Institute

Daniel Leithinger
Assistant Professor • THING Lab • SHAPE CHANGING & HAPTIC INTERFACES • COMPUTER SCIENCE

Grace Leslie
Assistant Professor • Brain Music Lab • MUSICIAN, BRAIN-MUSIC INTERFACES, ELECTRONIC MUSIC • COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Enric Granzotto Llagostera
Lecturer • GAME DESIGN • ALTERNATIVE GAME CONTROLLERS • CRITICAL GAME DESIGN

Annie Margaret
Teaching Assistant Professor • STORYTELLING • PSYCHOTECHNOLOGIES • ATTENTION ACTIVISM
ATLAS Institute

Erika Palmer
Lecturer • SOCIAL IMPACT

Anthony Pinter
Teaching Assistant Professor • IDENTITY, DATA REPRESENTATIONS, HCI, BREAK-UPS
ATLAS Institute

Denise Powell
Lecturer • MS, TMS—Information and Communication Technology for Development '18

Danny Rankin
Teaching Assistant Professor • Whaaat!? Lab • MATERIALS, GAMES, GRAPHIC DESIGN

Matthew Reiswig
Lecturer • USER EXPERIENCE • UI DESIGN • BRANDING
Design Leader VMWare

Sheiva Rezvani
Teaching Assistant Professor • ART & DESIGN, SOCIOTECHNOLOGY, DEAD MEDIA

Michael Rivera
Assistant Professor • HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION • DIGITAL FABRICATION
ATLAS Institute and Computer Science

David Schaal
Teaching Associate Professor • Lead Multimedia Instructor • SOUND DESIGN, DIGITAL ARTS

Suzanne Stoller
Lecturer • Executive Advisor • Industry Mentor

Joel Swanson
Associate Professor • TYPO Studio • ART, DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY • Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society

Brittney VanHorssen
Lecturer • USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
ATLAS Institute

Zack Weaver
Teaching Assistant Professor • Director, BTU Lab
ATLAS Institute

Grace Wilson
Lecturer • Humane Technology • Slow and Soft Technology • History of Technology
ATLAS Institute

Shaz Zamore
Teaching Assistant Professor • STEM Outreach • OUTREACH & INCLUSION, NEUROENGINEERING, VR/AR
Adjunct Faculty & Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Pierre de Vries
Scholar-in-Residence by courtesy
ATLAS

Enric Granzotto Llagostera
Lecturer • GAME DESIGN • ALTERNATIVE GAME CONTROLLERS • CRITICAL GAME DESIGN

Dr. Subhankar Mandal
Post Doctoral Research Associate, TOUGH HYDROGEL, POLYMER SYNTHESIS, FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS
ATLAS Institute

Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Experimental Weaver-in-Residence • TEXTILE DESIGN • DIGITAL CRAFT • ACTIVE MATERIALS
ATLAS Institute

Gabor Molnar
Associate Professor Adjunct • Lecturer
ATLAS Institute

Wayne Seltzer
Assistant Professor Adjunct • ELECTRONICS, DIY, U-FIXIT
ATLAS Institute
Affiliate Faculty

Alaa Ahmed
Professor
Integrative Physiology • Mechanical Engineering

Lecia Barker
Associate Professor
Information Science

August Black
Assistant Professor, Critical Media Practices
College of Media Communication and Information

Jed Brubaker
Assistant Professor
Information Science

Nikolaus Correll
Associate Professor
Computer Science

Marcel de Lange
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program of Environmental Design

Ann Eisenberg
Senior Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

Laurie Gries
Assistant Professor
Communications

Dale Hatfield
Spectrum Initiative Co-Director

Brian Keegan
Assistant Professor
Information Science

Clayton Lewis
Professor Emeritus
Computer Science

Dan Ligon
Professor of Practice
Advertising PR and Media Design

Shelly Miller
Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Shalom Ruben
Senior Instructor • AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, SIGNALS PROCESSING
Mechanical Engineering

Aubrey Shick
Research Affiliate
ATLAS Institute

Dan Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member

Danielle Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member

Heather Underwood
Lecturer • ENTREPRENEUR • BIODESIGN CONSULTANT

Amy Voida
Assistant Professor
Information Science

Stephen Voida
Assistant Professor • Founding Faculty
Information Science

Gregory L Whiting
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Helanius J. Wilkins
Assistant Professor
Theater and Dance

Tom Yeh
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Industry Mentors

Lennon Barnica
Industry Mentor • Executive Producer, Plus Productions; Owner/Furniture Maker, Dean Designs

Todd Berger
Industry Mentor • CEO Co-Founder Ello, the creators network • Co-Founder Berger & Föhr

Matthew Elliott
Industry Mentor • UX Humanitarian • Co-Founder of Super Humane

Justin Gitlin
Lecturer • Industry Mentor • CREATIVE CODER • MUSICIAN • MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
CACHEFLOWE

Joseph Kerski
Industry Mentor • Geographer • Educator • GIS Professional

Courtney Loveman
Industry Mentor • VP, Chief Strategy Officer at Noun (CP+B Brand Invention)

Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti
Industry Mentor • Director of programs at Newlab

Alexandra Morgan-Kisarale
Industry Mentor • Social Impact Alum

Rhiannan Price
Industry Mentor • Managing Director at DevGlobal Partners

Lise St. Denis
Industry Mentor • Data Scientist • UX Researcher / Designer

Suzanne Stoller
Lecturer • Executive Advisor • Industry Mentor

Heather Underwood
Industry Mentor • CEO of EvoEndo, Inc.

Tran Wills
Industry Mentor • Creative Director/Entrepreneur • Co-Founder of Base Coat Nail Salon, SVPER ORDINARY