Design Research Institute: Partners

Peck School of the Arts colleagues

• Art and Design

  • Kim Beckmann, Associate Professor, Design and Visual Communications
  • Adream Blair, Associate Professor, Design and Visual Communications
  • Lisa Moline, Associate Professor, Design and Visual Communications
  • Kelly Lahl (beis@uwm.edu), Lecturer, Design and Visual Communications, and independent designer
  • Derilyn Chambers(chamberd@uwm.edu), Adjunct Assistant Professor, Design and Visual Communications
  • Nathaniel Stern, Associate Professor, Digital Studio Practice and Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology, co teaches Product Realization in CEAS, co-founder of the UWM Student Startup Challenge
  • Shelleen Greene, Assistant Professor, Writing and Critical Thinking, Participatory Media, Department of Art and Design
  • Frankie Flood, Associate Professor, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, founder of the Digital Craft Lab at KSE
  • Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Print & Narrative Forms
  • Tim Decker(decker@uwm.edu), animation

• Music

  • Kevin Schlei, composition/Technology, founder of Bit Shape Software, mobile apps for iPhone and iPad
  • Beverly Belfer, guitar, Guitars for Vets

• Theatre Department

  • Anne Basting, Associate Professor and Director, Center on Age and Community

• Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres Department

  • DocUWM

Collaborative partners at UWM

• College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

  • Ilya Avdeev(avdeev@uwm.edu), Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Student Startup Challenge
  • Ron Perez, Associate Dean,

• Jean Creighton, UWM Mansfield Planetarium. Don’t miss the 3rd annual Art in Space event April 27, 2013.

• Michael Hostad(mhostad@uwm.edu), Director of Web Development and Mobile Apps,

• School of Architecture and Urban Planning

  • Gil Snyder (gsnyder@uwm.edu)
  • Arijit Sen (sena@uwm.edu), Associate Professor, senspeaks.wordpress.com/
    

• School of Information Studies

  • Wooseob Jeong, Dean (wjj8612@uwm.edu)
  • Chad Zahrt, Assistant Dean (zahrt@uwm.edu)
  • Rebecca Hall (rjhall@uwm.edu)

• College of Health Science

  • Jay Kapellusch, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, faculty in the Center for Ergonomics (kap@uwm.edu )

Community Partners

• Vet Transfer
• Victory Spark
• Innovation in Milwaukee – MiKE and the Design Leadership Council
• Spreenkler Talent Labs
• BizStarts Milwaukee
• Gener8tor
• Present Music
• Milwaukee Public Library
• Wisconsin Marine Historical Society
• Discovery World
• Great Milwaukee Committee
• Milwaukee Art Museum
• Third Coast Digest
• ArtMilwaukee
• NEWaukee
• Ganger Design
• Planning Council for Health and Human Resources
• C2 Productivity Solutions
• Creative Alliance

Email dri-info@uwm.edu to become a community partner or to find out more about us.