The Center has a true interdisciplinary character and combines scientific investigation with aesthetic ideals. The Center offers a context in which students and faculty representing many disciplines investigate and apply the power of the digital syntax. The faculty members listed below are affiliated with ACCAD through a joint appointment with their home departments, through joint research projects or teaching within our facility. Faculty are designated as "affiliated" when their work extends the teaching and research of ACCAD.
Interdisciplinary Affiliations
College of Medicine
Dr. Doug Danforth (emeritus): senior scientist in the Reproductive Biology and Vaccine Research Division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nicholas Kman, MD: clinical professor of emergency medicine, physician, medical student education and emergency preparedness
College of Public Health
Dr. Maria Gallo: sexual and reproductive health epidemiologist
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Tatiana Motta: Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Art
Prof. Illya Mousavijad: computer animation, VR, installation, painting, sculpture, and video
Prof. Amy Youngs: eco art; digital media; art and technology
Prof. Laleh Mehran: installation art, AI, video, digital media
Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Roger Crawfis: video games and animation, AI
Dr. Jim Davis: computer vision, cognitive science
Dr. Raghu Machiraju: image analysis and visualization
Dance
Dr. Harmony Bench: digital humanities, dance, media and performance studies, critical theory
Dr. Tanya Calamoneri: somatic movement, Butoh, contemporary dance, choreography
Dr. Valarie Williams: multimedia applications relating to dance preservation and Labanotation
Design
Dr. Mary Anne Beecher: american vernacular interior spaces
Dr. Fabienne Munch: strategic design, multidisciplinary and multicultural teams; cross-cultural research
Prof. Maria Palazzi: animation, visualization
Prof. Scott Swearingen: game design, animation
Education
Dr. Rick Voithofer: technology in education
Film Studies
Dr. Ryan Friedman: film studies, African American literature, Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century American literature, critical theory
Knowlton School of Architecture
Prof. Beth Blostein: architecture and technology
Prof. Steve Turk: architecture and technology
Music
Dr. Marc Ainger: composition of electronic music, MIDI
Dr. Tina Tallon: AI, music composition, human computer interaction, installation art
Spanish and Portuguese
Dr. Michelle Wibbelsman: South American indigenous cultures, ethnographic studies, ethnomusicology
Theatre
Prof. Alex Oliszewski: theatrical media design, experiential media
Prof. Kevin McClatchy: acting (stage, television & film), directing
Prof. Janet Parrott: filmmaking and documentary
Prof. Jeanine Thompson (Emeritus): movement, acting