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People in Computational Media

Department Leadership and Advisors

Department Chair

Magy Seif El-Nasr

Campus Email
- mseifeln@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3249

Vice Chair, Human Computer Interaction M.S.

Norman Makoto Su

Campus Email
- normsu@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3259

Vice Chair, Games and Playable Media M.S.

Michael B John

Campus Email
- mbjohn@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3243

Undergraduate Director

Nathan Altice

Title
- Associate Teaching Professor
Campus Email
- naltice@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Engineering Building 2, 261

Graduate Director

Fall ’23 quarter

Michael J Mateas

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- mmateas@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Engineering Building 2, 373

Graduate Director

Winter/Spring ’24 quarter

Sri Hastuti Kurniawan

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- skurnia@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Engineering Building 2, 331

Senior Department Manager

E. Gregg

Campus Email
- egregg@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Engineering Building 2, Room 298J

Graduate Advisor

Crystal Navarro

Title
- Graduate Student Advisor
Office Location
- Engineering Building 2, 595

cm-gradadvising@ucsc.edu

Faculty

Nathan Altice

Title
- Associate Teaching Professor
Campus Email
- naltice@ucsc.edu

Elin Carstensdottir

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- ecarsten@ucsc.edu

Christina Chung

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- cfchung@ucsc.edu

Graeme Devine

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- gdevine@ucsc.edu

Joel Dreskin

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- jdreskin@ucsc.edu

Aviv Elor

Title
- Adjunct Professor
Campus Email
- aelor@ucsc.edu

Zac Emerzian

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- zemerzia@ucsc.edu

Angus Forbes

Title
- Visiting Associate Professor
Campus Email
- anforbes@ucsc.edu

Steven Goodale

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- stgoodal@ucsc.edu

Katherine C Isbister

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- kisbiste@ucsc.edu

Michael B John

Title
- Associate Teaching Professor
Campus Email
- mbjohn@ucsc.edu

Ayesha Khalid

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- aykhalid@ucsc.edu

Sri Hastuti Kurniawan

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- skurnia@ucsc.edu

David Lee

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- dlee105@ucsc.edu

Michael J Mateas

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- mmateas@ucsc.edu

Eddie Melcer

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- emelcer@ucsc.edu

Wes Modes

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- wmodes@ucsc.edu

Yassi Moghaddam

Title
- Executive Director, Human-Computer Interaction Program and Lecturer
Campus Email
- yamoghad@ucsc.edu

Kate Ringland

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- kringlan@ucsc.edu

Magy Seif El-Nasr

Title
- Professor and Department Chair
Campus Email
- mseifeln@ucsc.edu

Daniel G Shapiro

Title
- Adjunct Professor
Campus Email
- dgs@ucsc.edu

Adam M. Smith

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- amsmith@ucsc.edu

Norman Makoto Su

Title
- Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Human Computer Interaction
Campus Email
- normsu@ucsc.edu

Noah G Wardrip-Fruin

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- nwardrip@ucsc.edu

Jim Whitehead

Title
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Experience
Campus Email
- ejw@ucsc.edu

Steve Whittaker

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- swhittak@ucsc.edu

Chris Yonge

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Campus Email
- cyonge@ucsc.edu