Faculty

The HCI MS Team

The HCI MS Team lead the day-to-day operations, planning, curriculum development, industry/non-profit engagement, and marketing and outreach for the HCI MS program. For questions about our HCI MS program, please contact us at hci@ucsc.edu

Norman Makoto Su

• Title
  • Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Human Computer Interaction
• Campus Email
  • normsu@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Authentic User Experience Lab
  • Home Page
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3259

Yassi Moghaddam

• Title
  • Executive Director, Human-Computer Interaction Program and Lecturer
• Campus Email
  • yamoghad@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Center, 3241

Lisa Schaffer

• Title
  • Marketing, Communications, and Recruiting Specialist
• Campus Email
  • limschaf@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3239

Fisher Dietz

• Title
  • Research and Instructional Support Specialist
• Campus Email
  • fdietz@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3315

Ramon Rubio

• Title
  • Program Assistant
• Campus Email
  • rrubio3@ucsc.edu

Anna Xie

• Title
  • Graduate Student Advisor (GPM/HCI)
• Campus Email
  • zxie58@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • BSOE Graduate Advising
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3332

Core Instructors

The following instructors teach either our core HCI classes or electives commonly taken by our HCI MS students.

Elin Carstensdottir

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Campus Email
  • ecarsten@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • Engineering Building 2, #

Christina Chung

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Campus Email
  • cfchung@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • cfchung.com
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3257

Magy Seif El-Nasr

• Title
  • Professor and Department Chair
• Campus Email
  • mseifeln@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Website
  • Lab website
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3249

Ayesha Khalid

• Title
  • Lecturer
• Campus Email
  • aykhalid@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • http://ayeshakhalid.com/
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, None

Michael B John

• Title
  • Associate Teaching Professor
• Campus Email
  • mbjohn@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3243

Eddie Melcer

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Campus Email
  • emelcer@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Portfolio
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, Room 3241

Yassi Moghaddam

• Title
  • Executive Director, Human-Computer Interaction Program and Lecturer
• Campus Email
  • yamoghad@ucsc.edu
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Center, 3241

Kate Ringland

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Campus Email
  • kringlan@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Personal Website
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3257

Norman Makoto Su

• Title
  • Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Human Computer Interaction
• Campus Email
  • normsu@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Authentic User Experience Lab
  • Home Page
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, 3259

A number of our faculty, who span both the Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz campus, do research and teach in human-computer interaction. For full details please see the Computational Media website.