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Deana McDonagh
Dr Deana McDonagh is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and Faculty at the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology. Before joining the University of Illinois, Dr McDonagh was a Reader in User-Centred Design at Loughborough University in the UK. She is an Empathic Design Research Strategist who focuses on enhancing quality of life for all through more intuitive and meaningful products, leading to emotional sustainability. Her research concentrates on emotional user-product relationships and how empathy can bring the designer closer to users’ authentic needs.
Joyce Thomas
Joyce Thomas, MFA, is an innovator and educator with a passion for design. As a professional industrial designer, she has worked across interdisciplinary boundaries and integrated marketing, engineering and consumer needs into creative housewares products that have been awarded 58 US and International patents. Joyce has employed the consumer as an active participant in the designing process, utilizing user-centred design, design ethnography, and empathic design research strategies. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) where she teaches interdisciplinary design studios and technology courses. Her research interests include design and disability and user-oriented collaborative design.