Identifying and celebrating our best design talent.
Thank you to these design practitioners and educators who volunteer their time to serve as judges of this year’s SMA, GSMA, Scholarships, and Education Papers programs. Each judge is responsible for reviewing a considerable amount of content in the process of making their scores and selections. Their dedication and commitment towards identifying and celebrating the next generation of design talent is an invaluable resource to our community. The group below includes all members of IDSA’s 2020-2021 Education Council.
The 2020 jury group is lead by IDSA’s Education Director, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, Associate Professor – Industrial Design at
Iowa State University
Undergraduate SMA
Graduate SMA
Scholarships
Adam Jossem
Founder and Principal Designer,
Jet Pack Industries
Chloe Condon
Industrial Designer,
Pampered Chef
Eddie Licitra, IDSA
Associate Design Director,
McKinsey & Company
Geraint Krumpe, IDSA
Founder, Prinicipal Design
Jemma Frost
Senior Design Researcher,
Bresslergroup
Joshua Lederer
Design Consultant/Entrepreneur, Lexicon
Kat Reiser, IDSA
Principal Industrial Designer,
Rise Design
Kevin Shankwiler, IDSA
Sr. Lecturer, GA Tech School of ID & Digital Fabrication Lab
Kyle Ellison, IDSA
Founder & Design Principal,
Trailside Creative Product Design
Maria Miller, IDSA
Independent Design Educator
Merry Constantino, IDSA
Founder,
ProductLogic LLC
Monica Tournoux, IDSA
Senior Industrial Designer,
Design Central
Scott Henderson, IDSA
Founder & Designer,
Scott Henderson, INC
Maria Miller, IDSA
Independent Design Educator
Stephanie Battista, IDSA
Wearable Designer,
Humanity Innovation Labs
Susan Sokolowski, IDSA
Director & Associate Professor,
University of Oregon
Tom Ask, IDSA
Professor of Industrial Design, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Education Papers
Adam Feld, IDSA
Assistant Professor,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Susan Sokolowski, IDSA
Director & Associate Professor,
University of Oregon
Başak Altan, IDSA
Independent Design Strategist, Leader, Educator
Dosun Shin, IDSA
Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Greg Thune, IDSA
Chair of Industrial Design,
Columbus College of Art & Design
Hale Selek, IDSA
Assistant Professor Product Design,
University of Oregon
Hari Nair, IDSA
Professor,
Savannah College of Art and Design
Dr. James Fathers
Director, Syracuse University School of Design
Jerrod Windham
Associate Professor,
Auburn University
Jim Arnold, IDSA
Professor,
Utah State University
Kelly Umstead, IDSA
Assistant Professor of ID + Director of Graduate Program in ID,
NC State College of Design
Dr. James Fathers
Director, Syracuse University School of Design
Roger Ball
Professor of Industrial Design,
GA Tech
Tod Corlett, IDSA
Director of Industrial Design Programs,
Thomas Jefferson University