Designing Creativity is buoyed by a remarkable series of on and off-campus guest lecturers who join us to talk about one of 7 section topics. Below is a cumulative list of guest speakers the course has enjoyed since the course launched in the Fall of 2015.
1: HEART
- Crystal Martin, Launchcode & Slalom
- Dr. James Wertsch, Collective Memory
- Professor Mark Rollins, Memory & Perception
- Gerard Craft, Chef, Entrepreneur and Owner of Restaurants (Pastaria, Niche, etc)
- Alix Gerber, Visiting Asst Professor and Designer
- Judi McLean-Parks, Professor and Faculty Lead for the Madagascar Program
- Hedwig Lee, Professor of Sociology, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity
2: MIND
- Dr. Calvin Lai, Unconscious Implicit Bias
- Dr. Jeffrey Zacks, Professor and Author “Your Brain on Movies”
- John Bielenberg, Director of the Think Wrong Institute
- Blake Marggraff, Alum and Entrepreneur (Epharmix)
- Professor Doug Cooper (Carnegie-Mellon)
- Professor Heather Corcoran, Data Visualization
- Dr. Darrell Hudson, Associate Professor at the Brown School (Public Health)
3: BODY
- Dr. Gammon Earhart, Director of Physical Therapy Program, WashU Med School – Treatment of Parkinson’s with Argentine Tango
- David Marchant, Professor in PAD – Dance
- Dr. Peter Tuteur, Art in Medicine
- Curt Enderle, Art Director for Isle of Dogs & Boxtrolls
- Tim Portlock, Professor and Artist
- Elinor Harrison, Postdoc Fellow, Dance and Neurology
4: HAND
- Martin Goebel, Furniture Designer & Craftsman
- Albie Mitchell, Sam Fox Professor & COLLAB
- Elisa Kim, Professor and Designer
- Nate Marschalk & Andrew Goodin, The Disruption Department
- L. Irene Compadre, Landscape Architect, Lecturer
- Rick Brown – Handshouse Studio
5: FAILURE
- Professor Holden Thorp, Chemist, Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine
- Al Canal, Comedian and Producer
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic Gold Medalist & Founder of Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation
- Professor Patricia Olynyk, Director of the Graduate College of Art
- Qui Tran, Chef at Mai Lee Restaurant
- Scott Sandler, former Exec turned Vegetarian Chef/Entrepreneur for Pizza Head
- Dedric Carter, Vice Chancellor for Operations & Tech Transfer, Engineering
6: PLAY
- Dr. Kurt Thoroughman, Engineering Professor, Learning & Motor Control
- Ed Reggi & Lee Anne Matthews, Improv Actors and Educators – Yes… And
- Anna Pileggi, Professor in Performing Arts – Theatre for Social Change
- Mike Isaacson: Executive Producer at the Muny and Broadway Producer ( Fun Home )
- Dave Cooperstein + Amanda Yates, PGAV Destinations
- Brent Rose, Writer, Producer, Actor, Tech Enthusiast
- DeAnna Massie, Actor and Director, Improv Artist
- Greg Warren, Comedian
- April Duncan, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor
- Billy Gleeson, Production Supervisor at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
7: POWER
- Jake Barnett, Sustainability in Investing, Morgan Stanley
- Professor Clifford Holekamp (Business)
- Antionette Carroll, Creative Reaction Lab
- Becky Jaynes Morgan, Organizer/Activist with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense
- Eric Cesal, Podcaster & Entrepreneur
- De Nichols, Professor/Designer/Entrepreneur
- Paul Groenier, Designer
- Andrew Martin, Chancellor of Washington University in St Louis
- Brianna Chandler, Climate Change/Sustainability Activist
- Liz Kramer, Human-Centered Designer, Professor, Office of Socially Engaged Practice at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
- Jenny Price, Research Fellow, Author, Activist, & Historian
- Alan Webber, Mayor of Santa Fe, NM and Co-Founder of Fast Company magazine
- Keisha Mabry, Director of Entrepreneurship for WEPOWER
DESIGN/MAKE & COLLABORATION
- Amos Harris, Real Estate Developer, Curator of St Louis
- John Hendrix, Illustrator, Chair: MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture
- Giovanna Sardelli, Director (Theatre/TV/Film)
- Michael R. Allen, Professor, Lecturer in American Culture Studies (A&S) and Senior Lecturer in Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
- Sophie Binder, Artist and World Traveler
- Linda E. Wagner, Human Centered Design, University of Washington, Seattle
- Mike Konzen, Chairman & CEO of PGAV Destinations
- Kurt Thoroughman, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering
- Rosemarie Rosetti, founder of Universal Design Living Laboratory
- Carl Richards, Financial Planner & Sketch Creator w/ Behavior Gap
- Brian Cohen, Executive Director of Beam Center
ART
- Sabine Eckmann, Director and Chief Curator at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
- Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) St Louis