Interaction & UI/UX Design Faculty

Fred McHale

Director
School of Interaction & UI/UX Design

Fred has over 20 years of experience as a designer, developer, and program manager. After graduating with a degree in Computer Science, he focused his energy in the area of design and emerging technology. He works with numerous high profile clients in the Bay Area to design and develop web applications, mobile applications, interactive experiences, and manage teams of designers and developers.

Fred enjoys speaking at industry events, contributing to the open source community, major league baseball, and playing guitar in his free time.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science emphasis on Media Technologies, California State University Bakersfield

Industry Credits

Founder
Public Speaker
Collaborated with brands such as Cisco, Apple, Figma, Google, and Audi

Speaking Events:

Product Design Collaborative

Speaker, Designer to Design Manager
Speaker, Design Trends 2023

Podcasts

Guest Speaker, Design Nuggets
Guest Speaker, Delightful Designs: Design Systems with WebEx Designer Claire Kim
Guest Speaker, Delightful Designs: Early Career with Amazon/UpWork Design Manager Ting Wei

Adobe Creative Jam

Speaker, The Product Design Process

Academy of Art

Speaker, Artificial Intelligence in Product Design
Speaker, AI in Product Design
Speaker, Rapid Prototyping
Lecturer, IXD 750 Product Innovation with Generative AI
Lecturer, IXD 755 Product Design Portfolio
Lecturer, IXD 606 User Experience Design
Lecturer, IXD 120 Experience Design 1
Lecturer, IXD 635 Visual Design and Typography 2
Lecturer, IXD 620 Behavioral Science and UX
Lecturer, IXD 700 Human Centered Design
Lecturer, IXD 615 Project Management
Judge, Spring Show Awards 2019-2024

Cisco Systems

Speaker, Nerd Lunch: UI Design and Human Factors

CSUB New Media Club

Speaker, Creative Workflows

Doug Van Praet

Executive Director, Schools of Brand Communications
Executive Director, School of Communications and Media Technologies

Doug Van Praet is an industry best-selling author and globally recognized brand strategist known for pioneering the application of behavioral science to creativity, marketing, and business innovation. His book Unconscious Branding: How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “Top Ten Marketing Books.”

He has worked with many of the world’s leading brands, including Apple, Nike, Volkswagen, Toyota, Adobe, and Procter & Gamble, as well as guided fundraising initiatives for global nonprofits such as World Vision, Mercy Ships, and Concern Worldwide. Doug writes regularly for Psychology Today and has contributed to Fast Company.

His insights have been featured in Time, Forbes, BBC News, The Telegraph, The Economic Times, NPR, Business Insider, and Big Think. His strategic leadership has been recognized through top industry honors including CLIO Awards, Cannes Lions, Effies, and the David Ogilvy Gold Award. Doug holds dual B.S. degrees in Advertising and Psychology from Syracuse University and an M.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University.

Anna Villano

Executive Director, Schools of Brand Communications
Executive Director, School of Graphic Design

Anna Villano is a graphic designer and creative director with a background in architecture whose career spans design, advertising, and digital media. She has led creative teams at top agencies including FCB, VaynerMedia, Deutsch LA, and Rapp, developing award-winning campaigns for major brands such as Taco Bell, Microsoft, Neutrogena, Unilever, Noosa Yoghurt, Toyota, and P&G.

At FCB, Anna helped create one of the biggest QSR campaigns to date, Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos launch, which became the brand’s most successful product introduction in history and helped grow its social media following to over ten million. Later, as a Creative Director at VaynerMedia under Gary Vaynerchuk’s leadership, she oversaw multiple teams producing some of the agency’s most successful social campaigns.

A former professor at UCLA, Anna is passionate about helping students find their creative voice and navigate professional paths in the evolving design and marketing landscape. She holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.F.A. in Media Design and Communications from ArtCenter College of Design. Her work has been recognized with digital design awards, and she has served as a judge for the Addys.

Interaction & UI/UX Design Faculty

Fred McHale

Speaking Events:

Doug Van Praet

Anna Villano

Part-Time Faculty

Michael Cantanzaro

Teylor Feliz

Ryan Hanau

Dale Jones

Nikki Kipple

Michael Lee

Nikolai Lotkeff

Ryan Medeiros

Matt Moresco

Roger Muller

Heather Norvall

Frank Pietronigro

Clarke Robinson

Susan Sutton

Archibald Woo