about us
Davis Design Interactive is UC Davis’s first human-centered design organization. Our organization was founded out of a growing need to provide human-centered design and user experience opportunities to students exploring the field.
Our goal is to provide and promote design education on campus in the form of hands-on projects, student-led workshops, industry panels, and more. We believe that inclusive, intersectional, and interactive design are the cornerstones of good design, and our organization embodies these core values.
Spring 2022 Presentation Day!
Meet Our Board Members
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Edyn Stepler
Co-President
DESIGN & ECONOMICS
Christina Chung
Co-President
COMPUTER SCIENCE & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Aidan Chiang
VP Education
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Erin Park
VP Marketing
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Grace Asuncion
VP Operations
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Jessica Fong
Cohort Program Manager
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Claire Yokota
Cohort Program Manager
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Summer Sueki
Fellowship Program Manager
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Katherine Liu
Fellowship Program Manager
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Tyler Bernshteyn
Brand Director
DESIGN
Emily Pelaez
Creative Director
DESIGN
Kyra Calderhead
Creative Director
DESIGN
Nandini Baruah
Creative Director
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Elysia Touami
Outreach and Events Director
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Caitlin Sandra
Outreach & Events Director
MATHEMATICS
Junbok Lee
Finance Director
Our Founding Story
The four of us met together and started Design Interactive in the Textiles closet of the UC Davis Design Building towards the end of Winter 2019 quarter. We saw a need for human-centered design and UX design opportunities and resources on campus, and wanted to create a community where budding UX designers could learn and grow together. Within two weeks, we pulled together the club structure and process and launched the first Cohort in the Spring 2020 quarter during the COVID pandemic. Although we're young as an organization, we hope to grow Design Interactive into the premiere UX club and to build a strong, supportive community for UX designers at Davis — come help us make that a reality!
Andrew Chen, Lily Nguyen, Cynthia Chen, Michelle Gore
Where We've Gone
We're committed to preparing designers for the industry, and here are just a few places our members have gone:
FALL 2025
Recruitment
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Contact Us
Want to collaborate with DI? Please reach out to us at [email protected] or DM our Instagram below.