Faculty

Faculty in the Interactive Media Program at NYU Abu Dhabi come from all over the world with a wide range of teaching and research interests, ranging from software and education to hardware and art practice.

Noura Al Obeidli, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Media Studies Affiliation: Visiting
Email: noura.alobeidli@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Westminster; MA Zayed University; BA Zayed University

Research Interests: Feminism, Patriarchy, Media Studies, News Sociology, Gender Politics, Women Empowerment, Anthropolog...
Michael Ang, Associate Program Head, Interactive Media; Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: michael.ang@nyu.edu
Education: MPS New York University ITP; BASc Computer Engineering University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Interactive Art; Physical Computing; Installations; Public Performance
Domna Banakou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: domna.banakou@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Ionian University; MSc University College London; PhD Universitat de Barcelona

Research Interests: immersive virtual reality; embodiment; body ownership illusions; empathy; prosocial behavior; mental...
Merritt Moore, Distinguished Artist in Residence, Adjunct Professor of Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: merritt.moore@nyu.edu
Education: BA Harvard College, PhD University of Oxford

Research Interests: Robots, Quantum Physics, Dance
Sara Niroobakhsh, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sn2616@nyu.edu
Education: MFA, Art and Technology Studies, School of Art Institute of Chicago

Research Interests: Bio Art, Interactive Art, Performance Art, AR, VR
Aya Mohamed Salaheldin Riad, Associate Program Head, Interactive Media; Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: aya.riad@nyu.edu
Education: BSc American University in Cairo (AUC), MArch Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)...

Research Interests: Interactive design and architecture, emotive AI, affective computing, parametric architecture, botto...
Aaron Sherwood, Associate Arts Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sherwood@nyu.edu
Education: Master's in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University (2014); BFA Jazz and Contemporary Mu...

Research Interests: Applied explorations of consciousness, cosmopoiesis, embodiment, entropy, and semiotics in multi-sen...
Michael Shiloh, Program Head, Interactive Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms10632@nyu.edu
Education: BS, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: participatory installations, machine art, conceptual furniture
Nimrah Syed, Visiting Lecturer of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: nimrah.syed@nyu.edu
Education: BDes PIFD; MDes OCAD University

Research Interests: Alternative futures, discursive and speculative design, design research, collective imagination, par...