Travis J Brown

Senior Executive Assistant Dean of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization

Education

• PhD in Human-Computer Interaction/Design at Indiana University
• BS in Computer Information Systems at Indiana University
• MBA in Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation at Indiana University

Courses Taught at Luddy

• I400 Product Management
• I436 Technology Innovation
• I437 Design Strategy
• I438 Technology Entrepreneurship
• I566 Technology Innovation
• I567 Design Strategy
• I568 Technology Entrepreneurship
• I590 Product Management

Biography

As the Senior Executive Assistant Dean, Dr. Brown built and serves as the Academic Director of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program and Cross-curricular Education, the Executive Director of the Shoemaker Innovation Center, and the point of contact for strategic discussions related to the commercialization of faculty research. Dr. Brown also holds a special academic appointment as an HCI/d Core and  Animal Informatics Affiliate faculty member, which entails teaching Design Strategy and Strategic Design and serving as a faculty advisor for the HCI/d Master's students, as well as the Co-Director of the Grant Thornton Institute for Data Exploration for Risk Assessment and Management (GT-IDEA). In addition, he is the faculty advisor for the Ideation & Creation Entrepreneurs (ICE), the Shoemaker Scholars, and the Product Management Club. Prior to returning to Indiana University to pursue his doctoral degree, Dr. Brown spent his career within the intersection of business and technology, focusing on performance management, entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, business analytics, software development, and interaction design in corporate and small business settings.

Research Areas

• Animal Computer Interaction
• Human Computer Interaction and Design
• Design Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• and Product Management