Degrees
BFA, Ewha Womans University, Korea

MA, Iowa State University

MFA, University of Houston

Research Interests
Multimedia and Web design; Web-site Identity; Human-Computer Interaction; Visual Communication.

Book Chapters
Teaching Graphic Design Edited by Steven Heller,
Chapter title: Web Design for E-Commerce/Graphic Application, Sunghyun Kang, AllWorth Press, November 2003.

Juried Papers
Designing for Design Activity.  Full paper in the proceeding CD of the Design Research Society  conference (2008).

Food as Experience: A Design and Evaluation. With Baer, Satterfield, and Ladjahasan,
Full paper in the proceeding CD of the Design Research Society  conference (2008),

New Foundation and Graphic Design Education with Baer, Satterfield, and Faber.
Full pape in the proceeding of the 5th  Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January (2007)

Graduate Graphic Design Education: Balancing Design, Technology, and User experience. Full paper in Proceedings of the 22nd National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (2006).

Information Literacy of Web sites: Research on the Age Gap.
Full paper in the proceeding CD of the International Design Congress (2005).

Analysis of Web Design for Brand Enhancement: Focus on Automobile Web sites. Second author with Ellysa Yuwono,  Full paper in the proceeding CD of the International Design Congress (2005).

A Framework for Information Design in the Information Age. Full paper in the International Journal of  Humanities, Volume 3 (2005).

Search Information: A Case Study of the User Experiences with e-Library at Iowa State University. Full paper in the  proceeding Volume 4 Theories Models and Processes in HCI of the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) International  Conference (2005).

Diversity User and Human Interaction: Focus on User Interface , Sunghyun Ryoo Kang,
Full paper in the Journal of Diversity Organization, Community, and Nation, volume 4 (2004)

Diversity User and Human Interaction: Focus on User Interface.
Full paper in the Journal of Diversity Organization, Community, and Nation, volume 4 (2004).

User Experience: Beyond Usability, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang. Full paper in the proceeding CD of The 6 th Asian Design conference: International Symposium on Design Conference (2003).

Investigating Elements on the E-commerce: Focus on Business to Customer Websites,
Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, Eunjoo Lee. Full paper in the proceeding CD of The 5 th Asian Design conference: International Symposium on Design Conference (2001).

Design principles in High Click-through Banner Advertising, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, Roger Baer.  Full paper in the proceeding CD of The 5 th Asian Design conference: International Symposium on Design Conference (2001).

Paper Presentations

Mythology of Tiber Island in Rome: interpretation and transformation into visual language through digital generation's view with Ure,  Kern conferecne at Rochester New York, April 10 - 13.

 

Designing a Web Site Identity: Flexibility versus Uniformity, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang,
3 rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13-16, 2005.

Integrating Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Communication Across a University Curriculum, Debra Satterfield, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, 3 rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13-16, 2005.

Across the globe: Design considerations for multinational web sites, A Case study of the Coca-Cola web site, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, the Southeastern College Art Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, October 13-16, 2004

Diversity Users and Human Interaction: Focus on User Interface , Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, The 4 th International Conference on Diversity in Organization, Community, and Nation. Los Angeles, July 6-9, 2004.

Optimizing e-commerce homepage design, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang and Eunjoo Lee, Design: Refining Our Knowledge, An International Graphic Design Education Conference at University of Minnesota, October 30-November 1, 2003.

User Experience: Beyond Usability, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, The 6 th Asian Design Conference: International Symposium on Design Conference, Tsukuba, Japan, October 14-17, 2003.

Visual metaphor in Interface Design, William A. Kern Communication Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, April on 3-6, 2003

Web Design for E-Commerce and Graphic Applications, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Educator's Conference, Los Angeles, October 18-20, 2002

Design principles in High Click-through Banner Advertising, The 5 th Asian Design conference: International Symposium on Design Conference, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang; Roger Baer, October 11-13, 2001, Seoul, Korea    

Poster Presentations
Design Research Works: Case study of craigslist.org with Abel and Meyer,  International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2007), HongKong, November 12-15.

 

Investigating Elements on the E-commerce: Focus on Business to Customer Websites, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, Eunjoo Lee, The 6 th Asian Design conference: International Symposium on Design Conference, October 2003.

Panel Presentations
Topic: Enhancing the Mission, Role, and Scope: Designing the Iowa State   University Accreditation and Planning Web Site, Sunghyun Ryoo Kang, Debra Satterfield, Roger Baer, 3 rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13-16, 2005.

Topic: Integrating traditional graphic design and new media in a digital teaching environment, Design : Refining Our Knowledge, An International Graphic Design Education Conference at University of Minnesota, October 30-November 1, 2003, Panelists: Sunghyun Kang, Myung Park, Debra Satterfield, Lief Allmendinger

Contact Information

Art and Design

shrkang@iastate.edu 

158 College of Design

294-1669