About

A member of the Herron faculty since 2012, Ganci is a visual communication designer and design thinking expert, whose work explores how design shapes real experiences, especially around health, wellbeing, and accessibility.

 As a practitioner-scholar with expertise in graphic design, user interface design, and co-design research methodologies, Professor Ganci is a frequent consultant on the design of digital products and service experiences with scholars from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Computer Science, Liberal Arts, and Informatics. 

In addition to his faculty role, Ganci served as Chair of the Visual Communication Design department, a Faculty Fellow for Student Experience Design in the IU Graduate School at Indianapolis and is actively engaged as Innovation Director with the IU Center for Health by Design in Bloomington, where he contributes to research focused on improving health outcomes through design.

 He holds a B.A. in Fine Art/Graphic Design from Eastern Illinois University and an M.F.A. in Design Development and Research from The Ohio State University, along with a Ph.D. in American Studies from IU Indianapolis.

 As interim dean, Ganci brings a collaborative mindset, a critical perspective, and a strong commitment to Herron’s evolving role in shaping artists, designers, musicians, and creative thinkers. 

Publications

• Ganci, A. (2022). Adaptive Resumes in Disrupted Futures. In Cumulus Conference Proceedings Detroit 2022.
• Ganci, A. (2022). Covid CV: Designing Faculty Pandemic Narratives. In Covid-19 Special Issue : Capturing visual insights, thoughts and reflections on 2020/21 and beyond, Message Journal: Graphic Communication Design Research, University of Plymouth Press, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, issue 5 (pp. 138-140).
• Werner, N., Ganci, A., Boustani, M., Holden, R., & Cambell, N. (2022). Helping the Helpers – A research protocol for user-centered technology to aid caregiver management of medications for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. In Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Elsevier, vol 18, issue 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.03.014
• Raje, R., Ganci, A, Williams, J., Wheeler, R., Chowdhury, N., & Raja, U. (2021) COVID CV: A System for Creating Holistic Academic CVs during a Global Pandemic. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Technology (EIT), IEEE, United States (pp. 146-150). doi: 10.1109/EIT51626.2021.9491917
• Ganci, A., Ellis, R., Head, K., & Ofner, S. (2018). Buy Characteristics of Adults Managing Vitamins/Supplements and Prescribed Medications–Who Is Using, Not Using, and Abandoning Use of Pillboxes?: A Descriptive Study. In Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, vol 32, issue 5 (pp. 231-239).
• Ganci, A., & Lahey, M. (2018). Uncovering the importance of soft skills in user interface design-related fields. In Communication Design, Taylor & Francis, United States, vol 5, issue 1-2, (pp. 5-20).