Associate Teaching Professor
Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE)
Director, HCDE Bachelor of Science Program
Alan Marks is an associate teaching professor in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington. He has been building software for users for more than thirty years, since earning his Master of Science degree from the HCDE Department in 1991.
Marks has worked in the industry as a UX professional, program manager, startup co-founder, and as a business and technical leader and advisor. He spent a decade at Microsoft working on large-scale problems, and many years in startups and consultancy. Marks is currently part-time CTO of a company dedicated to improving elementary math education. He has many years of teaching experience, beginning with student teaching at a primary school in college. Marks began teaching as an affiliate for the department in 2019. He’s been a member of the faculty since 2022.
HCDE Courses Taught
- Capstone Planning
- Foundations of HCDE
- Introduction to User Research
- Navigating Design in Organizational Contexts
- Organizational Teamwork
- Product Management Product Management
- Senior Capstone
- Special Topics: Product Management
- Survey of Usability Research Techniques