Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Psychology (2016-present)
University of Manitoba

Human-computer interaction and human-robot interaction, focusing on user research and design for increased usability.

M.Sc. in Human-Computer Interaction (2014-2016)
Georgia Institue of Technology

User research and design of software and technology. In specific: user-centered design and research, interaction design, iterative design process, evidence-based design, user experience research, agile process, and engineering psychology.

B.Sc. in Psychology (honours), Minor Mathematics (2009-2014)
University of Manitoba

Social psychology research.

Applied Experience

Graduate UX Researcher - SafeCount (2015-2016)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Planning and conducting user research to gather requirements (interviews, focus groups, field testing), conducting heuristic evaluations, usability testing, affinity diagrams, providing design recommendations.

Graduate UX Designer/Researcher - Drum Assistant (2015-2016)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Planning and conducting user studies to compare designs (one-on-one interviews), analyzing data, preparing reports and presenting insights, providing design recommendations, prototyping, product design.

Graduate UX/Interaction Designer - SWear (2015-2016)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Creating user personas, defining problem space by working with client, designing the interaction, interface, and user experience of the application, wireframing, prototyping.

Graduate Researcher (2015-2016)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Creating and administering user surveys, analyzing user data, preparing reports and presenting insights to impact design.

Academic Research Experience

Research Assistant (2016-present)
Human-Robot Interaction Lab, University of Manitoba

Designing and conducting user studies (experiments, interviews, surveys), analyzing user study data (questionnaire, interview, and video data), providing guidelines design guidelines, oral and written data presentation.

Research Assistant (2015-2016)
Center for Music Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Designing user study materials (e.g., surveys), interviewing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), conducting user studies to compare designs, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, providing design suggestions based on data.

Graduate Research Assistant (2014-2015)
Human Factors and Aging Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology

Planning and conducting user studies, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, quantitative and qualitative data coding, writing reports, supervising students.

Research Assistant (2013-2014, summer 2015)
Human-Computer/Robot Interaction Labs, University of Manitoba

Designing user studies using quantitative and qualitative methods, conducting user studies (experiments, interviews, surveys), preparing study materials (e.g., surveys, interviews), analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, writing reports, supervising students.

Research Assistant (2011-2014)
Various Psychology Labs, University of Manitoba

Designing and conducting user studies (experiments, interviews, surveys), designing study materials (e.g., questionnaires), analyzing data, quantitative and qualitative data coding, writing reports.