Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
M.S. in Human Computer Interaction Design, May 2008 GPA 3.8
Thesis: Looking Good on the Web: Evaluating the Visual Impact
of Political Websites
Student Research Competition Finalist
Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2008 International Conference
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
B.S. in Informatics, Minors in Music and Telecommunications, May 2006 GPA 3.0
Capstone: Overtone: Work in Waveform Analysis and Matching
Outstanding Undergraduate Capstone Project
Indiana University School of Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Associate Instructor, I494 "Designing and Developing an Information System",
2007-2008
Assisted professors with the management of undergraduate student teams working
on yearlong capstone projects in addition to teaching weekly technology seminars on various topics.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Associate Instructor, I590 "Entrepreneurship in Informatics", Spring
2008
Assisted instructor with the overall course structure and the administration
of grades.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Associate Instructor, T100 "Introduction to Informatics", Summers
of 2006-2008
Developed syllabus and the overall course structure, including weekly class
lectures and the administration of grades.
Private Percussion Instructor, 1998-2008
Taught private percussion lessons to more than fifty students ranging in age
from four to twenty.
Entertainment in Computing Research Group, IU School of Informatics
Student Researcher, 2007-2008
Helped design and conduct interviews and user studies to better understand
Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in online role-playing games
such as World of Warcraft.
http://www.indiana.edu/~entercom/
The President's Challenge Program
Website Administrator, 2006-2007
Managed the website of the President's Challenge online awards program for
physical fitness and sports.
http://www.presidentschallenge.org/
Indiana University Marching Hundred Drumline
Website Administrator, 2003-2007
Designed and maintained the website of the Indiana University Marching Hundred
Drumline.
http://www.iub.edu/~drumline/
Technical/design skills: human-centered design, experience prototyping,
universal (accessible) design, personas, cultural probes, participatory design,
visual analytics
User research: contextual inquiry, focus group, usability testing,
ethnography, heuristic analysis, survey design, data analysis
Development: X/HTML, CSS, JavaScript, novice PHP experience, Actionscript
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash,
Microsoft Office Suite 2007, Camtasia Studio, Apple iMovie
Perception of Congress on the Web
Paper presented at the Computer-Human Interaction (Chi) Workshop on Social
Data Analysis in Florence, Italy
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/visual/social_data_analysis_workshop/
Looking Good on the Web: Evaluating the Visual Impact of Political Websites
Paper presented at the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) International Conference,
Florence, Italy
http://www.chi2008.org/student_research_competition.html/
Association for Computing Machinery, 2006-2008
Percussive Arts Society, 1998-2008
Graduate Informatics Student Association (GISA) Executive Committee, currently
serving as Social Chair, 2006-2008
Entertainment in Computing Research Group (ECRG) at IU, 2007-2008
Women in Computing (WIC) at IU, 2006-2008
Indiana University Marching Hundred, 2002-2006
Indiana University Symphonic Band, 2002-2004