Teaching

Improving human-centered design education through inclusive, student-centered course and curriculum design

Role

Lead researcher and instructional designer

Industry

Education

Duration

4 years

Image of hyflex set up in class room showing two laptops and an owl video conferencing camera

Inclusive Design Pedagogy

I'm passionate about education that works for all learners, and often design education uses methods that exclude students with disabilities.

This includes

Adapting visual design courses for blind and low vision students
Using adaptive technologies for D/deaf and hard of hearing students
Providing HyFlex class options

This is a video from a recent workshop I did with my collaborator, Sourojit Ghosh. Link to access copy.

Inclusive Design Pedagogy

I'm passionate about education that works for all learners, and often design education uses methods that exclude students with disabilities.

This includes

Adapting visual design courses for blind and low vision students
Using adaptive technologies for D/deaf and hard of hearing students
Providing HyFlex class options

This is a video from a recent workshop I did with my collaborator, Sourojit Ghosh. Link to access copy.

Curriculum Design

I love looking at curricula as a sociotechnical system and examining ways to redesign and improve. As part of the recent restructuring of HCDE's new undergraduate program, I designed new courses in Inclusive Design and Foundations of Human Centered Design. Publications for these are under review and will be published in 2025.

Courses

These are the courses I've taught or am currently teaching:

Introduction to User Centered Design
Foundations of Human Centered Design
Usability Studies
Human Computer Interactions
Human Factors in Design
Designing Stuff People Can Use
Inclusive Design
Accessible Design
Biomechanics and Ergonomics

Courses

These are the courses I've taught or am currently teaching:

Introduction to User Centered Design
Foundations of Human Centered Design
Usability Studies
Human Computer Interactions
Human Factors in Design
Designing Stuff People Can Use
Inclusive Design
Accessible Design
Biomechanics and Ergonomics

Other projects

Pediatric Trauma Dashboard

Designed dashboard to improve team care and coordination for pediatric trauma patients

person uses a computer in a laboratory setting. there are sensors with wires on their right forearm

Going Short: Laptop Keyboard Ergonomics Evaluation

Evaluate mobile technology designs’ effects on biomechanics, performance, user experience and whether there is a sex/gender difference in the biomechanical exposures caused by technology.

co design sketch of video conferencing platform

Videoconferencing for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Signers