I am a first-year PhD student with The Information School and DUB Group at the University of Washington, advised by Andy Ko.
My research interests primarily concern informal design practices; in particular, how people appropriate tools and techniques to meet everyday needs and how this process drives the evolution of new technology. Additionally, I'm interested in theoretical foundations of interaction design, interaction design methodology and pedagogy, and ubiquitous computing in the urban context.
As an undergraduate I studied architecture, philosophy, and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and I have a master's degree in histories and theories of architecture from the Architectural Association in London. In practice, I've worked with Plumb Design [Thinkmap] as an interaction developer and with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson as an graduate architect. Prior to joining the iSchool, I was an interaction designer with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon.
Teaching
Winter 2009, Teaching Assistant for INFX 542 Information Structure Using XML, Bob Boiko
Spring 2009, Teaching Assistant for INFO 330 Information Structures, Bob Boiko