I'm a PhD Student in The Information School at the University of Washington, advised by Andrew Ko. I'm also a member of dub, a multi-disciplinary alliance of human-computer interaction researchers in the university community.
My research primarily concerns the role of information in design processes; the ways people seek, organize and share the information they need to do the things they do. I'm especially interested in representations and exchanges of practical, how-to knowledge in the context of DIY activity. Some of my other research interests include end-user design and development, the evolution of technological infrastructures as conditioned by end use, personal information management, and histories and theories of design.
As an undergraduate, I studied architecture and philosophy after an initial year in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and I have a master's degree in histories and theories from the Architectural Association in London. In practice, I've worked as an interaction designer and developer and also as an architect. Prior to joining the iSchool, I was a PhD Student in Computational Design and an interaction designer with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon.
Teaching
This autumn, I'm assisting Julie Kientz and Batya Friedman with IMT 540 Design Methods for Interaction and Systems, a graduate-level course on user-centered design.