partial cv

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education

M.S.—Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).

University of Washington, Seattle. Expected June 2012

B.S.—HCDE: Human-Computer Interaction.

University of Washington, Seattle. Awarded August 2010


honors & awards

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, $120,000 (2012-2015).
  • Shobe Entrepreneurship Prize, $10,000.
  • UW Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Graduate Female.
  • HCDE Leadership and Engagement Award.
  • Sakson Diversity in Engineering Scholarship, $2,500 (2009–2010).




    • research experience

    Research Assistant for the Mobile Midwife’s Ultrasound Project. Interface design, conducting local and international fieldwork, leading publication efforts, and supervising undergraduate students.

    Co-founder of Hackademia Research Group (with Beth Kolko). Participant recruitment, data collection, analysis, and reporting.


    teaching experience

    Instructor for HCDE418: User Experience Design. Taught 3 lectures/week, developed curriculum materials, graded assignments.

    Teaching Assistant for CSE440: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Design (with James Fogarty). Co-led weekly design studios, graded and provided feedback on group design projects.

    Instructor for HCDE231: Intro to Technical Communication. Taught 3 lectures/week, developed curriculum materials, graded assignments.