Technology Innovation
Technology is a powerful force, shaping our world. The way technologies are designed deeply impact our relationships, understanding, and power dynamics.
Projects, Research & Theory.
The Muse and the Mind
Tech and Society Blog
My blog features a series of technology and culture posts. Learn and explore how technology impacts humanity in ways we may not even realize - and why it's so important to engage with how tech is developed and used.
Marketing Innovations Project
Hempcrete Market Presentation
To address the environmental impact of construction, my peer team and I developed a standardized hempcrete product concept and market entry plan in 2018. See our report here.
Coming soon!
Technology Research
I've been leading research investigating user wellbeing and accessibility. A narrative reflection on this experience is on its way!
UX, Service & Support, Testing
eCommerce and Webdesign
I've been working in websites since 2009, designing pages, creating content, providing technical support, developing webstores, creating procedures, and building simple websites. My attention to detail and processes makes me an excellent tester. My background in service, arts and psychology support my UX expertise.
Marketing Strategies Project
VR Market and Ecosystem Analysis
The ability to understand a product ecosystem and compare products gives me an edge on innovation concepts and viability research for new endeavors. My team analyzed Oculus, a leading VR company. See our report from 2018 here.
This project connects with my personal interest in VR and how it can be used as an immersive and integrative tool. There is incredible future potential in VR and AR technologies.
Technology Accessibility
Strength-Based ICT Design Supporting Individuals with Autism
I lead a Human Computer Interaction project challenging dominant implementation methodologies and shifting outcomes from productivity to user wellbeing. Click here for our poster, abstract, and to see pictures from my trip to ASSETS 2019 in Pittsburgh!
Technology for Social Good Project
Prison is part of a cycle. Once arrested, there are a multitude of factors working to promote a recurrence of incarceration. Freedom Network - Supporting Citizens Post-Incarceration, is a Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) project which suggests a mentorship and technology program intended to disrupt the incarceration cycle. This relied on a Participatory Design development process which I deeply believe in.
Themed Courses:
Technology Design for Social Good: Anti-Recidivism ICT Implementation
Undergrad Research: Strength-based Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Individuals with Autism
Cognition for UX Design
WWU Research Presenter at ASSETS 2019 Technology Accessibility Conference
Marketing Innovations
Marketing Strategies and Management
Applied Systems Thinking
Embodied Futures: Somatic Psychology, Relationships & Technology
Science Fiction Literature; Cultural Innovation
Acts of Activism: Art, Power & Social Change