UI/UX EXPERIENCE

University of Baltimore, Interaction Design and Information Architecture, Aug 2020 - Present

  • Research Methods

    • Usability testing for Indeed.com for participants 45 years and older

    • Diary study of low income voters in 2020 election

    • Survey of teachers’ needs amid the pandemic conducted in Fall 2020

  • Humans, Computers, and Cognition

    • Design analysis of Maryland’s Department of Transportation website

    • Design analysis of Candy Crush and why it is addicting

    • Implications of non-conscious “higher” cognitive processing for HCD

  • Interaction Design: OmniSync TurboSBIR enhancements for NIH grant applications

  • Information Architecture: VA UX/HCD Guide for their Clinical Application Coordinators

  • Eye Tracking: Accordion menu comparison for low-literacy participants

  • Neurodesign: Design analysis of MyChart with a focus on attention fragmentation

  • Quantitative Analysis and Statistics for UX: Multivariate analysis and correlational design

  • UX Project Management: Proposal for improving Johns Hopkins Peabody’s events website

  • Thesis Project: Visual Thinking Strategies User Guide for User Experience, in progress

Johns Hopkins University, Remote, June 2018 - Present

Senior Financial Analyst: Redesigning the Physician Dashboard and converting from excel to Tableau, and budget software feedback along with design recommendations 

Citation Labs, Remote, Dec 2017 – May 2018            

Data Analyst: Improved and maintained the database architecture and interface for employees

Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, CA, Mar 2014 – Oct 2017           

Senior Financial Analyst: User tester on budget software, worked with development to implement improvements. Assisted HR in designing integrated workforce planning for the Finance Directors

Strategic Wealth Designers, Louisville, KY, Jul 2012 – Nov 2013

Client Services Coordinator: Worked with clients to design reports for their needs, utilized Salesforce and iAdvisor software

EDUCATION

  University of Baltimore, M.S. in progress, Interaction Design and Information Architecture, 4.0 GPA

  Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Design Thinking

  UC Berkeley, Introduction to SAS

  Western Kentucky University,  B.A. in Mathematics, Finance Minor, Honors College, 3.9 GPA

ADDITIONAL

Skills: Proficiency in Figma, WordPress, SPSS, Tableau, UserTesting, and MS Office Suite

Leadership: Mentor program ambassador and Diversity & Inclusion team lead

Interests: Visual Thinking Strategies, Neurodesign, User Experience Research, and Group Dynamics