University of Michigan School of Information Master of Science in Information
The University of Michigan School of Information offers a Master of Science in Information degree that specializes in Human-Computer Interaction, which I received in April 2015. The individual and group projects below were completed during my time in the program.
🛑 Note: If you are super curious about my experiences prior to Target, feel free to keep reading below. But I consider the work I've done at Target to be my best work, and the work that best represents my current skill sets and approaches. 🙏
Bus Tracker App
We designed an app that used smartwatches and beacons to get up-to-date bus times.
Go to site »SpeakUp!
A group project where we designed an app to help people understand what makes for a good talk and give them a place to practice giving a talk.
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Ross School of Business
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan engaged us to help them better understand their website users.
View detailsCivil Rights Research Guide
I contributed to the construction of a Research Guide on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s targeted to undergraduate students at the University of Michigan.
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Our class group evaluated the workflows for a department at the University of Michigan's School of Information. We provided recommendations for improvements.
View detailsDetroit Institute of Art's Research Library
For my Alternative Spring Break I helped the DIA Research Library evaluate its IA and design as they transitioned to a new software for their library catalog.
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I built a prototype for a supplementary visualization layer for an academic search engine like Google Scholar or Microsoft Academic Research.
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