Professional and Research Projects
This section describes some of the projects that I have completed, or that I am engaged with on an on-going basis. This page and the content linked through it will evolve.
Curriculum and Professional Development Projects
I have been involved in many curricular and extra-curricular projects during my tenure at SVSU. I highlight two such projects here: the Usability Research Team, and Cardinal Solutions.
- Usability Research Team. I co-direct the Usability Research Team (aka URT) with Dr. Scott Kowalewski. This PTW research and design team has taken on projects for a variety of clients (e.g., New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Saginaw County Government, SVSU Writing Center) since it launched in January of 2016.
Research Sites and Publishing Projects
In 2015, I began conducting collaborative projects with Dr. Scott Kowalewski. Since embarking on this work together, we have published two articles, with another article and a book chapter under development, and have presented at several conferences. There is much more to come. Here I highlight three elements of our work together: the SVSU Center for Experience Research & Design, the PTW Recording Studio, and Audible Tech Comm (an academic journal that we are developing for distribution this year.)
- SVSU Center for Experience Research & Design. Dr. K and I co-direct this research facility. I developed the proposal for the SVSU Center for Usability Studies & Universal Design in 2010. The facility was constructed in 2011. I assumed the Director position in Fall of 2015. Dr. K began sharing the Director role in the Fall of 2017. The Center houses the Usability Research Team.
- PTW Audio and Video Production Studio. Dr. K and I secured funding in May 2017 through the SVSU Dow Professorship grant program to construct the PTW Recording Studio. Through that facility, we record the RPW podcast, The Technical Rapport.
- Audible Tech Comm: A Journal of Technical Communication & Information Design. Dr. K and I have been working on launching a new online academic journal focused on usability studies and information design. The publication will feature audio scholarship as well as digital ink articles.