multimedia design, research + teaching
Davis, CA — she/they [email protected] (530) 505-1340
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MFA Design University of California, Davis (2022)
MS Community Development University of California, Davis (2021)
BA Design with Highest Honors University of California, Davis (2015)
AA Studio Art with Honors Shasta College (2013)
Behavioral Health Coaching Headspace Training Institute ****(2023)
Alternate Futures Scenario Building Workshop Institute for the Future (2023)
Futures Thinking Specialization Institute for the Future (2023)
Asking Different Questions — Research Training Series Feminist Research Institute (2021)
Digital Storytelling Certificate StoryCenter (2021)
Certified End-of-Life Specialist Teaching Transitions (2021)
Headspace Health Remote — Sep 2022 to present
Currently driving better mental outcomes through inclusive, systems-level service design that spans human-delivered care, backend electronic medical systems and care ops, frontend health and mindfulness content, and seamless user interactions. Methods: big-picture blueprinting, human-centered research, qualitative analysis, storyboarding, wireframes, interviewing, workshop design + facilitation, and more.
UC Davis Department of Design Davis, CA — Aug 2021 to Jan 2022
Taught graphic design, information design, and design documentation at the undergraduate level with an emphasis on typography, organization, plain language, and multimedia approaches. Two terms teaching Design for Understanding — a senior capstone information design studio in user-centered approaches in making complex information accessible for diverse publics. Integrated studio curricula with community partners and secured grant funding for student projects. Developed and taught the award-winning curriculum for Documentation for Designers, an experimental course in process documentation, creative storytelling, and self-reflection through photography, audio, video, and information design.
Imagining America Leading and Learning Initiative Davis, CA — Aug 2021 to Jan 2022
Served as artistic and technical support to a network of leading academic collaborators working on publicly-engaged scholarship projects across the country. Provided technical production feedback, editorial assistance, and copyediting for video projects, multimedia pieces, and written narratives. Established project management protocols, developed a custom CRM database, and tracked deliverables across 20+ teams and projects.
UC Davis Department of Design Davis, CA — Sep 2019 to Sep 2020
Provided research, design, and writing for Professor Tom Maiorana’s CITRIS grant-winning project — Wildfire Resilience — in helping a coastal community in Northern California prepare for evacuations via participatory tabletop gaming experiments. Conducted primary and secondary research on gaming for learning and produced literature reviews. Conducted early community scoping research. Developed visuals to guide game development and piloted a series of interactive narratives and stories-as-research methods.
UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (DiPi) Davis, CA — Oct 2015 to June 2017
Served as a core team member on the Communicating Pain Project by developing chronic pain communication and patient education materials. Conducted primary and secondary research, developed design concepts and written content for print, web, and time-based media. Helped facilitate every stage of the design process, from ideation, to prototyping, to production. Developed and co-facilitated workshops and human-centered design exercises with stakeholders and clinic staff. Served as liaison for health work in rural Shasta County and audio engineer and producer for the award-winning Outpatient Radio project. Maintained detailed project management documentation and contributed editorial and presentation design to public-facing media.
Documentation for Designers: media-based self-reflection tools for undergraduate students Transformative Teaching AMPS (2022)
Documenting new design ontologies DRS2022 Bilbao Design Research Society (2022)
Chronic Design: toward an ethics of the unsolvable Design4Health proceedings Lab4Living (2020)
Connecting Classrooms and Publics (chapter) Public Interest Design Education Guidebook w/ Susan Verba and Sarah Perrault Routledge (2018)
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere
Mac production environments: Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro X, Keynote
Web: Figma, Twine, Notion, Bit, CMS systems (Wordpress), LMS systems (Canvas), basic HTML + CSS, Discord, Slack, Mailchimp, CRMs
Research: dscout, Qualtrics, Mural, Miro, Atlas.ti, Airtable, Zotero, G Suite + Microsoft Office
Savageau Award in Design *Deshonesty* UC Davis Department of Design (2022)
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award Documentation for Designers (2021-22)
International Institute for Information Design IIID Award, Gold Outpatient Radio UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (2020)
Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Honorable Mention *Outpatient Radio* UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (2018)
San Francisco Design Week Award: Wild Card category *Outpatient Radio* UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (2018)
SAPPI Ideas that Matter (team) *The Communicating Pain Project* UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (2016)