![]() ![]() Won competitive grants for research funding and dissertation write up. Presented results at national conferences, taught ethnographic methods seminars. Used narratives and qualitative analysis to argue that global tech industry work is improving gender equality in urban India in limited ways.Īnalyzed qualitative data for patterns and connections, compared gap between expectations and experience for women in tech in Bangalore. PhD Student/Candidate, Department of Anthropology , University of Colorado Boulder, 2009-2016ĭesigned and managed 15-month field research project in Bangalore, India on gender in technology.Ĭonducted and transcribed over fifty interviews, hundreds of hours of participant observation and informal interviews, coded qualitative data. Invited six female engineers as guest speakers for “Women and Development.” Taught the history of Anthropology and applied examples in multimedia lectures.Ĭreated hands-on ethnographic research projects for “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology,”Īdjunct Professor, Humanitarian Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Jan.-May 2016Ĭonveyed the value of ethnographic research to engineering students through case studies. ![]() Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver, Aug.-Dec. ![]() Wrote epics and user stories catalogue for use in MVP product roadmap.ĭesign and product recommendations for client projects in insurance, financial services, aviation, real estate, legal services, consumer products, and healthcare. User Experience Researcher, Spire Digital, Denver, CO, October 2017-March 2018Ĭonducted user interviews, targeted ethnography, survey development, and usability testing. Researcher for cross-disciplinary innovation team focused on product idea generation and integrating new technologies such as machine learning into enterprise digital products. Lead UX Researcher for digital products in insurance, banking and finance, healthcare, and media, including research design, stakeholder analysis, participant recruiting, interviewing/prototype testing, user feedback surveys, data collection and analysis, and presentation to stakeholders and leadership. Senior UX Researcher, Cognizant Accelerator, Boulder, CO, May 2018-May 2020Įstablished user research practice for new UX Research team at Cognizant Accelerator, including generative research for new products and evaluative methods for existing products ![]() Work closely with strategists, design, product realization, internal thought leadership Researcher for client projects in digital transformation and experience orchestration, range of industries including consumer goods, healthcare, insurance, life sciencesĬonducted user interviews, stakeholder workshops, concept testing, UX evaluations to discover current state experiences and design strategy for future state products and experiences Research tools in include, UserZoomĭesign Researcher, Idea Couture, Cognizant Interactive, Remote, May 2020-January 2021 Integrated research into agile software development process Research to improve the digital Medicare enrollment experience Senior UX Researcher, Aetna Health, Denver, CO, January-April 2021 Research impact on workplace culture initiative, internal and external communications Led and presented two mixed methods research studies to AWS CEO and leadership team to drive Striving to be Earth’s Best Employer initiative for AWS (interviews, focus groups, surveys, contextual inquiry) Lead researcher for employee experience team in AWS HR organization Senior User Experience Researcher, Employee Experience, AWS, April 2021-Present I combine the iterative process of design thinking with deep ethnographic understanding to approach complex problems. I am a User Experience Researcher and PhD Cultural Anthropologist working in the employee experience and service design space. ![]()
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