Teaching

I teach all levels of user research, human centered design, tangible design, embodied design, and interaction design; physical computing with microcontrollers and circuits; and introductory computer science. With a project-centered approach, I challenge students to consider the social, aesthetic, technical, and political implications of their work. The image tiles below are drawn from student projects, and credited in the page describing each class.

Courses

The inside of an inflatable tunnel of white and silver stripes. In the tunnel is a black pedestal with a ring light shining toward the camera. At the end of the tunnel are projected visuals.
Emotion ML Critical Making Project Studio
Biosens­ing Technolo­gies in Everyday Life
An abstract background of blue lake and mountain and trees seen from afar. White text overlaid says The Tale of the Last Gas Vehicle. It's electric!
Critical Design Futuring
A screenshot of Google search auto-suggestions. The query is 'why is curly hair' and the auto-suggestions are 'why is curly hair dry', 'why is curly hair curly', 'why is curly hair so attractive', 'why is curly hair so ugly', 'why is curly hair dominant', 'why is curly hair called chino', 'why is curly hair considered unprofessional', 'why is curly hair so annoying', 'why is curly hair considered ugly', 'why is curly hair so rare'.
Critical Making for Commun­icat­ion Majors
A hand wearing a black fingerless glove with wires coming out of it reaches into a bowl of small objects that might be marbles. Beside this bowl are two other bowls also containing small objects.
Tangible User Interfaces
Two students demonstrate their Twister-like interface, stretching out and balancing on their limbs and hands on a mat on the floor. The floor map is gold with purple and green traces representing a circuit.
Creative Programming & Electronics
Deconstruct­ing Data Science
Glowing purple pillar and glowing purple, green, and white geometric decorative light fixture.
Gray Area Creative Code Immersive