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Visual design, with an interest in interaction.

I studied graphic design at the College for Creative Studies, earning my BFA in 2009. My focus on visual design and interaction became the starting point for the work that followed.

This collection will bring together the student work, sketches, and project context behind that foundation.

From visual design to user experience.

My early roles spanned interactive art direction, websites, mobile applications, and product concepts. The focus widened from visual communication to how people move through an experience and accomplish a task.

Research became central to the work.

At ProQuest, I worked across a portfolio of workflow solutions. Research with students, faculty, librarians, and research groups helped me understand the work behind the interface. RefWorks is one example of how that understanding shaped product strategy and design.

Design leadership and a return to school.

As my work grew into research and design management at Socrata, I entered the University of Washington’s MS program in Human-Centered Design & Engineering. Graduate study added a new setting for examining the questions I was encountering in practice.