Updates
- Currently going crazy. Ph.D. apps, projects, looming deadlines. So much fun!
Projects
Community & Conflict on Wikipedia
Status: work in progress
Role: full research responsibilities
Description: Under the advisement of Dr. Amy Bruckman and her student Andrea Forte, I am investigating deviant behavior on Wikipedia. A total of 14 participants were interiewed, 11 by phone and 3 by email. I am currently analyzing the data (third iteration), and I am trying to determine the commonalities in the experiences of each interviewee.
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Instant Messenger
Status: work in progress
Role: design, documentation
Description: In order to better understand interactive prototyping, I designed an Instant Messenger client using the Jython programming language. The application is resilient against local and network errors, and it provides access to other users as well as some information resources (Google and Wikipedia).
Psychology Website Re-design
Status: completed Fall 2007
Role: concept, design, documentation
Description: In one of my courses ("Usability & Accessibility of Online Media"), I learned about web standards and design. In order to demonstrate what I had learned, I decided to re-design the website for the GT School of Psychology. The result was a clear, concise information source that adhered to web standards. Furthermore, it provided the same, easy-to-access information to all users (regardless of any specific disabilities).
Career Gateway
Status: completed Fall 2007
Role: team lead, concept, design, documentation
Description: As a team of four graduate students, we decided to address a common difficulty in the homeless population of Atlanta. From interviews and research, we discovered that the homeless have a surprising degree of access to internet-enabled computers (via public libraries and homeless shelters). Leveraging this connectivity, we designed a prototype web application to provide job opportunities to those in need.
Senior Design Project
Status: completed spring 2005
Role: concept, design, documentation
Description: For the capstone project of my undergraduate Industrial & Systems Engineering education, I worked with a team of six to provide accurate estimates of value for computer parts on the secondary market. The result was a fully-functional tool that simulated economic conditions and gave salespersons mathematically accurate estimates for sales and purchasing prices. (The resulting product had the potential to save our client 2 million dollars each year.)