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Week 06 2023

Two papers in one week. This week was one of the most chaotic weeks I’ve had in years. I packed the week so full that I got up at 3 […]

February 12, 2023

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Week 05 2023

This week was brutal, and it’s all my fault. I packed my days full. I never stopped to breathe. I got…

February 5, 2023

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Week 04 2023

I love Star Trek. There, I said it. I’m embracing my inner Trekkie at the highest level by creating a Star…

January 29, 2023

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Week 03 2023

Prejudice came to mind this week—not sure where from. Maybe I read a headline or something. But the idea that people…

January 21, 2023

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Week 02 2023

Course preparation is in full swing. I will be teaching two courses this Spring—a 200-level interaction design course and a graduate-level…

January 14, 2023

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Week 01 2023

The first week of the year puts my feet in two worlds—one foot in the winter break and a flexible schedule,…

January 7, 2023

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Future Dimensions: What moves the world tomorrow?

I was interviewed for the Mercedes-Benz Future Dimensions podcast—”Dimension #4: what if fiction became reality?” In this episode, we discussed how…

December 8, 2022

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Experience Design

Emotion-focused Communication Training Online: Development and Evaluation of Acceptability

Emotion-focused communication can improve the delivery of care for long-term care recipients, especially individuals’ living with dementia. The purpose of this…

December 7, 2022

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Learning, Understanding, and Applying Research and Design for Meaningful Experiences

Some experiences are better than others, and all too often, products, services, and systems are to blame for the cruddy experiences.…

June 5, 2020

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Experience Design

Beyond UX: Designing for Complete Experiences

Experience-centered design emphasizes the creation of products, services, and systems that enable not only efficient use but also unique experiences. Brands…

April 10, 2020

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What Matters When Everything is an Experience?: Aspects of Experiences for Design

I teach in the MFA in Experience Design at Miami University. We are the only design research-based, distance learning MFA in…

April 3, 2020

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Mastery Rules: One Point Rubrics for Design Education

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March 26, 2020

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