Experience

Center for Digital Experiences at Pratt Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UX Consultant

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Smithsonian's Archives of American Art

• New York, United States

• UX Researcher & Designer

  • Nov 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Conducted 2 Moderated User Tests among target users to pinpoint difficulties in online donation process and related information searching, such as planned giving. • Analyzed all usability problems quantitatively and qualitatively within a team of 4. • Presented 4 actionable and data-driven recommendations in improving navigation, information architecture, and visuals to the client who updated its navigation on Feb. 2023. • Conducted 2 Moderated User Tests among target users to pinpoint difficulties in online donation process and related information searching, such as planned giving. • Analyzed all usability problems quantitatively and qualitatively within a team of 4. • Presented 4 actionable and data-driven recommendations in improving navigation, information architecture, and visuals to the client who updated its navigation on Feb. 2023.



Attention, Brain and Behavior Lab (Mount Holyoke College)

• South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

• Lab Assistant

  • Feb 2020 - May 2022

  • Exercised and assisted capping 60+ participants and recorded their EEG data. • Analyzed 22 EEG data by using MATLAB, and identified bad components from SASICA. • Coded socioeconomic status for about 600 participants guided by Hollingshead’s Four Factor index. • Exercised and assisted capping 60+ participants and recorded their EEG data. • Analyzed 22 EEG data by using MATLAB, and identified bad components from SASICA. • Coded socioeconomic status for about 600 participants guided by Hollingshead’s Four Factor index.



Visual Language Lab (Tilburg University)

• Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

• Research Assistant

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Archived 424 comics from 10 countries including basic information, genre, and style. • Annotated all panels of 2 comics, over 60 pages. • Collected 4 comics from 4 countries for future research use. • Archived 424 comics from 10 countries including basic information, genre, and style. • Annotated all panels of 2 comics, over 60 pages. • Collected 4 comics from 4 countries for future research use.



International Art and Mind Lab (Johns Hopkins University)

• Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Research Assistant

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Screened 1100+ academic articles with a group of 6 and screened 903 articles individually within one week. • Summarized 14 articles of a total of 43 articles under the scoping review, including basic information, research methods, and results. • Organized and documented frequency of 90+ measurements used in scoping-reviewed articles. • Assisted a research proposal for Templeton Religion Trust. Related publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2021_298 • Screened 1100+ academic articles with a group of 6 and screened 903 articles individually within one week. • Summarized 14 articles of a total of 43 articles under the scoping review, including basic information, research methods, and results. • Organized and documented frequency of 90+ measurements used in scoping-reviewed articles. • Assisted a research proposal for Templeton Religion Trust. Related publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2021_298



Living Isolated Research Project

• Oregon, United States

• Lead Research Intern

  • May 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Organized over 850 pictures and corresponding captions and analyzed photo- elicitation interview dataset. • Developed deductive and inductive coding schemes for two manuscripts. • Participated in weekly research meetings and coding agreement meetings to defend or justify disagreed codes to reach an agreement. • Analyzed quantitative and qualitative data using Excel. • Participated in developing one manuscript and one paper, mainly contributed to citation checking, format organization, and overall revision. Related publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2059760 Show less