Résumé


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Résumé

EDUCATION

MS Human Computer Interaction Design
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Expected 2010

BS Computer Science & Engineering
Minor in English (includes business and technical writing courses)
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

METHODS

Brainstorming
Contextual Inquiry
Prototyping
Affinity Diagramming
Cultural Probes
Usability Testing
Personas & Scenarios

EXPERIENCE

Indiana University Associate Instructor August 2008 - Present
Instructors Matt Hottell and Nina Perry Bloomington, Indiana
I101 Introduction to Informatics

Web Developer Intern June 2008 - August 2008
Reflex Design & Technology Columbus, Ohio
Front-end developer using Ektron, Kentico, PHP, ASP, and .NET technologies.

Student Java Consultant June 2005 - June 2008
OSU Department of Computer Science Columbus, Ohio
Tutored students with introductory Java programs and programming logic.

Student Helpdesk Consultant June 2007 - June 2008
OSU Department of Computer Science Columbus, Ohio
Provided technical support for the CSE department, including supporting faculty and staff with XP, Vista, and Solaris-based machines.

Research Intern June 2006 - August 2006
Ohio Science & Engineering Alliance Columbus, Ohio
Worked with Grid-based AdapTive Execution on Streams (GATES) and middleware to implement self-adaptive, resource-aware application. Wrote final research paper, presented poster at OSEA, oral presentation at conclusion of summer experience.

Student Java Consultant June 2005 - June 2008
OSU Department of Computer Science Columbus, Ohio
Tutored students with introductory Java programs and programming logic.

Student Animator May 2005 - February 2006
OSU Scoreboard Animators Columbus, Ohio
Created scoreboard animations and staffed different athletic events throughout campus (football, baseball, volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, hockey, and wrestling).

Research Intern June 2004 - September 2004
The Ohio Supercomputer Center Columbus, Ohio
Transcribed Python textual user interface into Java front-end with graphical user interface. Reconfigured user interface to be intuitive and efficient. Java front-end communicated with suppled Perl query scripts, allowing access to data within a grid database.

PROGRAMMING

C, C++, Java

DEVELOPMENT

(X)HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, .NET, XML, SQL

TOOLS

Adobe CS4, Paint Shop Pro 9, MS Visio, MS Publisher

ACTIVITIES

Former Editor-in-Chief, Arts Editor, and Webmaster for Ohio State Engineer magazine.

Creator of serial comic The Adventures of Nerderella.

Former President and Social Chair of OSU chapter of Association Computing Machinery - committee on Women (ACM-W).

ORGANIZATIONS
Order of the Engineer, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Lambda Psi.

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