Teaching

Speculative Design, Technology and Society

Semester: Fall / Offered: 2023

This course explores the intersection of design, technology, and society through a speculative lens. It is designed for students who may not have a background in design. Through a lens from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), user experience, and critical design, this course will combine hands-on projects, HCI readings, and discussion for students to develop their ability to think critically about technology and its impact on society and create speculative design videos, storyboards, and design fictions. The course will also cover research through design and provide insights and exercises from an HCI perspective.

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

Semester: Winter / Offered: 2024

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) will provide you with the fundamentals of user-centered design (UCD) within the broad field of HCI. In this course, you will complete individual assignments and a course-long group design project. 

This class emphasizes personal, individual, and experiential communion with the material. My hope is that rather than learning facts, students will gain personal insight into what HCI is and how User-Centered Design functions, what it means to your life, and what it means to society more largely. 

Basic Web Design

Semester: Fall / Offered: 2023

The primary goal of this course is to understand the development trends of contemporary websites. In addition to establishing a basic understanding of website design, this course will develop basic application abilities for operating and applying web design-related syntax and logic. Students will learn HTML tag syntax, CSS style definitions, responsive website settings, and layout applications with JQuery and Bootstrap. Through thof building several websites step by step, students will produce a portfolio website using UX design methods.

Graduate Level: HCI and UX Research

Semester: Fall / Offered: 2024

This graduate level course will introduce topics and research in Human-computer interaction, along with teaching you research method skills on how to apply them within Human-Computer Interaction(HCI) contexts and how to effectively communicate the results of user research. This class will provide an overview and introduction to various user research techniques.