Integrating Experiences: Working in Academia and Industry

ACM-W OCWiC welcomes Dr. Alaina Phillips for Integrating Experiences: Working in Academia and Industry, December 1, Noon, Zoom. Part of the OCWiC speaker series.

Some students experience difficulties breaking into UX and UX research. During this session, Dr. Phillips will highlight some of the challenges students face. She will discuss tips on overcoming those issues and how to turn them into strengths, towards their new journeys in UX.

Alaina is a cognitive psychologist who transitioned into the field of UX in 2015. She has a well-established background in human behavior and her theoretical orientation is grounded in Gestalt psychology and cognitive aging. Her research projects have centered around visual processing and attention, cognitive aging, and universal design. Her publications include her master’s thesis work on transit maps in the Encyclopedia of Human Behavior: Environmental Cognition (See Sterns & Sterns) and her dissertation work “Global Precedence & Aging: Evidence of Parallel Processing” which explores visual attention and aging. Currently, She is a Sr. UX Researcher at PPG. Additionally, she teaches graduate studies for New York University Steinhardt in the Department of Applied Psychology.

Use a Google form to register and get the online meeting link.