Assistant Professor, Interaction Design ART 255adesjard@uw.eduPersonal WebsiteFields of Interest Design Interaction Design Sustainability Background and ExperienceSummaryEducationPhD, Interaction Design, Simon Fraser University, 2016MA, Interaction Design, Simon Fraser University, 2012BA, Industrial Design, Universite de Montreal, 2009Audrey Desjardins began her tenure-track appointment in the School during winter quarter 2017. She has been working as a researcher in the Everyday Design Studio at SFU since 2010, and she has been assistant to the editors-in-chief of ACM Interactions magazine since 2012. Desjardins' research interests focus on non-expert design, do-it-yourself and Maker cultures, technologies for the home, Internet of Things, design methods, design fiction, sustainability, and emergency collaborative situations. Her master's thesis is titled "Everyday Design: Comparing Families, Hobbyist Jewellers, and Steampunk Enthusiasts," and her dissertation is titled "Design-within-living: Exploring the qualities of living in a prototype." Desjardins has already co-authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers as well as two refereed book chapters. Research + Creative Work Selected Publications + Projects Desjardins, A., Viny, J.E., Key, C., Johnston, N. (2019). Alternative Avenues for IoT: Designing with Non-Stereotypical Homes. In Proc. CHI'19, New York, ACM Press. Read more Audrey Desjardins and Ron Wakkary. "Living In A Prototype: A Reconfigured Space." In CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 5274-5285. New York: ACM Press, 2016. Read more Audrey Desjardins et al. "Behind the Lens: A Visual Exploration of Epistemological Commitments in HCI Research on the Home." In DIS '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 360-376. New York: ACM Press, 2016. Read more Audrey Desjardins et al. "Avalanche Beacon Parks: Skill Development and Team Coordination in a Technological Training Ground." In CSCW '16: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, pp. 872-886. New York: ACM Press, 2016. Read more Research Advised: Graduate Masters Theses Phillip Carpenter. "Mixed Reality and Tactility: The Space Between Two Perceptions." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Heidi Biggs. "Feeling Climate Change: Intersections of Climate Change and Everyday Cycling." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Kelsey Aschenbeck. "Mourning Small Spaces." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Courses Taught Autumn 2019 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design DESIGN 600 B: Independent Study or Research Spring 2019 DESIGN 372 A: Interface Design 2 DESIGN 485 C: Design Capstone Winter 2019 DESIGN 206 A: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AA: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AB: Design Methods Autumn 2018 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Spring 2018 DESIGN 372 A: Interface Design 2 DESIGN 485 C: Design Capstone Winter 2018 DESIGN 206 A: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AA: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AB: Design Methods DESIGN 371 AB: Interface Design 1 Autumn 2017 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar In Design Spring 2017 DESIGN 215 A: Visual Storytelling DESIGN 372 B: Interface Design 2 Winter 2017 DESIGN 378 B: Information Architecture And Web Design Related News Related News Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities Sep 29, 2019 Design Presenting + Publishing Jun 23, 2019 IxD Research Awards Jan 12, 2019 Faculty Hires in 2016 May 9, 2016
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