Assistant Professor, Interaction Design ART 255adesjard@uw.eduPersonal WebsiteFields of Interest Design Interaction Design Sustainability Research-through-designspeculative designdesign methodsBackground and ExperienceSummaryEducationPhD, Interaction Design, Simon Fraser University, 2016MA, Interaction Design, Simon Fraser University, 2012BA, Industrial Design, Universite de Montreal, 2009Using a critical lens, Audrey Desjardins' research investigates experiences of living with technology in the home. She has spent the last several years using research-through-design, speculative design, and participatory design as approaches to investigate how to critique current visions of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, which are too often grounded in homogeneous and detached views of the home. Her current projects touch on ways to inquire and reclaim IoT data through crafting and materializing ways of living with that data. She is also interested in using first-person research methods (autobiographical design, for example) to examine experiences with technology from within. Dr. Desjardins has published her work in scholarly venues such as ACM CHI (Human Factors in Computing Systems), ACM DIS (Designing Interactive Systems), ACM C&C (Creativity and Cognition), and ACM CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work). She was the assistant to the editors-in-chief for ACM Interactions from 2012 to 2016. She has served on more than ten conference program committees as an Associate Chair, including the ACM CHI, ACM DIS, ACM C&C, and ACM TEI (Tangible and Embedded Interaction). Before joining University of Washington at the beginning of 2017, she studied in the Everyday Design Studio at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, where she obtained a PhD and Master of Arts. She also holds a bachelor's degree in industrial design from University of Montreal. Research + Creative Work Audrey Desjardins. (In)Visible Data: a project that investigates the human-data entanglements that happen around IoT devices in the home Audrey Desjardins. Bespoke Booklets: created to collaboratively and speculatively investigate alternative avenues for domestic IoT Audrey Desjardins with Slip Rabbit Studio. ListeningCups: materializing data from everyday ambient soundscapes using ceramic 3D printing Selected Publications + Projects Audrey Desjardins and Timea Tihanyi. "ListeningCups: A Case of Data Tactility." In DIS '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 147–160. New York: ACM Press, 2019. Read more Carla Key and Audrey Desjardins. "REP(AIR): An Olfactory Interface for Bike Maintenance and Care." In Proceeding of the 4th Biennial Research Through Design Conference, Method & Critique: Frictions and Shifts in RTD, article 9, pp. 1–16. RTD Conference, 2019. Read more Dhruv Jain, Audrey Desjardins et al. "Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler." In ASSETS '19: The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, pp. 236–248. New York, ACM Press, 2019. Read more Audrey Desjardins et al. "Bespoke Booklets: A Method for Situated Co-Speculation." In DIS '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 697-709. New York, ACM Press, 2019. Read more Audrey Desjardins et al. "Alternative Avenues for IoT: Designing with Non-Stereotypical Homes." In CHI'19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, paper no. 351, pp. 1–13. New York, ACM Press. 2019. 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 Jeremy Viny. "Investigating Opaque Infrastructures with Discursive Design." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2020. Read more 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 Winter 2021 DESIGN 206 A: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AA: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AB: Design Methods DESIGN 496 A: Directed Research in Interaction Design DESIGN 596 A: Directed Research in Interaction Design Autumn 2020 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Spring 2020 DESIGN 485 C: Design Capstone DESIGN 600 A: Independent Study or Research Winter 2020 DESIGN 206 A: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AA: Design Methods DESIGN 206 AB: Design Methods 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 Autumn Activities Dec 18, 2020 Voices+Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding Our Data as Performance Nov 3, 2020 Design Student Projects Recognized Jun 20, 2020 Grant-Funded Research by Desjardins Jun 16, 2020 Support for Faculty Projects Apr 9, 2020 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