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The below articles and videos were created by students and alumni from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.

HCDE is interested in sharing content from our students and alumni related to experience in the program, careers, mentorship, and on-the-job experience. If you would like to add something to this list, please email the HCDE Communications Manager Leah Pistorius at lepisto@uw.edu.

 

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October 2021 | ACM International Conference on
Design of Communication (SIGDOC ’21)

Designing for Night-Time Reflection: How to Support Night-Time Reflection
Through Non-Digital Means

Koyo Nakamura, Han Feng, Hannah Mei, and Sebastian Priss (HCDE BS students)

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April 8, 2021 | UX Pursuit
A podcast dedicated to the unique stories and journeys of UX practitioners
Tim Bridgham (UCD ’18)

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March 6, 2021 | Medium
Hello — I’m a student and don’t know anything can you help me learn?
Josh Nelson (MS '20)

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February 12, 2021 | Alaska Airlines Design & Research
Tracking impact of day-to-day UX Research activities (Part 1)
Kanishk Shukla (BS '18)

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February 11, 2021 | Medium
All you need to know about ClubHouse — Part 1
Ivy Zhang (HCDE '20)

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November 7, 2020 | Medium
Succeeding (surviving) in capstone Part I
Ivy Zhang (HCDE '20)

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November 7, 2020 | Medium
Cont. Succeeding (surviving) in capstone Part II
Ivy Zhang (HCDE '20)

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October 1, 2020 | HCDE Career Preparation Event
Video: Interviewing Skills & Etiquitte Panel Discussion
Featuring Nate Koppelman (HCDE '06) and Veronika Sipeeva (HCDE '17)

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September 25, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 2 Ep. 1
Black in UX
Hosted by Ethel Xu (MS '20) and Jay Cunningham (PhD), featuring guests from Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Zillow

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September 11, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 1 Ep. 5
Working in a design consultancy
Hosted by Ethel Xu (MS '20), Honson Ling  (MS '21), and Patriya Wiesmann (MS '20) with guests from Blink and Artefact

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September 3, 2020 | UX Collective
Standing out from the crowd: What you say about yourself without realizing it
Josh LaMar (MS '06)

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August 21, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 1 Ep. 4
What is a UX Engineer / Design Technologist?
Hosted by Ethel Xu (MS '20), Honson Ling  (MS '21), and Patriya Wiesmann (MS '20), with guests from Google and Amazon

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August 7, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 1 Ep. 3
Women in UX
Hosted by Ethel Xu (MS '20), Honson Ling  (MS '21), and Patriya Wiesmann (MS '20), with guests from Dell, Google, Starbucks

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July 24, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 1 Ep. 2
All About UX Research
Hosted by Ethel Xu (MS '20), Honson Ling  (MS '21), and Patriya Wiesmann (MS '20), with guests Veronica Sipeeva (MS '17) and Melinda Haughey (HCDE PhD student)

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July 20, 2020 | GSA Guest Speaker Series
User Research: Recruiting & Scheduling Restricted to UW login
Mike Berg (MS '09)

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June 22, 2020 | Zoom Interactive Podcast: Vol. 1 Ep. 1
PhD in the Wild
Moderated Ethel Xu (MS '20); featuring Jay Cunningham (HCDE PhD student)

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June 18, 2020 | The Startup
The difference between Management and Leadership in UX
Josh LaMar (MS '06)

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June 16, 2020 | UX Collective
What I learned from interviews with 10+ companies for a UX research internship
Esme Xu, HCDE Master's student

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June 15, 2020 | UX Collective
A candid reflection of my long search for a summer internship
Esme Xu, HCDE Master's student

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May 22, 2020 | YouTube
Salaries, Negotiation, and Asking for the Right Title
Tamara Adlin,  (MS '96)

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May 15, 2020 | YouTube
How to Network: Building Your Reputation in UX
Rebecca Destello,  (MS '11)

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April 9, 2020 | HCDE Alumni Leadership Board
How I Got My First UX Researcher Job as a New Grad
Anting Chen, (MS '19)

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March 16, 2020 | UX Collective
Advantages of remote research and why you should incorporate this powerful tool​
Josh LaMar, (MS '06)

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March 19, 2020 | HCDE Alumni Leadership Board
Personas, 20 Years Later
Tamara Adlin, (MS '96)

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February 24, 2020 | HCDE Alumni Leadership Board
Human Centered Data Viz for Data Driven Humans
Joe Bernstein, (MS '17)

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February 1, 2020 | HCDE Alumni Leadership Board
Applying Human Centered Design to Human Centered Design Alumni
Paula Chuchro, (MS '17)

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January 29, 2020 | HCDE Alumni Leadership Board
Managing Design Capacity with Transparency
Gary J. Anderson, (MS '16)

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October 24, 2019 | Medium
What I read (you asked)
Rebecca Destello,  (MS '11)

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Mar 8, 2018 | Medium
How to build your reputation in UX (you asked)
Rebecca Destello,  (MS '11)