Employment
Partner / Co-founder
social design consulting, Eugene, OR; 1996 - present.
Project Manager / Web Site Designer
Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA; 1997 - 2000.
Participatory Designer / Interface Designer / Computer Support
Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington; 1993-97.
Usability Testing Research Assistant
Microsoft, Redmond, WA; 1993.
Technical Writing Instructor
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 1992-93.
Software Designer & Tester
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA; 1991-92.
Information Channeler
ComputerWare, Palo Alto, CA; 1988-91.
Education
Ph.D. Participatory Design, University of Washington, 1998.
Dissertation: Engaging Community in the Technical Design Process: An Analysis of the Development of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder World Wide Web Site.
Chair: Prof. Andrew Gordon
M.S. Bio-organic Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1987.
Thesis: Approaches Towards an Artificial Repressor and Determination of Antibody Combining Site Characteristics Using NMR and EPR.
Chair: Prof. Peter Schultz
B.S. Chemistry, Stanford University, 1985.
Research
Interests
Energy and materials efficiency
Sustainable business practices
Participatory design
Social and political implications of computer & communications technologies
Asset-based community building
Human-computer interface design principles
Projects
& Clients
University of Washington — Public Access Computing Project
- assisted with survey design, site visits, and other evaluation of the Gates Foundation U.S. Library Program (2000-03)
- designed & produced several online surveys, to gather feedback from librarians and library patrons
- provided network and computer support to 10 users (Macintosh & Windows), including file, print, database and web services
BRING Recycling — Eugene, Oregon
- assisted with the planning and execution of a major capital fundraising campaign to develop an environmental education center (2001-03)
- designed & produced master plan for development of a reused building materials warehouse and environmental education center
- developed online system for tracking prospective donors to a fundraising campaign
- provided network and computer support and training to 6 users (Windows)
- designed a prototype Internet-based materials exchange for Oregon's Southern Willamette Valley
University of Oregon — Professor Jocelyn Hollander
- designed & produced several online surveys, to gather data on the effectiveness of womens' self-defense education (2001-03)
- developed database systems to support research project data analysis
- designed and produced a university professor's web site, including the structure for class syllabi, handouts, readings, & discussion (2000)
Eazel — Palo Alto, California
- designed usability tests of the GNOME user interface for the Linux operating system (2001)
Seattle Public Schools & Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
- co-managed, designed and implemented a community-focused, Internet-based budgeting tool for the Seattle Public Schools (1996-2000)
- ran a series of user-led design meetings and community focus groups to gather input on design of the budgeting site
- researched and wrote a detailed analysis of community participation in development of the budgeting tool
University of Washington — Graduate School of Public Affairs
- provided network and computer support to 100 users (Macintosh & Windows), including file, print, database and web services (1996-98)
- developed & designed FileMaker Pro databases to support many school administrative functions, including admissions, student records, donations
- designed school's first web site
- produced Welfare for Real demonstration web site for the Ford Foundation
- created multimedia segment for teen health video for HSPC
University of Washington — Institute for International Policy
- designed & produced first web site linked to article databases for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Philippines (1996)
NetCorps — Eugene, Oregon
- performed a web site redesign for Quest Scholars program (2000)
Anzanga Marimba Ensemble — Seattle, Washington
- designed and produced compact disc liner notes & imprints for two recordings: Vakati Kurudzira, Shinga Moyo (1994, 2000)
- designed and produced the group's web site (1996-2002)
Volunteer
Service
BRING Recycling
Member of Board of Directors and technology advisor to an environmental nonprofit focused on waste reduction and environmental education. Eugene, OR, 2001-03.
Lane County, Oregon
Volunteer educator through the county's Master Recycler and Master Composter programs. Eugene, OR, 2000-03.
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Technical advisor to a prominent organization dedicated to community self-determination. Chicago, IL, 1997.
Electra: A Coalition for Electronic Democracy
Co-president of a citizen's group dedicated to public participation in all aspects of technology policy-making. Seattle, WA, 1994-97.
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Member of technical group responsible for introducing computer learning centers to low-income housing projects. Seattle, WA, 1996.
Publications
Review of Information Ecologies (Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki L. O'Day)
book review in the Journal of Political Ecology, 2001
Review of Online Communities (Jenny Preece)
book review for Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, June, 2001
Innovative Energy Conservation
opinion editorial in The Register-Guard, (Eugene, OR) May 15, 2001
Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder Web Site in Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communication Technologies, edited by Michael Gurstein. 2000
Progress is Not a Product
invited opinion editorial in The Seattle Times, February 13, 2000
Professional
Memberships
Loka Institute for Democratic Science and Technology
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction