
Designer, educator, strategist, founder and author with deep expertise developing information-rich products, services and communications for organizations who value clarity, transparency and humane design.
I’m leading a new BA in Design program and teaching full time at Wheaton College, Norton, MA while working on research related to design education pedagogy, curriculum, technology and skills.
My experiences include leading UX & UI research and design in the product development group at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, teaching part-time at Northeastern University, co-founding and leading the UX firm Nimble Partners, leading consulting design at Art Technology Group (ATG, now Oracle), establishing a pattern design practice and working in house at WGBH Design.
Portfolio: Dataverse Repository software
Students at work: Design studio
Book: Visual Usability
Student work: Digital media thesis
Student work: Infographics
Research: Information architecture in undergraduate education
Student work: Interactive information design
Painting: Oil

Wallpaper: Pickup Sticks