Part 1 of 4: How do we start incorporating ethical research practices in industry? — Coauthor: Lexi Neigel, PhD UX researchers are in many ways customer success strategists. We are the voice of the customer and are hired to speak on the user’s behalf when critical engineering and design decisions are being made. That said, a researcher’s work is conducted in the context of increasing…

Coauthors: Kayla McVey and Paula Bach The User research spectrum stretches from foundational to tactical work. In general, researchers are highly skilled at collecting and analyzing different types of data at one or both ends of this spectrum. They turn research findings into actionable insights and help partners across their…

Hosted by Dr. Hadas Kotek at Massachusetts Institute of Technology — In October 2022, I was invited to talk with graduate students at MIT about my transition from academia to technology. The continued interest in this topic led me to publish the questions developed by Dr. Hadas Kotek along with my responses. A lot of our discussion in this Q&A mirrors…

My publications here on Medium are split between the After Academia publication I manage and the UX research world in which I am employed. I also continue to publish in high impact peer-reviewed journals, as I’ve done with my latest research article on probabilistic reasoning. And now my book, a…

I used to believe the term academic was reserved for graduate students and professors, and that going into industry would mean giving up that identity. …

This space was created to fill a gap that exists for those with advanced degrees, particularly doctoral degrees (though much of this is also relevant for those with master’s). There are many myths and incorrect information floating about for what an academic can and should be after academia. Skills go…