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Alaina Talboy, PhD
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Published in UX Collective

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Fostering ethically mature organizations

Part 2 of 4: Establishing an Ethics Infrastructure in Corporate Tech — Coauthor: Lexi Neigel In the first part of this series, we talked about why ethics needs to be core to UX research in corporate tech. The goal of user researchers is to advocate for user needs and craft better experiences — which ultimately increases a corporation’s profit. …

Ethics In Tech

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Fostering ethically mature organizations
Fostering ethically mature organizations
Ethics In Tech

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It’s beyond time to put ethics at the core of UX Research

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…

Ethics In Tech

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It’s beyond time to put ethics at the core of UX Research
It’s beyond time to put ethics at the core of UX Research
Ethics In Tech

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Published in UXR @ Microsoft

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Pillars of Customer Success

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…

Jtbd

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Pillars of Customer Success
Pillars of Customer Success
Jtbd

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Published in After Academia

·Feb 2

Life in Industry with a PhD

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…

Academia

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Life in Industry with a PhD
Life in Industry with a PhD
Academia

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Published in After Academia

·Apr 6, 2022

Finding Time to Write

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…

Writing

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Finding Time to Write
Finding Time to Write
Writing

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Published in After Academia

·Mar 4, 2022

Once an Academic, Always an Academic

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. …

Higher Education

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Once an Academic, Always an Academic
Once an Academic, Always an Academic
Higher Education

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Published in After Academia

·Feb 16, 2022

Welcome to After Academia!

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…

Academia

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Welcome to After Academia!
Welcome to After Academia!
Academia

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Alaina Talboy, PhD

Alaina Talboy, PhD

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Cognitive Scientist | Author | Sr Research Manager https://alainatalboy.com

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