The first Informatics 280 class taught by someone other than me in the existence of that class…
Commence. Begin. Launch. Arise. Come into being.
This month, September, is a very meaningful time for me. First, I am graduating from UC Irvine’s Master of Human-Computer Interaction and Design; second, I have left my 11-year stay at Samsung Electronics (based in Seoul, Korea). Both…
This article is a long time coming. I have been asked by everyone from departments on my own campus to my family members to colleagues at other universities to describe the process, work, and joys of creating a new program. It’s high time I let you behind the…
Mentors help new people in a field grow into it, learn, and become experts themselves, and there is lots of research that supports this. John Crosby called mentoring “a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” Mentors…
Kate Johnson is a passionate designer based in Washington, D.C. She works as a Senior Product Designer at USA Today Network (Gannett). Kate received her B.F.A in Advertising with a…