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If you have a tricky opportunity for technology to support people, or an intriguing interactive experience that needs a fusion of crafting and tech expertise, let my skills as an interdisciplinary user experience researcher and maker/crafter help you craft the perfect experience. Technology is meant to support society, and there are opportunities for tech to support underserved communities, such as art and humanities. My PhD in Computer science/Human-Computer Interaction along with my training in costuming and craftsmanship lets me research, craft and design technologies and interactive experiences for the most challenging domains, including martial arts, costume design, and online craft learning, awarded as top 10 research at SSU. I am an expert in virtual reality, maker culture, crowdsourcing and qualitative methods, with over 20+ publications and deliverables. One of my passions is empowering people to craft, make and build; from laser cutters to handsewing; as an assistant professor, I can teach, research and craft technologies suited to the needs of users and stakeholders. I have also co-organized a maker academy to support young women in STEAM.Acknowledged for my skills in:Novel UX research: 20+ publications, papers, deliverables in TEI, DIS, IEEE VR, among others, Top 10 Research in Sonoma StateAwards: NSF Graduate Fellowship, numerous smaller awardsGrant-writing: Over $100,000 in grants and awards for research, student funding and support for women and underrepresented groups in STEAMCraftsmanship: Master-rank costumer/builder, multiple awards, specializing in drafting and interactive/electronic propworkFeel free to contact me:Web: anamary.netEmail: aleal08+linkedIn@gmail.com
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Mixed-Methods ResearcherVarious Fan-Based Conventions Aug 2022 - PresentConducted initial explorations into labor needs in fan-led organizations and conventionsSole researcher delving into sensitive labor-specific topics, such as benefits, employee's own costs in participating, support needed for future employees, etcRecruited and synthesized data for half of the department (over 100+ people), and synthesized insights used in current labor negotiations ongoing
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Volunteer Grant-WriterLace Museum Nov 2024 - PresentJust started this volunteer initiative! This grant-writing initiative to support the museum's documentation & dissemination of lace knowledge to online audiences. I'm seeking funding to streamline and support photographing the intricate lace, a challenge that requires training.
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EducatorMaker Nexus Dec 2024 - PresentJust accepted the offer letter! More details to come!
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Principal Investigator & Assistant ProfessorSonoma State University Aug 2017 - Aug 2021Rohnert Park, Ca, UsI was a mixed-methods UX Principal Investigator & Human-Computer Interaction/Maker/Computer Science Assistant Professor at Sonoma State University. As a principal investigator and lab founder, my research lab and I deliver design guidelines on how to better serve crafting novices trying to learn crafting online, an ever-increasing reality in this domain. This involves carefully performing qualitative analyses on social media, observing the strengths and weaknesses of the tool, and delivering guidelines. I also mentored and empowered student researchers into UX, and graduates are among, Fortune 500 companies, game studios, and PhD programs in UX careers. I teach a human-centric, project-focused approach to the entire department, leading and managing projects serving in a huge variety of domains, from fire management, language learning, incorporating more visibility to law enforcement, virtual reality games, cooking education, heatstroke death prevention in cars, among many others. I teach a core general education course on makerspace, maker culture, and craft for the entire university. I serve as a maker representative and leader for the university for students and faculty, and how to connect their disciplines to makerspaces. I was awarded $5K to provide the university an interdisciplinary Maker Faire, and to support craft/maker projects that contribute to a celebration of craft, maker, and innovative artifacts. I fundraised $10K to bring women students to fully support registration, travel, and physically attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2020. (Physical venue later canceled) -
Costume Designer/BuilderVarious (University And Freelance) Jan 2010 - Jul 2021Current/present day: My passion for crafting and making also extends to novel interactive experiences with garments, costumes, and props, debuted in theater and events. • Built over costume pieces, accessories, and more in 4 major department productions, built 100+ costumes & props• Designed, prototyped, and built interactive multimedia costumes with electronics, sewing, pattern drafting, drawing, prototyping techniques from Design, Theater, Electrical Engineering, with long-term planning, resource management skills, among technical skills• Proficient & taught with tools from hand-sewing, sewing machines, sergers, CNC machines, laser cutting, carving, 3D printing, among others• Awarded multiple awards including Best Recreation, 1st place craftsmanship, judges awards, a finalist in an international Costuming Competition, and Best Cosplay/Prop from a craftsmanship competition from Make: Media & NVidiaFeel free to ask for my craftsmanship portfolio!
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Co-Organizer Of Girls Tinker AcademyCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County May 2018 - Aug 2018• Launched a full Maker/STEAM mini-summer camp, where I co-hosted/taught 24 middle school girls • Orchestrated between multiple teams (makerspace, mentoring, assistants, stakeholders from Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County), • Built lesson plans, schedules, and public showcase event • Recognized publicly by the Press Democrat & SSU President Sakaki
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InstructorVirginia Polytechnic Institute And State University Aug 2015 - Aug 2017Blacksburg, Va, UsI teach introductory software design/programming for in-majors and out-of-majors (CS 1114 and CS 1054 respectively) throughout this year. I lead the teaching of anywhere from 35-90 student classrooms, along with a team of teaching assistants to help with teaching and grading. -
Graduate Student/Research AssistantVirginia Polytechnic Institute And State University Aug 2009 - Aug 2017Blacksburg, Va, UsI was a doctoral candidate under the Center of Human-Computer Interaction under Computer Science at Virginia Tech.- Exploring fabric to create surfaces, like in garments, costumes, cars, hulls using 3D interaction - Learned VICON, a professional motion capture system, computer vision- Taught a team of undergraduate assistants C++, OpenGL, motion capture- Developed initial system, 2 experimental designs, 10 fabric prototypes, system design, research program for undergraduates - Led team of 2 advisors, 2 assistants using biweekly meetings to produce experimental system, experimental study, and resulting anticipated publication
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Costume Shop AssistantVirginia Tech'S School Of Performing Arts Aug 2014 - May 2015I collaborate and assist the costume shop manager, costume designers, and other assistants in building and modifying costumes and accessories for their shows. I have worked on 7 shows of varying costumes, craftwork, jewelry, etc. I have developed my skills, particularly in sewing, drafting patterns, dyeing, and costume crafts.
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User Experience/ Software Intern At Interaction And Experience Research (Ixr) In Intel LabsIntel Corporation May 2013 - Aug 2013Santa Clara, California, UsI collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team on a new kind of camera that will change photography. As an intern, my reviews were one of the few awarded top scores in leading a team of designers, developers and researchers.• Researched how to design and develop a “hacker” or do-it-yourself camera array using commodity hardware and what kinds of experiences would be enriched by such a camera• Developed using Matlab, C++, OpenCV, computer vision and image processing techniques• Led a successful multi-disciplinary team that started with major communication issues to delivering System demos, camera viewers and presentations to internal and external audiences• Awarded top rating for performance, given to select interns for multi-disciplinary leadership -
Visiting Research AssistantUniversity Of Southern California May 2011 - Aug 2011Los Angeles, Ca, Us• Social network graphs can be massive, and large, yet essential to understand a target person, terrorist organizations, threats• Researched how to improve understanding of social network graphs through tangible approaches• Developed on Microsoft Surface a full experimental system to evaluate how users understand graphs, conducted user study, data analysis, and resulting presentation and research paper -
Usability EngineerMitre May 2009 - Jul 2009Mclean, Va, Us-Awarded internship through the GEM Doctoral Fellowship-Developed software on the Microsoft Surface that highlighted the strengths of multi-touch technology for the organization-Researched multi-touch technology, Microsoft Surface, brainstormed on ways that could be used for live and remote collaboration of documents-Developed a multi-touch, multi-user, document and image editor and annotator-Led a team of 3 in conveying the user interface design, interactions to occur, through a series of meetings, storyboarding & brainstorming sessions-Software enabled MITRE to pursue further research endeavors and funding for multi-touch applications for use in command centers and analysts -
Undergrad Research InvestigatorUniversity Of Central Florida Sep 2007 - May 2009Orlando, Fl, Us-Self-initiated undergraduate thesis-Focuses on multiple techniques that visually arrange 2D files, such as papers and pictures, in a 3D Room-like User Interface, such as stacking, laying them as though in a bulletin board, etc-Surveyed and evaluated 2D and 3D visual and logical arrangement literature, including those detailing full 2D or 3D interface proposals-Developed experimental software that implemented the above techniques using C#/Windows Presentation Foundation-Developed experimental design, user study, IRB, data analysis & paper with the collaboration of undergraduate advisor, Dr. Joe LaViolaPublished in:HCI 2009: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1671054Thesis with University of Central Florida -
Research AssistantUniversity Of Central Florida May 2007 - Apr 2008Orlando, Fl, Us-Written, conducted, and produced my first paper in Human-Computer Interaction, titled “Implementation of Recognition Visualization Techniques”, under the supervision of faculty mentor, Dr. Joseph LaViola-Responsible with collaborating with my mentor and faculty at Brown University, writing the Research Proposal, IRB proposal, and experiment protocol. -Conducted the experiment, gathered and analyzed of results, and drew conclusions and implications with mentor. -Paper published at Graphics Interface 2008 titled “Evaluation of Techniques for Visualizing Mathematical Expression Recognition Results”
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Teaching AssistantUniversity Of Central Florida May 2005 - Aug 2005Orlando, Fl, Us• Taught basic Computer Science concepts to high school students for 3 full weeks• Created, modified lesson plans and homework assignments daily• Collaborated with Professor, TA partner, and other TA's on lessons, teaching strategies• Created, and graded homework assignments and tests as a group with TA partner
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Virginia TechComputer Science & Applications: User Experience/Human-Computer Interaction -
University Of Central FloridaComputer Science
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Anamary Leal works for Maker Nexus
What is Anamary Leal's role at the current company?
Anamary Leal's current role is Award-winning user experience (UX) researcher & maker who shapes innovative experiences, from tech (virtual reality, crowdsourcing, etc) for underserved communities and non-profits, to novel interactive costumes/props..
What is Anamary Leal's email address?
Anamary Leal's email address is aleal@vt.edu
What schools did Anamary Leal attend?
Anamary Leal attended Virginia Tech, University Of Central Florida.
What are some of Anamary Leal's interests?
Anamary Leal has interest in Drawing, Leadership, Gaming Information Visualization, Non Professional Interests, User Interface Design, Professional Interests, Research, Sewing, Multi Touch/pen Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction.
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Anamary Leal has skills like Human Computer Interaction, Research, Qualitative Research, Research Design, Usability, User Interface Design, 3d User Interfaces, Information Visualization, Game Design, C++, C, C#.
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