Emory Edwards, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Rebellyous Foods, otherwise known as Seattle Food Tech, is creating better and more efficient processes and equipment for producing plant-based meat.• Writes and edits technical language and formatting of 150-page manual of food production equipment.• Researches, implements and debugs code-based solutions (including scripts and add-ons) to alleviate limitations of word processor in order to achieve desired visual design and organization of document.• Hones smooth user experience for operators, cleaning and maintenance staff to be trained on the equipment using exacting attention to detail.

Barcelona, Barcelona, Es

• Designs tailored syllabi for students covering HCI principles and UX/UI concepts, then teaches weekly lessons developing design thinking skills and practicing UX research methods to use in case studies.• Mentors students from a variety of backgrounds and cultures in qualitative / social science data collection practices and quantitative analysis with R and Sheets.

Santa Clara, California, Us

• Spearheaded research paper on hearing aid users and PC connections in collaboration with current and former Intel researchers• Presented final research paper at the Ethnographic Practice in Industry Conference (EPIC) in Chicago October 2023• Conducted literature review of 40+ academic and industry sources to deliver recommendations for future areas of innovation tailored to Intel competencies• Interviewed industry experts on accessibility and gaming from a variety of companies and backgrounds to assess the complexity of current problems and most impactful next steps moving forward• Self-organized and operated highly independently to deliver research with minimal required oversight by supervisors

Santa Clara, California, Us

• Planned and executed a total of five research studies and reports over six months including an interview study, diary study, concept testing, and synthesizing multiple existing quantitative and qualitative studies to present prioritized results to relevant product teams• Collaborated with fellow researchers, designers, systems architects, cross-company accessibility advocates, and business leaders to define initial set of accessibility features based in user data and define their technical viability in future products• Led a proof-of-concept development team that was chosen as one of seven finalists – out of over 160 teams – to pitch my idea to a set of VPs as part of an internal technology innovation competition

Irvine, California, Us

Senior Lab Member in INsite (INclusive Studio for Innovative Technology and Education) LabFounding Lab Member in CATS (Critical Approaches to Technology and the Social) Lab (former)Research topics included: accessible computing, social media, human-computer interaction, inclusive and accessible imagery, community-driven and industrial accessibility practices, marginalized communities, wearables, voice assistants, and more.• Led research teams and conducted independent user research studies on technology design and digital accessibility using a range of qualitative methods including interviews, focus groups, ethnography, remote studies and co-design workshops • Designed and deployed research implements such as screeners, a multi-modality survey, semi-structured interview protocols, and more in order to collect actionable insights• Utilized exceptional communication skills to narrativize user research results for presentation to diverse stakeholders, including funders, advisory boards, academic audiences, and the public

Irvine, California, Us

Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to Human Computer Interaction” in the Informatics Department (Fall 2018)Teaching Assistant for "Critical Writing” in the Information and Computer Science Department (Winter and Spring 2018)Virtual Teaching Assistant for “Critical Writing” in the Information and Computer Science Department (Spring 2020)

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Scoped, planned, and ran interview study with 20+ participants focusing on under-studied area in virtual reality and accessibility• Conducted all screening, recruitment, scheduling, preparation for payment, and other research ops tasks with both internal Microsoft and externally located participants• Prepared initial results and codebook for seamless hand-off to research mentors so they could continue analysis and present the study to relevant product teams and research audiences

Seattle, Wa, Us

Analysis of Large Twitter Datasets to Identify Trends During Times of Crisis• Qualitatively coded and quantitatively interpreted thousands of data points to derive overall trends in meaning-making over a relevant time period• Pulled unstructured data via SSH, processed it with Python, performed analyses with R, and iteratively explored trends before creating final presentation-ready graphs in Tableau• Co-authored CHI paper investigating sense-making strategies and language used in rumor-sharing during high-stress situations

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Using Social Media and Machine Learning to Map User Emotional Responses • Reviewed existing inherited data and developed new research questions and opportunities for meaningful results• Mastered self-taught data cleaning and machine learning techniques to take geotagged social media posts, perform sentiment analysis, and understand users’ feelings• Delivered interactive heat map of various cities that displayed the intensity of positive and negative emotions associated with a given geographical area

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Informatics

Master'S Degree, Informatics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Informatics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General