Kate Mesh, Ph.D., Cpacc Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

As a Research Manager I led a team helping major brands to improve product and service designs for their disabled and older customers. In this role I oversaw the end-to-end research process for exploratory and validation research, delivering programmes in 14 sectors including digital, entertainment, telecoms, broadcast media, transportation, and food & beverages. In this position I:• Designed and delivered quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method UX and market research… Show more As a Research Manager I led a team helping major brands to improve product and service designs for their disabled and older customers. In this role I oversaw the end-to-end research process for exploratory and validation research, delivering programmes in 14 sectors including digital, entertainment, telecoms, broadcast media, transportation, and food & beverages. In this position I:• Designed and delivered quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method UX and market research programmes;• Managed concurrent research projects, effectively balancing priorities to deliver on competing deadlines;• Oversaw a team of in-house researchers and contractors, building trust and ensuring delivery to high standards. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

This was my 'breakout' role as I transitioned to consultancy in an agency setting. I led a variety of projects in this role and was promoted to a management position after one year. As a Senior Researcher I worked closely with digital teams, service designers, and policy professionals to improve designs for disabled and older consumers. I brought expertise on communication design and broadened my focus to digital and physical product design.

Lund, Skane County, Sweden

At Lund University I led an international research team studying how people use word choice and body language to manage attention to things and people in physical space. In this role:• I managed an on-site field team in Oaxaca, Mexico, overseeing participant recruitment & data collection;• I oversaw all aspects of data coding, data cleaning and quantitative/qualitative analyses;• I designed custom project reports appropriate for scientists, popular audiences, and the… Show more At Lund University I led an international research team studying how people use word choice and body language to manage attention to things and people in physical space. In this role:• I managed an on-site field team in Oaxaca, Mexico, overseeing participant recruitment & data collection;• I oversaw all aspects of data coding, data cleaning and quantitative/qualitative analyses;• I designed custom project reports appropriate for scientists, popular audiences, and the indigenous Mexican community where the data was collected. Show less

Mexico City

At CIESAS I delivered workshops in Spanish for academics and activists doing language science and language preservation in Latin America, training participants in inclusive research design and mixed methods (qualitative & quantitative) analysis.

Haifa, Israel

At the University of Haifa I designed and oversaw two large research projects, generating insights about how different cultures (Israel vs. Sweden) and language modalities (sign language vs. speech+gesture) influence people's language choices in face-to-face communication.I worked with stakeholders in deaf-led organizations to develop ethical, community-informed practices for collecting video recordings of signed conversations.

Austin, Texas, United States

For my doctoral dissertation I conducted field research in an indigenous community in Mexico, studying how deaf and hearing people in the community used and developed a local sign language. I delivered insights about how deaf and hearing people manage visual attention differently, and I tailored the results for impact among expert researchers and popular audiences.

I taught introductory language science courses for university students, focusing on techniques for analysing communicative uses of the body in face-to-face interaction.

Austin, Texas

I helped university researchers to structure their research archives and preserve research materials such as audiovisual recordings, digitised sketch-notes, memos, and diaries.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D), Linguistics (Focus: Communicative Uses Of The Body By Deaf And Hearing People)

Master'S Degree, Linguistics (Asl And Other Sign Languages)

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy And Religious Studies