I lead teams of graduate students on UX consulting projects to supplement their classroom learning with practical experience. As a consulting group, we offer expertise in usability/UX evaluation studies (of any size), user research, persona development, card sorting, competitive reviews, content audits, wireframing, and prototyping. If you are in need of UX assistance, please contact me with details about your project.
In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of MOMA’s “This Kiss to the Whole World” digital exhibit of Klimt and the Vienna Secession (http://secession.nyarc.org/). Student Team: Lauren Allshouse, Michael Beiser, Jordana Carlin, Libby Kaufer Download Full Report: Vienna Secession User Testing Report (PDF)
In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the Center for Jewish History’s single search interface (http://search.cjh.org/). Student Team: J.D. Arden, Rachel O’Neill, Elizabeth Willse Download Full Report: Center for Jewish History User Test Report (PDF)
In Spring 2014, two students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted separate heuristic usability evaluations of the website for the Lloyd Sealy Library Digital Collections at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (http://dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/). Student #1: Jessica Espejel Student #2: Megan Koontz Download Full Reports: Espejel – Lloyd Sealy…
In Spring 2014, one student from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a heuristic usability evaluation of the Decorative Things website (http://www.decorativethings.com/). Student Leader: Jordana Carlin Download Full Report: Decorative Things Heuristic Evaluation (PDF)
In Fall 2013, two teams from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a diary usability study of the Fuzd mobile app (http://fuzd.com/). Student Team #1: Sean Fitzell, Sharon Matz, Peter Otis, Theo Roth Student Team #2: Iris Bierlein, Stephanie Diorio, Allison Hall, Carolyn Madeo Download Full Reports: Fuzd Diary Study Report…
In Fall 2013, two of my senior UX students conducted a heuristic usability evaluation of the CUNY Academic Commons (http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/), using students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute as usability experts. Student Leaders: Sam Raddatz, Susan Young Download Full Report: CUNY Academic Commons Heuristic Evaluation Report (PDF)
In Fall 2013, three of my UX students organized and conducted a card sorting study for NYU Library Services (http://library.nyu.edu/services/), using students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute as study participants. Student Leaders: Ngozi Okoro, Sam Raddatz, Susan Young Download Full Report: NYU Libraries Card Sort Report_Revised 140201 (PDF)
In Summer 2013, I led a team of 8 students from the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at Pratt Institute to conduct a comprehensive usability study for the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies (CCPS) at Pratt Institute (http://www.pratt.edu/ccps). Student Team Members: Sean Fitzell, Megan Koontz, Kate Merlie, Alana Miller, Samantha Raddatz, Tal Rozen,…
In Spring 2013, I led a team of 6 students from the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at Pratt Institute to conduct a usability/user experience evaluation of Linked Jazz 52nd Street (linkedjazz.org/52ndStreet), a crowdsourcing tool created by Dr. Cristina Pattuelli as part of the Linked Jazz project. Student Team Members: Kathleen Dowling, Michelle Lee,…
In Spring 2013, I led a team of 7 students from the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at Pratt Institute to conduct a usability/user experience evaluation of the Brooklyn Visual Heritage (BVH) website (brooklynvisualheritage.org), a collaboration between Pratt SILS, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Museum, and Brooklyn Historical Society. Student Team Members: Elizabeth Leeber, Lars…