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Melody Ivory (she/her) is a scientist and a poet. She is a survivor and a thriver. And at…
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When Tech Work Hurts So Bad
When Tech Work Hurts So Bad
#techwoke #womenintech #techharm #inclusion #blackintech Rosie (name changed to protect her identity) was always in the…
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When Your Tech Work Time's Up
When Your Tech Work Time's Up
#techharm #WokeWednesday #womenintech #inclusion #diversity I was stunned by what I had just heard. This man, Mr.
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My Breakup Letter to Tech Employers
My Breakup Letter to Tech Employers
My mind wanted me to write something else. My heart had a different plan.
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Tech's "Fake Diversity" Is Real
Tech's "Fake Diversity" Is Real
When I ran across this article today, I wasn't surprised. I was reminded.
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3 Reasons Why Women of Color Need to CARE more about Tech Harm
3 Reasons Why Women of Color Need to CARE more about Tech Harm
As a tech insider, I'm concerned about a couple trends I'm seeing, especially as they affect women of color like me…
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What an *amazing* panel on responsible tech innovation at the SFSU Responsible Innovation Conference ..."Can we empower people to do the right thing?…
What an *amazing* panel on responsible tech innovation at the SFSU Responsible Innovation Conference ..."Can we empower people to do the right thing?…
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20 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Decision-Making We all make bad decisions sometimes, but have you ever wondered what mental obstacles can lead…
20 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Decision-Making We all make bad decisions sometimes, but have you ever wondered what mental obstacles can lead…
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Can Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship help various types of organizations create a better world through socio-ecologically better…
Can Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship help various types of organizations create a better world through socio-ecologically better…
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Experience
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Thrivafy, LLC
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Education
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University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Activities and Societies: Co-organizer of the student award-winning Day in the Life career-sharing series.
Completed global business analyses of tech entrepreneurship in India, tech ecosystem in Africa, marketing in China, and a career mentoring social networking service based in the US. Completed biz analysis on ed tech innovation to inform David Robertson’s forthcoming book.
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Developed/validated a novel Web app to automate the evaluation of web site quality using leveraging data science techniques. Invited to publish work as, Automated Web Site Evaluation: Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Perspectives. Human Computer Interaction Series, John Karat and Jean Vanderdonckt eds, Vol. 4. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
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Developed analytical models, simulations, and parallel applications to analyze/improve the performance of computer memory hierarchies, information systems, and cancer simulations.
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Activities and Societies: Golden Key and Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Societies
As an undergraduate researcher, developed components of a 3D graphical modeling application for mesh editing.
Publications
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What Makes a Good UX Questionnaire? User-Centered Scorecard Development
AHFE Conference
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Enhancing the DP Operator Experience
MTS DP Conference
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State of the Art in Automating Usability Evaluation of User Interfaces
ACM Computing Surveys, 33(4), pp. 1-47
Industry-classic publication; ranked as a top-10 downloaded article from Communications of the ACM and ACM Computing Surveys in March 2005.
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Evolution of Web Site Design Patterns
ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 23(4):463–497
Ranked as one of the top 10 downloaded articles from ACM’s Digital Library in June 2006.
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Web Site Usability Engineering
In Munindar P. Singh, editor, Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 44-41–44-17
Invited publication.
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Automated Web Site Evaluation: Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Perspectives
Human Computer Interaction Series, John Karat and Jean Vanderdonckt eds, Vol. 4. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Invited publication.
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Web Site Designs: Influences of Designers Experience and Design Constraints
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 58(1):57–87
Ranked 2/24 for most downloaded articles for January–May 2003.
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Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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I have a hard time celebrating my birthday. . . . Growing up in the projects, birthdays were often just another day of the week. . And after having…
I have a hard time celebrating my birthday. . . . Growing up in the projects, birthdays were often just another day of the week. . And after having…
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No More Under is sending congrats to our sibling #VisuallyInspiredProductions for their recent #DrowningInSilence film screening at the…
No More Under is sending congrats to our sibling #VisuallyInspiredProductions for their recent #DrowningInSilence film screening at the…
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How do you change culture? These books will help you 📚 "Culture change is the hardest work you will ever do." Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale It's…
How do you change culture? These books will help you 📚 "Culture change is the hardest work you will ever do." Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale It's…
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Honored and excited to share we’ve been featured in the Forbes Magazine! . Forbes Magazine and Dana Brownlee, Senior Forbes Contributer, thank you…
Honored and excited to share we’ve been featured in the Forbes Magazine! . Forbes Magazine and Dana Brownlee, Senior Forbes Contributer, thank you…
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As I work toward wrapping up my manuscript for Why Tech Sucks, which will be published by Wordeee later this year, I'm excited to make time to do the…
As I work toward wrapping up my manuscript for Why Tech Sucks, which will be published by Wordeee later this year, I'm excited to make time to do the…
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Looking forward to leading a workshop for tech builders on Building Ethical Technology at next week's @Lesbians Who Tech’s Debug Summit. Technology…
Looking forward to leading a workshop for tech builders on Building Ethical Technology at next week's @Lesbians Who Tech’s Debug Summit. Technology…
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I'm looking forward to sharing about my tech journey, Thrivafy's #sustainabledisruption framework, and tips to #elevatetechwellness for us all…
I'm looking forward to sharing about my tech journey, Thrivafy's #sustainabledisruption framework, and tips to #elevatetechwellness for us all…
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This is not hard. Don’t make this about politics. It’s about leadership and culture. Let me help you. Your company has values and policies…
This is not hard. Don’t make this about politics. It’s about leadership and culture. Let me help you. Your company has values and policies…
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Tomorrow I'm excited to be speaking at Spotify's Design Internal Conference Week, discussing missed design opportunities due to a lack of inclusive…
Tomorrow I'm excited to be speaking at Spotify's Design Internal Conference Week, discussing missed design opportunities due to a lack of inclusive…
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Today I need encouragement. So I created this. . This will remind me that I am the one qualified to teach, lead and support those women assigned to…
Today I need encouragement. So I created this. . This will remind me that I am the one qualified to teach, lead and support those women assigned to…
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