Research Projects
đź‘‹ Here you can find a list of my research projects. Since I am a researcher, each of my project is provided with a context, research question, process method to explore those questions, and lessons learned. Happy navigating! :)
Conveying Nonverbal Cues in Messaging - Findings from a Pilot Study
Messages are annoying, frustrating and stressful. Those three dots… while we wait for our friend’s message can induce stress, anxiety and apprehension. To better cater to the lack of nonverbal cues, a new chatroom is designed where users can see the message “on the go”. We conducted a pilot study to brainstorm design strategies to increase presence in messaging. [project]
Role: UX Researcher
Contextual Inquiry of Brown HCI’s Live Typing Interface
In this research project, we design a new interface that displays message as the user is writing it. That is, all messages would be shown [in real time]!! Real-time text (RTT) is text transmitted instantly as it is typed or created. By observing and interviewing real users interacting with our real time texting website, we created personas based on these users. We then illustrate a storyboard for one of our personas. [project]
Role: UX Researcher
Redesigning Brown HCI’s Live Typing Interface for Usability
By identifying flaws in an our real time texting interface, we created low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes for various screen sizes, and build a responsive website based on those prototypes. In this study, we design our research project page according to the principles of UX design. [project]
Role: UX Designer
Scalable Mental Health - Introducing Koko
We take a step back from designing messages for richer communication. In this project, we iteratively designed an application for a mental health startup. Koko is a startup that integrates mental health resources in pre-existing social media platforms to provide younger adults an easier access point to mental health care. They partner with online communities to help find and treat at-risk individuals directly on their platform using online interventions on Koko. [project]
Role: Product Lead