Bias, Randolph |
Randolph has worked in industry for over
20 years as a usability engineer, helping software developers
make human-computer interfaces, including web sites, “user
friendly.” After stints with Bell Labs, IBM, and
BMC Software (where he created and managed the Usability
Department), Randolph co-founded Austin Usability, an
independent usability lab and consultancy. Randolph has
written over 50 technical articles in the areas of human
information processing, and co-edited Cost-Justifying
Usability (R. G. Bias and D. J. Mayhew, Eds., 1994, Cambridge:
Academic Press). He is a Certified Human Factors Practitioner,
and is active in professional societies such as the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Usability Professionals
Society. Randolph has taught undergraduate and graduate
courses in psychology and statistics at The University
of Texas at Austin, Rutgers University, Huston-Tillotson
College, and Southwest Texas State University, plus has
taught many short courses for industry. He is a vigorous
advocate for designing technology to fit the user. Current
faculty sponsor of UTIAG
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Kayla
Chioco
kchioco@gslis.utexas.edu
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Master's candidate, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin.
Expected date of graduation: May 2002. Received BA in
Art History from the University of Texas in 1997. Previous
Manager and Web Site Administrator for Women & Their Work
Art Gallery, Austin, Texas. Research interests include
information architecture, usability engineering, museum
informatics, and graphic/multimedia design. |
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Chris Ewing
chewing@onebox.com
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Will Finish a Master's Degree in Information
Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin in May
of 2001. Received a BS in Biology from Abilene Christian
University in 1990 and a Paramedic Certification from
Texas Tech Health Sciences El Paso (1994). Upon leaving
the Paramedic Field became an Assistant Web Administrator
for an El Paso High School and taught HTML along with
graphic/multimedia to students. For the past two years
have been heavily in to acquisition, design, navigation,
and organization of Web information. Is a cofounder of
the UTIAG. Interests include Information Architecture,
user centered design, graphic/multimedia design, and competitive
intelligence. |
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Marlene Graham
jgraham50@austin.rr.com
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Master's candidate, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science at The University of Texas at
Austin. I am a second year student and will graduate the
summer of 2002. Received a BA in Middle Eastern Studies
(Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Utah. Graduate
of the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA, in Turkkish.
I have lived abroad (Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Germany
and Belgium) for 17 years. I have worked for school districts,
the US Government, private industry and owned my own business.
My current interests are creating databases as well as
development and use of information architecture. I plan
working on as many projects this year as possible. |
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Sally Krash
skrash@gslis.utexas.edu
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Master's candidate, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin;
Computer Consultant Teaching Assistant, College of Business
Administration, University of Texas at Austin. B.A., 1988,
Art History, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Previously Web Site Administrator for Koch Oil, Wichita,
Kansas. Research interests include: multimedia design,
information retrieval, network security, information architecture,
and policy. |
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Rhonda
Kuiper
rkuiper@austin.rr.com
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Master’s candidate, Graduate
School of Library and Information Science,University of
Texas at Austin. Expected date of graduation, May 2002.Holds
a BS in Family and Consumer Sciences Education from Iowa
State University and a BA in Math/Computer Science from
Binghamton University. Work Experience includes 2 years
as a maintenance programmer for United Engineers and 7
years as development/maintenance
programmer for IBM. Life-long passion is to get information
into the hands of the people who need it. Areas of interest
are information architecture, usability, and thesaurus
building. Currently, co-leader of UTIAG. |
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Jia (violet) Le
violetle@gslis.utexas.edu
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Master's candidate ,Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin.
Second year student, will be graduate Dec 2001. Currently
working for Information Technology Lab as a Teaching Assistant
of GSLIS. Received B.A. in International Business English,
Sichuan Normal University of China in 1999. Academic and
research interests include: Web applications( including
design and implementation); database design and management,
multimedia/graphic design, information retrieval, network
security, information architecture, and usability. Used
to work as part time teacher and translator. Currently
Web Site Administrator of UTIAG |
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Seung-Ah
Lee
s.lee@mail.utexas.edu
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Currently a master's candidate at the Graduate
school of Library and Information Science, UT at Austin.
Expected graduation spring 2002. Academic interests includes
information architecture, user centered design, information
retrieval, intellectual property, digital libraries and
academic libraries. Currently working in the Perry-Castañeda
Library at UT. Received a BA in Ethics from Dongguk University,
Seoul, Korea in 1998. |
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Eleanor Lisney
elisney@hotmail.com
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Mater's candidate, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin.
Master's candidate, English Literature, Open University,
Milton Keynes, Great Britain; BA (Hons) English and American
Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury, Great Britain.(1983)
Internship at Human Rights Information Center, Council
of Europe, Strasbourg, France.(2000) Research interests
include usability engineering, information architecture,
archives, online retrieval. |
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Erik R. Magnuson
magnuson@gslis.utexas.edu
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Erik R. Magnuson will receive
his Masters degree from the GSLIS in December of 2001.
He has an undergraduate background in history and education.
Aside from being a full time student, he currently works
as a computer technician and is also engaged in an internship
at Austin Usability, an Austin-based usability lab. Erik
was involved in the UTIAG's first project,
a redesign of the IA for the San Antonio Public Library's
website. Current projects include designing a portal page
for the GSLIS IT Lab and a comprehensive analysis and
reengineering of The Texas Army National Guard's Environmental
Management System. Erik's primary interests include
usability/user-centered design, information architecture,
information retrieval, and law librarianship.
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Steve Schang
schang@gslis.utexas.edu
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Currently a master’s candidate at the GSLIS
UT Austin. Expected graduation summer 2001. Academic interests
include information architecture, user centered design,
and information retrieval. Previous work experience includes
Systems Analyst, MaCaulay
Brown Inc., 1999-2000. In this position responsible
for the redesign of a military website and intranet. Served
in the US Navy between 1991-1999 as an Information Operations
planning officer and an Electronic Warfare Mission Commander
onboard the EP-3E
reconnaissance aircraft. Hold a BA in Political Science
from the University of Pennsylvania (1991) and a Certificate
of French Language from the University of Paris, Sorbonne
(1999). |
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Kristen Lynn Wolf
klwolf@gslis.utexas.edu |
Currently working towards a master's in
Library and Information Science at University of Texas
GSLIS. Graduating in spring 2002. Academic interests in
IA, user studies and information seeking, technology and
academic libraries. Previously worked in a law library.
Currently volunteering at the Perry-Castañeda Library
at UT. Employed as a lab proctor in the McCombs School
of Business computer labs, where I have learned that I
enjoy user service. Received a BA in English from UT in
1999. |
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