Eryn Whitworth (though officially it's Erin)

Email: erynwhitworthATgmailDOTcom
Homepage: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~eryn

Committee
Dr. Gary Geisler, Chair
Dr. Francisco-Revilla

Degrees
BA in Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma, received May 2007
MSIS, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, to be received December 2009

Research Interests
I see digital collections as a bridge for people to interact with media across physical and digital repositories. My goal as a master's student was to develop a technical skill set necessary to conduct research on building digital collections of fine art images, particularly abstract works, that would offer a richer sensory experience. As a new PhD student I would like to work on projects that combine some of the following topics:

• multi-media digital libraries
• non-desktop multi-touch computing
• user interface design
• information design
• interaction design
• user-defined semantic association
• design of tools for experts

Bio
Before moving to Austin in 2007 I attended collage in Oklahoma which is also where I was raised. While in collage I studied philosophy. I have particular interest in aesthetics and logic as well as philosophy of language. Since I was a child I've had a strong visual intuition and an appreciation of visual culture in its many forms including fashion, and typography. As a graduate student I developed a passion for technology and digital culture.