About

Currently, I am a Senior UI/UX Designer at Homesteaders Life Company. I design and consult on a variety of digital products and services.

Previously, I held the titles of Design Lead & Staff Designer at Ad Hoc LLC on contracts with Veteran Affairs and HHS CMS (specifically, Healthcare.gov).

From 2019-2022, I was the Head of Discovery and User Experience at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. I managed user research for IU Bloomington Libraries and a portfolio of digital services including the discovery system & catalog.

During my time at Indiana University, I served as Executive Director of CADRE from May 2020-2022. CADRE (Collaborative Archive and Data Research Environment) is a cloud-based “science gateway to standardized text- and data-mining services for large datasets”. Supported by ten BTAA member institutions, CADRE seeks to provide a sustainable and affordable platform for researchers to share and analyze large-scale bibliometric data.

My MSLS is from UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Library and Information Sciences. At UNC, I was a member of the Carolina Academic Library Associate program. My studies culminated in my thesis, “Low-Hanging Fruit and Pain Points: An Analysis of Change Implementation from Flash Usability Testing at Duke University Libraries”.

My BA is in English (with a minor in cello performance) from Luther College in Decorah, IA.

View my publications on Google Scholar.

For a more complete list of research and professional activities, please navigate to my portfolio.