I direct the Information Visions Lab, where we study how data communication influences real-world decisions - from housing and healthcare to climate change and pandemics. Using Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization, we examine how people understand data, when they trust it, and how design choices shape engagement. We create tools and design approaches that help diverse communities work with data in ways that are useful, empowering, and trustworthy.
INFO 4602 - Information Visualization
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Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025
Explores the design, development and evaluation of information visualizations. Covers visual representations of data and provides hands-on experience with using and building exploratory tools and data narratives. Students create visualizations for a variety of domains and applications, working with stakeholders and their data. Covers interactive systems, user-centered and graphic design, perception, data storytelling and analysis, and insight generation. Programming knowledge is strongly encouraged. Same as INFO 5602.
INFO 6940 - Supervised Master's Research Project
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Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Students enrolling in this course will conduct supervised research in Information Science under the supervision of one or more faculty advisors, to include preparation of academic literature reviews, laboratory or field experiments, surveys or interviews with technology stakeholders, interface or system design and development, system evaluation, or other examples of rigorous scholarship in the discipline of Information Science. Some research projects may be carried out in collaboration with other graduate students and faculty members. Although contribution to publishable scholarship (e.g., posters, demonstrations, conference papers, or journal articles) is one possible outcome of this educational experience, the student and his/her advisor(s) may agree to determine alternate mechanisms for assessing mastery of the academic research process, depending on the scope of work carried out as part of this experience, the publishability of the research, and the specific needs and career goals of the student.
