Noah Kersey
User Experience Engineer
noah.kersey@echouser.com
Master of Information Management and
Systems, School of Information
User Experience Engineer
noah.kersey@echouser.com
EDUCATION
University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Information Management and
Systems, School of Information
Lewis & Clark College
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
& Anthropology
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
& Anthropology
EMPLOYMENT
EchoUser
February 2011 - Present
User Experience Engineer
EchoUser
February 2011 - Present
User Experience Engineer
Oracle
June 2010 - February 2011
Usability Research Specialist
June 2010 - February 2011
Usability Research Specialist
UC Berkeley, School of Information
January 2009 - May 2010
Graduate Student Researcher
January 2009 - May 2010
Graduate Student Researcher
Lewis & Clark College
June 2006 - August 2008
Communications Officer for New Media
June 2006 - August 2008
Communications Officer for New Media
SKILLS
Qualitative and Quantitative Research methods and study design, Usability Testing, Facilitation, Interviewing, Hi- and Lo-Fi prototyping, Wireframing, Business proccess analysis, Survey writing and analysis.
Qualitative and Quantitative Research methods and study design, Usability Testing, Facilitation, Interviewing, Hi- and Lo-Fi prototyping, Wireframing, Business proccess analysis, Survey writing and analysis.
HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, Audio/Video recording and production, Photoshop/InDesign/Fireworks, Balsamiq, Java, Python, SQL
Born behind the redwood curtain in far Northern California, Noah has been interested in
computers since playing with his first Commodore 64. He subsequently discovered the social
sciences and now he is constantly looking at what happens when technical systems meet social ones
and how to improve the interactions we have with our technologies through careful study.
computers since playing with his first Commodore 64. He subsequently discovered the social
sciences and now he is constantly looking at what happens when technical systems meet social ones
and how to improve the interactions we have with our technologies through careful study.
Past Projects
Berkeley Seniors Project
Master's Capstone Project
I was a member of a team working with the City of Berkeley's Aging Services Division to support social services delivery to senior residents. This project produced a report to the City's IT department with recommendations for further technology development after prototyping and testing a proposed system with users.
Master's Capstone Project
I was a member of a team working with the City of Berkeley's Aging Services Division to support social services delivery to senior residents. This project produced a report to the City's IT department with recommendations for further technology development after prototyping and testing a proposed system with users.
Project Bamboo
UC Berkeley School of Information
For this study I interviewed faculty, graduate students, and staff in the humanities about their technology practices to generate design recommendations for the development of tools and infrastructure to support future scholarship. The report on our analysis of the collected data was used to support ongoing funding for the project.
UC Berkeley School of Information
For this study I interviewed faculty, graduate students, and staff in the humanities about their technology practices to generate design recommendations for the development of tools and infrastructure to support future scholarship. The report on our analysis of the collected data was used to support ongoing funding for the project.
Open Context
Alexandria Archive Insititute
www.opencontext.org
Open Context is a site for archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals to share and store primary data sets. I reviewed existing tools for collaboration and visualization of primary data, did a user needs analysis based on a workshop with current practitioners, and then built a widget which allowed users to easily show how much they had contributed to this collective effort on external websites.
Alexandria Archive Insititute
www.opencontext.org
Open Context is a site for archaeologists and cultural heritage professionals to share and store primary data sets. I reviewed existing tools for collaboration and visualization of primary data, did a user needs analysis based on a workshop with current practitioners, and then built a widget which allowed users to easily show how much they had contributed to this collective effort on external websites.
PUBLICATIONS
R. Goldman, S. Papson, N. Kersey. “Website design : the precarious blend of narrative, aesthetics,
and social theory.” Visual Research Methods : image, society, and representation / Gregory C. Stanczak,
ed. Sage, 2007
R. Goldman, S. Papson, N. Kersey. “Speed: Through, Across, and In—The Landscapes of Capital.”
Fast Capitalism, Vol. 1.1, 2005. http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/1_1/gpk.html
S. Papson, R. Goldman, N. Kersey. “Web Site Design: Hypertext Aesthetics and Visual Sociology.” American
Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47, No. 12 (2004) 1617-1643
R. Goldman, S. Papson, N. Kersey. “Website design : the precarious blend of narrative, aesthetics,
and social theory.” Visual Research Methods : image, society, and representation / Gregory C. Stanczak,
ed. Sage, 2007
R. Goldman, S. Papson, N. Kersey. “Speed: Through, Across, and In—The Landscapes of Capital.”
Fast Capitalism, Vol. 1.1, 2005. http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/1_1/gpk.html
S. Papson, R. Goldman, N. Kersey. “Web Site Design: Hypertext Aesthetics and Visual Sociology.” American
Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47, No. 12 (2004) 1617-1643