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Kristen Shinohara

Assistant Professor
Department of Information Sciences and Technologies
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
kristen.shinohara@rit.edu
585-475-6197
Office Location
GOL-2617

Kristen Shinohara

Assistant Professor
Department of Information Sciences and Technologies
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Education

BS, University of Puget Sound; MS, University of Washington-Tacoma; Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle

kristen.shinohara@rit.edu
585-475-6197

Currently Teaching

HCIN-730
User-Centered Design Methods
3 Credits
This course will focus on the major user centered design methodologies used in the development of applications and environments. Topics include: evolution of software design methods, emergence of user-centered design, and key concepts, attributes and process of the major design methodologies. Software design projects will be required.
HCIN-630
Usability Testing
3 Credits
This project-based course will focus on the formal evaluation of products. Topics include usability test goal setting, recruitment of appropriate users, design of test tasks, design of the test environment, test plan development and implementation, analysis and interpretation of the results, and documentation and presentation of results and recommendations.

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Journal Paper
Shinohara, Kristen, et al. "Tenets for Social Accessibility: Towards Humanizing Disabled People in Design." Transactions in Accessible Computing 11. 1 (2018): 31 pages. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
Shinohara, Kristen, et al. "Who Teaches Accessibility? A Survey of U.S. Computing Faculty." Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: ACM, Print.
Shinohara, Kristen, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Wanda Pratt. "Incorporating Social Factors in Accessible Design." Proceedings of the SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: ACM, Print.