About My Work
Day job
I work full-time at the University of Virginia doing a mix of instructional design, instructional technology, project management, and software development. I manage two maker spaces as well as two XR labs. Our team serves the College of Arts & Sciences, UVA’s largest school; I work with a very wide swath of faculty, including STEM, social sciences, humanities, and the arts.
Freelance
As a freelancer I specialize in interactive learning experience design. Learning experience design is a broad lens on instructional design that takes into account the cognitive experience, the emotional experience, the UX, and the aesthetic experience. I enjoy being a “soup to nuts” designer, who does everything from brainstorming to coding to analytics. I fundamentally love learning new skills, and appreciate when I have a great learning experience. I aim to pay those experiences forward in my work. I am able to speak the languages of both educators and developers, and thus ensure holistic understanding and successful projects.
Skills
In addition to instructional design, I am skilled in the following:
- Graphic Design (Adobe Creative Suite, but mostly use Serif’s Affinity products these days)
- Game Design
- Interactive Design / UX
- Videography
- 3D modeling (mostly Blender)
- 3D development (Unity, Unreal, and Godot)
- Photography
- Both creative and technical writing
- Illustration and drawing
Fun
For fun I like to play tabletop role-playing games, do “mountain sports” (mountain biking, snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking), skateboard, play heavy metal drums, play clawhammer banjo, make games, draw and design, and hang out with my incredibly goofy German Shepherd
