by Shelley Wood | Mar 23, 2017
Karen is co-leading two SIGs at CHI. In this one, Karen and co-presenter Carol Farnsworth of Facebook will be leading a discussion about the best way to communicate user research to stakeholders. Below is a description. You can learn more on the conference website....
by Shelley Wood | Mar 23, 2017
Karen is co-leading two SIGs at CHI. In this one, Karen and co-presenter Bill Kunes be sharing the work of their students at the University of Maryland. Below is the description. You can learn more on the conference website. A constant flow of reporting documents the...
by Shelley Wood | Mar 23, 2017
Karen is pleased to be one of the speakers at CHI’s 2nd Diversity & Inclusion Lunch. If you are attending CHI, be sure to register for this event. Below is a description of lunch. You can learn more on the conference website. Issues discussed during the...
by Shelley Wood | Mar 23, 2017
As a long-time leader in the CHI community, Karen is proud to be invited to speak at this new CHI venue: CHI Stories. CHI Stories is designed to make visible the deeper lives of people in our field through their personal stories of inspiration, challenge,...
by Shelley Wood | Feb 12, 2017
Mark your calendars! Karen will be presenting at UXPA 2017 in Toronto, Canada. Karen’s session, “Diversity in High-Tech: Retaining Women Once Hired”, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 6, at 3pm. For more information about the conference, go to the...
by Shelley Wood | Feb 7, 2017
Karen is looking forward to her time in the Big Easy! She’ll be working with Tulane University, which is also hosting two public events. Karen will be speaking on her two passions: Retaining Women in Tech and the evolution of Contextual Design. This is a rare...
by Shelley Wood | Jan 12, 2017
Karen is honored to have been selected as a speaker at the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC). Part of IEEE — the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology — WIE ILC focuses on providing...
by Shelley Wood | Jan 9, 2017
Once again Karen will be busy during this year’s CHI Conference! She’s honored to have been asked to be a speaker in a new venue called CHI Stories. The conference describes CHI Stores as “designed to make visible the deeper lives of people in our...
by Shelley Wood | Nov 16, 2016 | calendar entry
You have been waiting a long time — now it’s here! After 18 years, the classic Contextual Design book is being retired and the new edition — Contextual Design Second Edtion: Design for Life — is available!
by Shelley Wood | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Watch the webinar, take this survey for our research, volunteer to help, and/or be interviewed. Why are women leaving high tech? While there are many reasons for this phenomenon, research indicates that daily workplace factors, along with the realities of what they...
