Experience & Education & Coursework

Human Factors of Information Design

  • Applied Online Course Design, Harvard, Fall 2017
  • Ethnographic Research, MIT Museum, Summer 2014
  • Developing Intelligent User Interfaces, Bentley University, Spring 2013
  • Principles of Human Factors, Bentley University, Fall 2012
  • Ethnographic Research, Bentley University, Fall 2012
  • UX Testing & Research Methods in UX, Bentley University, Fall 2012

Business Development, Management, & Leadership

  • Supply & Demand, Harvard University, January 2016
  • Managing User-Centered Design Teams, Bentley University, Fall 2013
  • Negotiation, Bentley University, Spring 2013
  • Business in the Middle East (Bahrain & Dubai), Bentley University, March 2013
  • Principles of Financial Accounting, Fall 2012

Design & Illustration with Digital Tools

  • Character Design for Animation, Harvard, Summer 2017
  • Gullkistan Center for Creativity, art residency, February 2017
  • Instructional Design, Fall 2014, Spring 2016
  • MEMS, Harvard University, Fall 2015
  • Analog Connected Devices, Harvard University, Fall 2014
  • Vermont Studio Center, art residency, March 2009
  • Digital Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 2010
  • Adobe Illustrator, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Spring 2010
  • Studio Art & Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 2004 – 2008

Web Development

  • Web Design, Fall 2016
  • Programming for non- programmers, General Assembly, August 2015
  • Ruby on Rails, General Assembly, August 2015
  • Web Design, Spring 2014
  • Creative Explorations in Screen-Based & Physical Computing, Harvard, Spring 2014

Data Analysis

  • SQL Boot camp, General Assembly, June 2017
  • Python for Data Science, General Assembly, April 2017
  • Data Analysis – 15 Week – Circuit, General Assembly, October 2017
  • Intro to Python, General Assembly, July 2015

Digital Fabrication & Electronics

  • Basic Electronics, Artisan’s Asylum, May 2017
  • 3D Printing, April 2017
  • DigiFab Methods @ Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design, July 2016
  • Basic Electronics & Connected Devices, MIT Media Lab, workshop, Spring 2015

Marketing & Market Research

  • Market Research Methods, University of Chicago, Booth, Spring 2011
  • Marketing & Branding, Northwestern University, Spring 2011
  • Creative Advertising & Strategy, Northwestern University, Fall 2010 – Spring 2011

Cognitive Psychology

  • Neurobiology, Harvard University, Fall 2015
  • Psychology of Brain Behavior, Harvard University, Spring 2015
  • Neuroanatomy, Harvard University, Fall 2014

Language

  • French – Intermediate, Boston Language Institute, Summer 2014
  • Farsi, Boston Language Institute, Summer 2013
  • Arabic, Boston Language Institute, Summer 2013
  • French – Elementary, Harvard University, Spring 2014
  • Arabic 2, Harvard University, Spring 2014
  • Arabic 1, Harvard University, Spring 2013
  • French – Elementary, Alliance Française de Chicago, Summer 2008
  • Spanish – immersion (San Jose, Costa Rica), Elon University, Winter 2004
  • Spanish (studied from elementary school through college)