Innovation is essential to the competitiveness, growth, and ultimately success of modern enterprises. It enhances efficiency, transforms society, redefines markets and economies, and impacts the way we live and work. Organizations that value innovation are more likely to thrive and endure in today's constantly evolving globalized economies.
Thus, prioritizing innovation and the strategies, workflows, tools, structure, and processes are essential to any business venture today.
My research area is focused on human development in education and explores vulnerabilities that exist and continue to persist as we consider technology's use and application in this space. I explore the socio-technical dimension of the educational system and the vulnerabilities that threaten human development in each sphere.
My work explores socio-technical dimensions of human-centered design and the product development process. I take an interdisciplinary approach and examine how, when, and why vulnerabilities and barriers present at various dimensions of socio-technical systems and within the ecosystems they operate, and how these variables can be overcome to ensure optimal design that truly serves intended user groups with integrity, transparency, autonomy, and inclusion.
Toccata enables educators to transition to STEM problem-based learning, building both cognitive and noncognitive skills of learners at any age.
I research ethics in product design methodologies, ethical considerations in persona creation for diverse groups, and vulnerabilities in various forms of product design practice. I am interested in ethical decisions that designers, engineers, educators, and researchers face and must consider in evolving societies.
