Hello! My name is Tanya.
I am a UX researcher who is passionate about the interactions between humans and computers and building human-centered technologies. I am a qualitative-leaning mixed methods researcher with expertise in interviews, focus groups, ethnography, fieldwork, and surveys. I have experience effectively communicating with stakeholders and driving product strategy.
In my work, I strive to take a “cultural studies” approach to frame my research. This means, regardless of which methodological tool I use (e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups, diary studies, ethnography), I conduct my research from a place of inclusion rather than exclusion to include a larger breadth of markets. Some examples of this include: being inclusive of different levels of digital technology literacy, interrogating algorithmic biases, and embracing a transnational perspective in order to move away from a Western-centric bias. I keep questions of race, gender, class, ability, nationality at the forefront.
I received my doctorate from the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle campus, where I researched mobile dating apps, the creation of desirable selves, and race.
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