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OBJECTIVE

To find a job in the User Experience Design field that allows me to apply my abilities in interface, graphic, and experience design.

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
  B.A. Psychology, minor in Sociology, 1996
  M.S. Human-Computer Interaction Design, 2007

EXPERIENCE

Blackbaud
  Interaction Designer, 2007 to Present

• Coordinated weekly cross-product design critique and discussion
• Stewarded the Design team’s pattern site and facilitated the establishment of new patterns
• Evangelized Design and educated internal stakeholders about the role of an Interaction Designer
• Created scope and time estimates for assigned work
• Utilized iterative design process to hone and improve designs
• Employed a variety of design techniques based on the unique context of the problem being worked on
• Acted as a design consultant to other teams
• Met deadlines consistently

Indiana University, School of Informatics
  Associate Instructor, 2006 to 2007

• Independently led and prepared group discussion sessions, class lectures, and design activities
• Evaluated students’ work
• Met with students to address their concerns and questions

  Project Manager, HCI/d Videos Website, Fall 2006

• Coordinated groups of individuals working on different facets of the project
• Acted as a liaison between the client and team member
• Led team design meetings to move the project forward
• Kept the timeline of the project on target

  Research Assistant to Erik Stolterman, Director HCI/d Program, Fall 2005

• Conducted primary and secondary research of users
• Engaged in research ideation sessions
• Compiled data from research findings

Q Designs, Bloomington, IN
  Freelance Designer, 2006 to 2007

• Worked with clients to set and meet expectations for each project
• Consistently met deadlines set forth
• Worked within a team context to foster an iterative design process
• Utilized graphic design and interaction design skills

Center for Behavioral Health, Bloomington, Indiana
  Partial-Hospitalization Program Senior Part-time Behavioral Technician, 2004 to 2005
  Partial-Hospitalization Program Part-time Behavioral Technician, 2003 to 2004
  Partial-Hospitalization Program Full-time Group Leader, 2001 to 2003
  Supervised Group Living Part-time Behavioral Technician, 1997 to 2001

• Coordinated part-time staff to ensure the effective use of resources
• Acted as a liaison between full-time and part-time staff
• Worked within a team environment to serve mentally ill individuals
• Completed daily and weekly observational notes
• Facilitated the transition from paper to electronic clinical records
• Trained and directly involved in crisis intervention and de-escalation
• Counseled clients with regard to each individual’s unique problems
• Integrated chronically mentally ill adults into the community

AWARDS

2008 ReDesignme.org Design Contest winner
2007 Iota Nu Phi Honors Society
2006 Graduate Support Fellowship
2005 Graduate Support Fellowship

PRESENTATIONS

Making IT Happen 2006, Poster Presentation, Bloomington, IN
Putting Memory in Place 2007, Presentation of Design Concepts, Bloomington, IN
DART Spring 2007, Digital Art show, Bloomington, IN
SIGCHI 2007, Student Design Competition, San Jose, CA
ACE 2007, Workshop in Transmedial Interactions and Digital Games, Salzburg, Austria
MITX 2007, Disaggregated Media, Boston, MA

PUBLICATIONS

Ashok, A., Beck, C., & Quagliara, N. (2007). Ri-Ri: Assisting Bus Conductors in Madras (Chennai). CHI 2007 Student Design Competition, San Jose, CA.
Bardzell, S., Wu, V., Bardzell, J., Quagliara, N. (2007). Transmedial Interactions and Digital Games. ACE 2007 Workshop, Salzburg, Austria.
Quagliara, N. (2007). Chatting in MMOs. http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/418/ features/418/maters_thesis_chatting_in_.php

ACTIVITIES

Administrator, Informatics Moment web forum, Indiana University, 2006 – 2007
Administrator, I541 HCI/d web forum, Indiana University, 2006
Attendee (pending), UX Week 2008
Attendee, IXDA 2008
Attendee, Conference for Nonprofits Fall 2007
Attendee, MITX 2007
Attendee, ACE 2007
Attendee, SIGCHI 2007
Member, Theta Chi Fraternity, Indiana University, 1992 to Present
Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 2005 to Present
Member, IXDA, 2007 to Present
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005 to 2008
Member, Informatics Design Club, Indiana University, 2005 to 2007
Member, Entertainment Computing Research Group, 2006 to 2007
Member, Indiana University Multimedia Users Group, Indiana University, 2006 to 2007
Member, Informatics Think Tank, Indiana University 2007
Member, Sports Informatics Club, Indiana University, 2005
Reviewer, Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, 2007