Susan M. Dray | |
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 Susan M. Dray conducting ethnography in
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| Born |
New Jersey, US |
| Alma mater | Mills College, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Human-Computer Interaction, Ethnography |
| Awards | ACM Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Fellow, SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Practice Award, UXPA Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Dray & Associates |
Susan M. Dray is an American human-computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX) professional who is a member of the CHI academy and the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA). Dray is known for her work in the field of UX design and is also a founding member of SIGCHI, the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest group for human-computer interaction. [1]
Education
Dray earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mills College in Oakland, California in 1972. [2] She then went on to pursue her master's degree and PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. [2]
Career
Dray's career in industrial research began in 1979 at Honeywell, where she became manager of human-technology impacts and also a senior research scientist. [3] Later, she worked at American Express, and became the first to develop a usability lab of corporate systems in the industry. [4]
In 2014, Dray went to Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) in Panama City as a Fulbright Scholar to develop and enrich an HCI program for the university. [5]
Dray currently serves as the president emerita of Dray & Associates, which is a small user experience consulting firm where she leads a team that plans and carries out user experience and design research on their clients' main products. She started the company in 1993. [3]
Awards and recognition
Dray has won numerous awards over the course of her career, most notably her Lifetime achievement in practice award in 2015, the highest award given by SIGCHI. [3] In 2017, she became an ACM Fellow "for co-founding ACM SIGCHI and disseminating exemplary user experience design and evaluation practices worldwide." [1] She is also recognized by the UXPA who awarded her the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. [6] In addition, she is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [7]
Other awards:
References
- ^ a b "2017 ACM Fellows". acm.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Susan, Dray. "Susan M. Dray, Ph.D., CUXP" (PDF). CV Susan Dray 1.7.2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c "2015 SIGCHI Awards". ACM SIGCHI. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Susan M. Dray, Ph.D., CUXP Homepage". Susan M. Dray, Ph.D., CUXP. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Susan Dray | Fulbright Scholar Program". www.cies.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Inside the UX Studio: an interview with 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award winner Susan Dray". uxpa.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "HFES Fellows". hfes.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "2006 SIGCHI Awards". ACM SIGCHI. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Susan Dray". awards.acm.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
External links
- CHI 2015 Lifetime Practice Award: Susan Dray - Building Bridges, Not Walls, video lecture
- Google Scholar for Susan Dray
- Curriculum Vitae (July 2020)
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