I'm Debra Lauterbach, a masters student in Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing at the University of Michigan, graduating in December 2009. My focus is on user research, including both quantitative and qualitative methods. I also have interests in online communities, information visualization, and data analysis.
I've been interested in user experience ever since I was an undergraduate in computer science. Now, my technical background is an asset as I work to evaluate and improve interfaces to be useful, enjoyable, and easy to use. I believe in clean, simple design, iterative improvements, innovative research techniques, and using principles from cognitive psychology and human behavior to guide my work.
This site is a collection of projects I've worked on in the past few years. I've done a little bit of everything in the UX field, from interaction design, to user research and contextual inquiry, to data retrieval and network analysis. I've held a part-time job helping to redesign a large-scale website, and completed several summer internships in areas ranging from speech recognition research, to software application development, to user experience research and design. You can view my resume or check out the portfolio section to learn more, or contact me if you have any questions. Thanks for visiting!