Brynn Evans

Current

• Visiting Researcher at PARC

Past

• Ph.D. student at UC San Diego
• Research Assistant at SAM Technology

Education

• University of California, San Diego
• Stanford University

Connections

243 connections

Industry

Research

Brynn Evans’s Summary

My training is in psychology, cognitive science, sociology, neuroscience, and management science.

As a researcher, I've studied how people think, act, and behave in social contexts for 10 years. Most recently I've looked at how online social communities enhance user experiences during search tasks (so-called "social search"). The goal of my work is to design systems that better support people's natural social behaviors—during searches or other online interactions.

As a consultant, I'm involved with the betacup initiative (goal: to redesign the reusable coffee mug); I've led field research and design for a "social shirt"; and I'm conducting an ethnography of web developers' and their choice of software development tools.

I'm an active speaker [SxSW ('10), Enterprise Search Summit ('09), CHI ('08, '09), CSCW ('08), Reboot ('08)] and writer [see http://brynnevans.com/papers.html]

Brynn Evans’s Experience

• Visiting Researcher

  PARC

  (Public Company; XRX; Computer Software industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  I have an ongoing relationship with the Augmented Social Cognition group at PARC, having worked closely with Ed Chi and Pete Pirolli.

• Ph.D. student

  UC San Diego

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — 2009 (3 years )

  Currently on a leave of absence from my Ph.D. program (2009–2010). Working as an independent consultant.

• Research Assistant

  SAM Technology

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  June 2003 — June 2006 (3 years 1 month)

Brynn Evans’s Education

• University of California, San Diego

  MS , Cognitive Science , 2006 — 2009

• Stanford University

  BS & BA , Science and Technology in Society (BS) & Psychology (BA) , September 1998 — June 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
  Women's Varsity Lacrosse: 1998-2000

Additional Information

Brynn Evans’s Interests:

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), social search, interaction design, mobile technology, information visualization, augmented cognition, lacrosse, snowboarding

Brynn Evans’s Groups:

BayCHI, Cognitive Science Society

•    BayCHI
•    Women 2.0
•    Interaction Design Association
•    User Experience
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Overlap
•    PARC: Palo Alto Research Center (was "Xerox PARC")
•    Winchester Thurston School Alumnae/i
•    SandCHI