Julie Harpring

Current

• User Experience Group at Designkitchen

Past

• Associate Instructor at Indiana University
• Interaction Design - Sustainability Task Force Summer Fellow at Indiana University Bloomington
• Web Designer, Editor, Information Architect at Office of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Grant Writer, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer at Centro Latino
• Editorial Intern at The Missouri Review
• Radio Announcer (Volunteer) at 91.3 FM KBIA
• Editorial and Online Intern at The Missourian

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Education

• Indiana University Bloomington
• University of Missouri-Columbia

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Julie Harpring’s Summary

Julie Harpring’s Specialties:

User research (contextual inquiry, participant observation, conversation analysis, interviews, focus groups), affinity diagrams, information architecture (card sorts, content inventory, wireframes, site maps), personas, scenarios, paper prototypes, XHTML, CSS, usability evaluation facilitation and analysis

Julie Harpring’s Experience

• User Experience Group

  Designkitchen

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Associate Instructor

  Indiana University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)

  Discussion leader for Social Informatics in Spring 2009, Lab instructor for Introduction to Informatics in Fall 2008

• Interaction Design - Sustainability Task Force Summer Fellow

  Indiana University Bloomington

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  • Created Bloomington By Bike and Bus, an interactive web map of Bloomington, Indiana, featuring sustainable transportation options for the university community
  
  • Conducted interviews with students and staff, analyzed the IU Transportation survey, researched sustainable transportation, and became a bicycle commuter to better understand user needs
  
  • Used the Google Maps API (Javascript) and standards-based XHTML and CSS for buildout
  
  • Conducted usability evaluations throughout the paper prototyping and buildout phases

• Web Designer, Editor, Information Architect

  Office of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia

  (Higher Education industry)

  May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  • Spearheaded the 2007 redesign of http://gradschool.missouri.edu; in charge of user research (interviews with staff & students), information architecture (content inventory, card sorts, site map, wireframes), XHTML, CSS, microformats, interface design, content editing, and usability evaluations
  
  • Created the Graduate School manual of style and web markup guide
  
  • Designed and edited websites and print materials for the office and graduate departments across campus

• Grant Writer, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer

  Centro Latino

  (Individual & Family Services industry)

  February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)

  • Researched and wrote city government and private foundation grant applications
  
  • Earned more than $5,000 in city grant money for the children’s after-school program

• Editorial Intern

  The Missouri Review

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2004 — May 2004 (5 months)

  • Evaluated 20–25 nonfiction and fiction magazine submissions per week
  
  • Wrote the biweekly subscriber e-newsletter and blog entries about literature and the intern experience

• Radio Announcer (Volunteer)

  91.3 FM KBIA

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2003 — May 2004 (10 months)

  Announcer for public radio shows such as Marketplace, Saturday Afternoon at the Met, and A Prairie Home Companion

• Editorial and Online Intern

  The Missourian

  (Newspapers industry)

  January 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 5 months)

  • Print: Health, Science and Environment reporter at this daily morning city newspaper
  
  • Online: wrote online-only content and posted Missourian stories to the website

Julie Harpring’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Master's , Human-Computer Interaction Design , 2007 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  ACM SIG-CHI Student Member, Information Architecture Institute Student Member

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  Bachelor's , Journalism, English , 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  English at MU: vice president and literary journal editor; The Missouri Review: intern; The Missourian: editorial and online intern

Additional Information

Julie Harpring’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Julie Harpring’s Interests:

experience design and research, ethnography, design for domestic spaces, typography, usability, accessibility, environmental sustainability, and information architecture

Julie Harpring’s Groups:

IU HCI/d Design Club, IXDA, ACM Sig CHI

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    Indiana University Human-Computer Interaction Design Alumni
•    IU School of Informatics and Computing

Julie Harpring’s Honors:

Merit Scholar, IU School of Library and Information Science, 2007-2008, Phi Beta Kappa

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