Liza Potts

Current

• Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University
• Experience Architect | Usability Expert | PM | Tech Writer at Independent Consultant

Past

• Director of Design Research at Electronic Ink
• PhD Candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
• User Interface Program Manager at Microsoft Corp

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Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Florida Atlantic University

• MSDHS

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Liza Potts’s Summary

My projects bridge my expertise as a practitioner and a researcher. My academic research focuses on defining new methodologies for social software design based on the use of social software tools during times of disaster. My professional activities include managing international teams, leading design and research projects, and advising clients on their experience strategy.

Liza Potts’s Specialties:

internet research, social software, social media, online community, service design, user experience, information architecture, usability, hci, mobile devices, ethnography, folksonomy, taxonomy, ontology, task analysis, project management, team management, program management, process improvement, experience design, disaster communication

Liza Potts’s Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  PhD , Communication and Rhetoric , 2007

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MS , Technical Communication (HCI) , 2003

  Graduate Certificate in HCI 2001

• Florida Atlantic University

  BA , Major: English, Minor: European History , 1997

• MSDHS

Additional Information

Liza Potts’s Honors:

Joanne Wagner Memorial Fellowship (2006-2007)
School of Humanities & Social Sciences Fellowship (2005-2007)
School of Humanities & Social Sciences Travel Grant (2005)
Graduate Research Assistantship (2004)
Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2003 - 2005)

Liza Potts’s Contact Settings

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