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Climate Research and Community Resilience

Developing a platform for Planet Texas 2050 climate resilience research and tools, The University of Texas at Austin (2024—Present)

Academic researchers needed help to translate 10 years of community-centered work into an accessible digital resource.

  • Background

  • Goals

  • Challenges

  • Risks

I was hired to lead the UX strategy and scoping. 

  • Team: UX Consultant (me), 

  • My Tasks: 

  • Tools:

  • Deliverables:

  • Timeline:

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Quotes are taken from participant transcripts and performed by AI.

I conducted 36 remote 1x1 stakeholder interviews, revealing differences and overlaps in stakeholder needs, concerns, and perspectives.

  • 9 stakeholder groups were identified and simplified into 4 core groups: Academics, Practitioners, Government Partners, and Community Partners.

  • Stakeholder group 1 revealed XYZ.

  • Stakeholder group 2 revealed XYZ.

  • Stakeholder group 3 revealed XYZ.

  • Most stakeholders expressed a desire for XYZ.

I translated insights into a site map and wireframes, ensuring key user journeys provided information, features, and tools that were relevant to motivations.

  • Insight A informed design decision A.

  • Insight B informed design decision B.

  • Insight C informed design decision C.

  • Insight D informed design decision D.

I validated designs through card sorting, usability testing, and SME reviews, focusing on mental models, accessibility, representation, usefulness, and technical feasibility.

  • An on-site stakeholder workshop with N=X PIs and partners revealed A.

  • Remote card sorting with N=X stakeholders, including PIs, partners, and end-users, revealed B.

  • Remote usability testing with N=X end-users, including X,Y, and Z, revealed C.

  • Remote SME reviews with N=X stakeholders, including X,Y, and Z, revealed D.

  • Remote technical reviews with UT Web Services revealed E.

This sentence states the quantifiable result of my work.

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"This is a quote from a stakeholder describing the relevance of my impact."

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This sentence states the key learning

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