Credit: Michael EckertHer interdisciplinary fall course, Topics in Visual Studies: Human-Centered Design Thinking, delves into aspects of 心理学, 人类学, 写作, 经济学, 艺术, data science, 道德 to help students build skills and understanding of key UX methods that designers, 研究人员, data scientists, product strategists use.
Eagle has over 10 years of experience in product UX, enterprise tools, information architecture, service design. She led a design team at Nordstrom, recently worked as a staff product designer for SiriusXM/Pandora, focusing on strategic design in conjunction with machine learning collaborators. “While I got my design training at a vocational community college in my late twenties,她说。, “the critical thinking, 说话, 写作 skills I learned at 贝洛伊特 are why I’ve been successful as a designer, leading teams and bringing different areas of business into alignment and focus on the end user.”
At 贝洛伊特, Eagle majored in international relations and minored in religious studies.
She says taking Natalie Gummer’s Comparative Religious Ethics course as a first-year student was the best “user experience” class she ever took, even though she had no idea what user experience was at the time. “She invited us to think about other people and empathize, while being aware of our own positions and privileges — that’s an ethos that I take with me into my human-centered design work to this day,鹰说.
Eagle learned graphic design skills at the Seattle Central Creative Academy, documentary radio expertise at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She’s thankful to 贝洛伊特 for nurturing her many academic and extra-curricular interests and is excited to return and explore the interdisciplinary practice of UX design with 贝洛伊特 students. “After a decade doing this work, I wanted to give back. I feel that I lucked into the UX field at just the right time — I had no idea that such a field existed when I attended 贝洛伊特. I’m excited to light up some fresh 贝洛伊特 minds with these ideas and methods.”
The college’s first two Executives-in-Residence, Tim Leslie’89 and Matt Laszlo’92, continue to teach courses and mentor students in their areas of expertise, have recently expanded their roles on campus.
Leslie — a former Amazon VP and media-tech CEO — is the new executive director of Impact 贝洛伊特 and vice president for career and professional development, leading the initiative that brings together the college’s career-readiness programs with 贝洛伊特-area businesses and organizations to help students gain hands-on skills and a sense of community.
Laszlo — a former Clorox executive and an executive coach — is mentoring Impact 贝洛伊特 Fellows and will teach a new course, 市场营销 Principles and Strategy, in conjunction with the upcoming creation of the School of Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship.
