Honor Society® member
Michelle Dowling
Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Grand Valley State University
- Human Computer Interaction
- Class of 2015
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
Member since December 2014
About
In April 2015, I graduated from Grand Valley State University as a Computer Science major with mathematics and Spanish minors. Since then, I have continued on to pursue a PhD in Human Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech working in Dr. Chris North's Information Visualization lab.
Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Human Computer Interaction
2015 – 2020
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Grand Valley State University
Computer Science
2010 – 2015
Honors and awards
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2015 Outstanding Student in Computer Science
Faculty-elected award for high GPA and community involvement
Goals and interests
- Career goal
After obtaining a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction or human factors, I hope to continue to research on how to improve displays and user interfaces for the average user. Alternatively, I may choose to pursue academia and become a professor.
- Graduate school interests
I am currently enrolled as a PhD student at Virginia Tech and work in the Information Visualization lab under Dr. Chris North.
Experience
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Graduate Research Assistant
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Aug 2015 – May 2020
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Intern
Atomic Object
May 2014 – Aug 2014
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Intern
Atomic Object
May 2013 – Aug 2013
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Tutor
SASC Tutoring Center
Sep 2010 – Apr 2015
Languages
- Spanish Fluent
Additional information
Organizations
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Upsilon Pi Epsilon
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Phi Kappa Pi
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Grand Valley State University's CS Computing Club (opens in a new tab)
