Team
Dr. Liz Rodwell
Dr. Rodwell is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Houston and founder of the UH UX Lab. Liz studies the experts who create and use technology in professional environments with a focus on how technology shapes our social worlds. She is a media/tech anthropologist and UX researcher currently working on conversational UX, conversation design, and conversational AI, and is the author of the book Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan
Lab Managers (Fall 2024):
Kamilla Orent – Head manager
Kamilla Orent is a post-bacc with a passion for research and an interest in human-centered design. Kamilla is pursing a B.S. in Digital Media and came to the UX lab with a desire to practice the applied style. She is a psychological researcher, a UX researcher, and a digital media specialist. Her interests are UX, design, photography, and content creation.
Maxine Cabigquez
I love UX because it lets me balance creativity with logic. It’s always changing, so I can keep learning and adapting. Plus, I enjoy solving problems.
Eman Ghacham
Eman is a Digital Media major and serves as both a manager and research assistant at the UH UX Lab. Her primary interest lies in the psychological aspects of human-computer interaction, which she is actively conducting research in.
Olivia Meyer
Olivia is a Technology Leadership Innovation Management major, as well as a teaching assistant and lab manager at the UH UX lab. Her interests lie in the creation of effective social media wireframing and UX design, as well as the effects of generative AI on arts & humanities.
Samy Selvakumar
Samy is a senior Digital Media major, currently working as a teaching assistant and lab manager at the UX lab. She is deeply passionate about UX design, with a keen focus on design systems, wireframing, and the art of storytelling to create intuitive and impactful user experiences.”
Arshiya Yasin
Arshiya is a Digital Media major and a teaching assistant and lab manager in the UX Lab. She is interested in the intersection of UX and the digital humanities, with particular interest in interactive storytelling, education technology, and human-computer interaction in diverse cultural contexts.
Lab Members (Fall 2024)
Maxine Cabigquez
Stefanie Chavez
Quinn Dao
Eman Ghacham
Mary Gomez
Jun Kim
Evelyn Lazo
Gena Lee
Jailline Miranda
Husnaa Muhibullah
Ngoc Nguyen
Amanda Tran
Saki Ybarra