christina's Graduate Students
Current Students
RA, Documenting Language and Environment NEH Grant
PhD Candidate, Environmental philosophy, Indigenous languages, traditional knowledge and cultures
HR Business Partner/HR Manager, GM Financial
Employee experience, DE&I, corporate engagement, talent development and management
Senior Research Specialist, dscout
Design anthropology, user experience research, improving accessibility in workplace technology
Design Researcher, IBM
Applying Anthropology to Sustain Enterprise Innovation in the Context of Layoffs
Project Manager, The Museum of Flight
Soaring to New Heights: DE&I Within the Collections and Exhibits at the Museum of Flight
Associate UX Researcher, Indeed
LGBTQIA+ policy, medical anthropology, healthcare delivery, public health, spirituality and religion
past Students
UX Researcher, Microsoft
The Role of Video in the Age of Information: A Examination of the Video Habits, Needs, and Preferences of Digital Natives in 2022
Special Projects Manager, San Antonio City Manager’s Office
Understanding the Needs of Educators in Environmental Education Programming (2022)
Development of a Systematic Approach to Customer Insights Research
M.A. Candidate, UT Austin Dual Degree in Information Studies and Latin American Studies
Associate User Experience Researcher, Usability Sciences
Immersive Police Training: A User Experience Study of SurviVR (2020)
Grants and Communication Specialist, Health Services of North Texas
Founder and Principal Researcher, Culturegraphics
Senior User Experience Researcher, Genesys
Director of Research and Consulting, SpaceTime Strategies
Senior Manager, Southern California Edison
Understanding the Culture of Giving among Utility Fuel Fund Donors in Southern California (2016)
Co-Founder and Anthropologist, Artyfact
Design Anthropologist | Sr. Consultant, HKS
Research Project Manager II, Geisinger Health Systems
Identifying Opportunities for the Revitalization of Downtown Bloomsburg (2014)
Senior UX Researcher, Planet
Space in Space: Privacy Needs for Long-Duration Spaceflight (2014)
UX Research + Design Anthropologist, Spotify
Ephemeral Communication and the Networked Self: Using Ethnographic Insights to Inform Design Thinking Around the Ephemeral Communications of College Students and Other Young Adults (2013)
Freelance Consultant, Creative Circle
Selling Local: Developing Small Business Strategies through User Experience Research (2012)
Exploring Mobile Phone Use Among Cisco Technical Support Partners (2011)
Executive VP and Chief Research and Development Officer, Owens Corning
Talent Development Systems at Practicorp (2010)
Chief Development Officer, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank
The Impact of Culture on Design and Design on Culture: The Integration of Applied Anthropology and Design Theory (2010)
Head of Design for Battle.net & Online Products, Blizzard Entertainment
An Exploration of Fedora's Online Open Source Development Community (2010)
VP, PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics
Exploratory Research among Brides: Wedding Planning and Decision-Making (2009)
On Sabbatical
Translating Virtual Ethnography from Academia into Market Research: A Framework (2009)
Global Brand Strategy Director, Indeed.com
Maximizing the Online Anthropology Tool with Rapp Collins: A 360 Degree Review (2007)
VP Experience Research & Insights, geniant
Designing Products and Work Practices with Pitney Bowes: Marketing Services for Small Spend Advertisers (2007)
Rocky Crocker
Attorney, Dallas
An Organizational Study of a Growing Business (2007)
Brian Canny
Technology Training in Denton (2007)
Melanie White
Facilitated Learning in a Science Museum: The Impact of the Meadows Educators at The Science Place (2006)
Museums and Institutions Consultant and Contractor
Didactic vs. Constructivist: An Analysis of Two Label-Types at the Gyro Chair Exhibit (2005)
Pei-fang Chuang
Anthropology Website User Research (2003)