Afrofuturist and Researcher
CV
Professional Summary
My professional goal is to work as a researcher with a Tech company helping to understand how products can be reflective of everyones experience. As a PhD student my work is focused on understanding how a humanities driven approach can be used to reform human-centered technology.
Skills
Qualitative Research Prototyping Wireframing Usability Testing Writing HTML & CSS
2020
Design Research Intern, Microsoft
Interned with the Modern Life and Learning Studio
Qualitative research on Educational Inequities in K-12th
2019
Design Research Intern, Microsoft
Created design tools for employees to build UX Skills
Developed literature review on UX skill building
2018
UX Design Consultant, Freelance
Created wireframes and prototypes for startup FANBOARD
Georgia State CREST-ED program web designer and developer
2017
Digital Media Intern, CareSolutions Inc
Performed website testing to ensure its efficiency
Conducted testing for monitoring tools for clients
Used Axure and Adobe XD to create wireframes for website
Education
2018- Present
Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD Student in Digital Media with a concentration in Black Media & HCI
2016-2018
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Digital Media, Overall GPA 3.84/4.00
2012-2016
Wesleyan College
Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Digital Media and Minors in Mathematics & Communication
Overall GPA:3.58/4.00(Cum Laude)
Work Experience
2020
Co-facilitator for Educational Equity Brainstorm
Jessie Kawata and Brooke Bosley facilitate event for Blacks at Microsoft(E+D organization) Brainstorm
National Women's Studies Association Conference Paper
2020
Brooke Bosley, Black Girl Magic in Film: creating a praxis of Black feminism on identity, spirituality, and embodiment,
2019
National Women's Studies Association Conference Workshop
Brooke Bosley, Susana Morris, Takeria Blunt, JIhan Sherman, Brandies Marshall, From #hashtags to Movements: Performance, Collective Narrative, and
Erasure, a Black Feminist Perspective,