Emma J.

Rose
Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences |University of Washington Tacoma
1900 Commerce St. Tacoma, WA 98402 | (253) 692-4519 | [email protected]

Profile Statement
Dr. Emma J. Rose’s research is motivated by a commitment to designing for digital inclusion. She uses participatory
design and research techniques that empower users to conceptualize solutions for community based problems. Her
current research is investigating the design of social robots to help measure and intervene in teen stress.

Education
University of Washington, Seattle Human Centered Design & Engineering Ph.D. 2011
Dissertation: Investigating Resource-Constrained Populations: Developing Design Approaches to Support Agency and
Reciprocity. Advisor: Dr. Beth Kolko
University of Washington, Seattle Technical Communication M.S. 2002
Duquesne University English BA 1995

Academic and Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences University of Washington Tacoma (2013 – present)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington (2017 – present)
Director of Research & Associate, Anthro-Tech: A user experience design consultancy, Olympia, WA (2002 – 2013)

Grants & Awards

2017 Björling, E., Rose, E., & Cakmak, M., “Design and Development of a Social Robot Researcher to Gather
Ecological Momentary Stress Data from Teens” National Science Foundation, National Robotics Initiative.
($1,100,000)
2017 Best Paper Award, SIGDOC for “Rose, E. Bjorling, E. Designing for engagement: Using participatory
design to develop a social robot to measure teen stress”. Proceedings of the 36th ACM International Conference on
Design of Communication, Halifax, NS.
2011 Rose, E. Award of Excellence in Innovation, Graduate Student Award, Human Centered Design &
Engineering, University of Washington
2006 Rose, E. Innovator Award: Graduate Teaching, College of Engineering Community & Innovation Awards,
University of Washington

Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
2018 Rose, E., Cardinal, A*. Participatory video methods in UX: Sharing power with users to gain insights into
everyday life. Communication Design Quarterly, 6(2).
Rose, E., & Tenenberg, J. (2018) “Poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: Ventriloquizing
users through personas” Technical Communication Quarterly, 27(2).
2017 Rose, E. Racadio, R. (2017) Testing in translation: Methodological reflections on a usability study of health
information with immigrant participants. Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization 10(1).
Rose, E., Racadio, R., Martin, T. Girard, G., Kolko, B. (2017) “Expert yet vulnerable: How information and
communication technologies overlook the needs of transit dependent riders.” Journal of Community Informatics,
13(1).
Rose, E., Racadio, R., Wong, K., Nguyen, S. ^, Gee, J, Zahler, A. (2017) Community Based User Experience:
Evaluating the usability of health insurance information with immigrant patients. IEEE Transactions on
Professional Communication. 60 (2), 214-231.
Rose, E., & Tenenberg, J. (2107) “Making practice-level struggles visible: Researching UX practice to inform
pedagogy” Communication Design Quarterly 5(1), 89-97.

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2016 Rose, E. (2016) "Design as Advocacy: Using a Human-Centered Approach to Investigate the Needs of
Vulnerable Populations" Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 46(4), p. 427 – 445.
Rose, E., Sierschynski, J., Bjorling, E. (2016) “Reflecting on reflections: Using video in learning reflection to
enhance authenticity” Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Issue 9.
http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/reflecting-on-reflections-using-video-in-learning-reflection-to-enhance-
authenticity/
Putnam, C., Dahman, M., Rose, E., Cheng, J. and Bradford, G. (2016). “Best Practices for Teaching
Accessibility in University Classrooms: Cultivating Awareness, Understanding, and Appreciation for Diverse
Users.” ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 8(4):1-26.
2015 Rose, E. & Tenenberg, J. (2015). UX as Disruption: Managing Team Conflict as a Productive Resource.
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), 7(3), 1-19.
doi:10.4018/IJSKD.2015070101
2011 Kolko, B, Putnam, C., Johnson, & E. & Rose, E. (2011). “Reflection on research methodologies for
ubicomp in developing contexts.” Personal and Ubiquitous Computing,15 (6), 575-583.
2009 Putnam, C., Rose, E., Johnson E.J., Kolko, B. (2009). "Adapting User-Centered Design Methods to Design
for Diverse Populations." Information Technologies & International Development, Special Issue on Human
Computer Interaction for Development. (5, 4).
Refereed Conference Publications
2018 Rose, E. J., Björling, E. A., Kim, A. *, & Alvarez, N. Y. *. Usability testing with teens: Adapting human-
centered design and UX methods. In Proceedings of the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of
Communication, Milwaukee, WI (Aug 2018).
2017 Rose, E.J., Björling, E.A. Designing for engagement: Using participatory design to develop a social robot to
measure teen stress. Proceedings of the 36th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, Halifax, NS.
(August 2017) (Winner, Best Paper Award)
2016 Rose, E. and Tenenberg, J. “Arguing about design: A taxonomy of rhetorical strategies deployed by user
experience practitioners” In Proceedings of the 35th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. Silver
Springs, MD (September 2016).
Rose, E., Davidson, A., Agapie, E., and Sobel, K. “Designing our future students: Introducing User
Experience to teens through a UCD charette” In Proceedings of the 35th ACM International Conference on Design of
Communication. Silver Springs, MD (September 2016).
2015 Rose, E. and Walton, R. “From Factors to Actors: Implications of New Materialism for Social Justice Work”
In Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, Limerick, Ireland (July 2015).
2014 Racadio, R., Rose, E. “Research at the Margin: Participatory Design and Community Based Participatory
Research.” In Proceedings of the 13th Biennial ACM Participatory Design Conference.
2012 Racadio, R., Rose, E., Boyd, S. "Designing and evaluating the mobile experience through iterative field
studies." In Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, Seattle, WA.
2011 Gorman, T., Rose, E., Yaaqoubi J., Bayor, A., Kolko, B. (2011) “Adapting Usability Testing for Oral, Rural
Users” Proceedings for the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Vancouver, British Columbia
(April 2011).
Rose, E. & Racadio, R. (2011) “Shining a light on agency: Examining responses to resource constraints to
uncover opportunities for design." In Proceedings of Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, Boulder, CO.
2009 Putnam, C., Kolko, B., Rose, E. & Walton, R. (2009) Mobile phone users in Kyrgyzstan: A case study of
identifying user needs and requirements. In Proceedings of International Professional Communication Conference, IPCC
'09, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 20-22.
2007 Kolko, B., Rose, E., and Johnson, E. (2007) “Communication as Information-Seeking: The Case for Mobile
Social Software for Developing Regions.” In Proceedings of the 16th International conference on World Wide Web,
Banff, Alberta, CA.