{"id":453,"date":"2023-08-29T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/ux\/?p=453"},"modified":"2023-11-17T08:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:53:05","slug":"meet-the-2023-2024-leadership-team-michele-atwater-co-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/ux\/2023\/08\/29\/meet-the-2023-2024-leadership-team-michele-atwater-co-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2023-2024 Leadership Team: Michele Atwater, Co-Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“By conducting in-depth surveys, interviews,
focus groups, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data\u2014
we gain remarkable insights into their expectations,
challenges, and aspirations.”<\/p>Michele Atwater<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Greetings! I\u2019m Michele Atwater, one of the co-chairs for the 2023-24 UX Student Group at the SJSU iSchool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While completing my final year in the MLIS program, I am very excited to continue serving this club from its initial inception to the present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in my very first course, INFO 200: Information Communities with Professor Michael Stephens, the idea of advocating user-centric and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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participatory spaces as engaging \u201ccommunity hubs\u201d really resonated with me to continue pursuing my personal ambitions in wholehearted librarianship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the core of this empathetic approach to library service is consistently creating desirable experiences for our patrons. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“Integrating a diverse academic education in business,
literature, museum studies and art history,
I have also completed several professional certifications
in User Experience (UX), Web Design,
Usability, Museum Management, and Design Thinking.”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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My background is rather eclectic, with many wide-ranging interests and passions. Throughout my journey of continuing development, I remain dedicated to the ambitions of lifelong learning and creative engagement. Currently, I am also serving as the UX Graduate Assistant for INFO 298 internships to support a number of exciting UX\/VR projects with the SJSU School of Information\u2014working in close concert with several external professional partnerships. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Integrating a diverse academic education in business, literature, museum studies and art history, I have also completed several professional certifications in User Experience (UX), Web Design, Usability, Museum Management, and Design Thinking. Some of my past employment history has been in Marketing at a high-tech start-up firm, as well as volunteering in various Community Outreach and Mobile Technology initiatives for several cultural and educational institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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