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HELLO! I'M AKEIYLAH.

I deliver impactful design solutions by skillfully capturing and interpreting customer perspectives. My approach emphasizes collaborative research, leveraging existing knowledge to amplify results, and cross-functional partnerships to enrich project outcomes. 

 

I'm currently a User Experience Researcher at Google, powering a free and accessible internet through YouTube Ads.​I've previously worked to develop equitable health LLMs at Fitbit, enabled cloud engineers to succeed at Microsoft, ​and understood how mapping professionals leverage GIS at Esri.​

 

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PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

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FEATURE GENERATION: Generative AI for
Health Equity

Visiting Researcher @ Google 2023 - 2024

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DESIGN CONCEPT VALIDATION: Getting Started with Azure

Intern @ Microsoft 2022

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USABILITY EVALUATION OF A MAPPING MOBILE APP

UX Researcher @ Esri 2021-2022

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ON-BOARDING REDESIGN FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE GAME

Undergraduate Research Assistant @ UC Merced

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MOBILE APP DESIGN FOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY

UX Research Lead @ UC Merced

Check out my research publications in child development, parenting, and family support!

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EDUCATION

June 2024

PH.D. HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND ENGINEERING | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

May 2022

M.S. HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND ENGINEERING | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

B.S. COGNITIVE SCIENCE | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

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Updated 2022 by Akeiylah DeWitt.

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