Andrew T. Stull

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January 25, 2023

Tidepool

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Palo Alto, CA 94301

The job posting for the UX Researcher at Tidepool describes the need for someone with diverse experience planning and conducting both quantitative and qualitative research both onsite and remotely, who can collaborate in cross-functional teams, who can consolidate diverse and complex demands into a coherent research plan, who can mentor teammates, and who can communicate gained insights with diverse stakeholders. I am an experienced UX researcher who is an independent, strategic thinker with leadership skills, a passion for collaboration, and an eager mentor and advocate of the insights gained from user research. I am someone who possess the skills and experiences you seek in the temporary role of a UX Researcher.

Since 2018, I have been a contractor for APA Publishing at the American Psychological Association (APA). My role is to create engaging content and advise the Director of Learning Design on improvements supported by usability best practices and ongoing evaluative UX research. The focus of our cross-functional team is to improve customer-engagement for the Statistics, Research Methods, and Cognition suite of online products, which are targeted at the undergraduate college market. We work in a modified agile development cycle using a Kanban framework.

As a UX Researcher at UC Santa Barbara, I led several federally and privately funded collaborative research projects beginning as a doctoral student and rising to an Associate Project Scientist. In this role, I employed both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate error patterns in map use, the intersection between mental and manual manipulation of objects, the design and usability of virtual objects, and the boundary conditions that affect social agency in video-based instruction, which are evidenced by numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and conference presentations.

As a Media Editor at Pearson Education, I authored a guidebook series in the 1990s to help instructors integrate Internet-based resources into their courses. In addition, I produced and developed complex multimedia products to support the end-user, identified market demands through focus groups, and managed product development to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and to test innovative digital and hybrid products. I also identified, contracted, and managed creative talent, developed and managed product budgets, and wrote marketing copy. To advance the success of our products, my efforts included organizing and presenting regional workshops to evangelize products and to support our field staff and adopters.

These experiences are representative of my eclectic career and my inquisitive nature. My career drive is to understand how to address user needs in the promotion of meaningful user engagement.

Thank you for your time and attention reviewing my application.

Sincerely,

Andrew T. Stull, PhD

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ANDREW T. STULL

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USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCHER

Professional background in the research and development of products that integrate narrative, video, and interactive experiences

Expert in quantitative research and UX design based on the learning science, usability research, information science, and diverse behavioral metrics, data types, and product testing methods

An independent, enthusiastic, and insightful researcher with leadership skills, self-motivation, and a passion for collaboration and mentorship

Possessing a design philosophy to balance functionality and visual design esthetics in promoting a meaningful and engaging customer experience that is user-centered and evidence-based

Excellent communication skills demonstrated by 22 peer-reviewed articles, 1 book chapter, 37 international conference presentations, and 5 invited talks

SKILLS

Experimental Research Methods Microlearning Design

Instructional Design (UI/UX) Ethical Technology Design

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Talent Acquisition

Product Design and Testing Agile Development

Project Management ADA & WCAG Compliance

Mentorship & Collaboration Scheduling and Budgeting

Problem-solving Product Evangelizing

EXPERIENCE

Content Manager and Author 09/18-current

APA Publishing, American Psychological Association

Author, design, and produce content adhering to backward design and storytelling practices

Conduct research and usability testing with focus groups to influence design improvements

Create resources that integrates narrative, graphic, and complex interactives that are ADA and WCAG compliant

Collaborate with subject matter experts on an agile, cross-functional team

Design resources that adhere to empirically tested UX research best practices

Write formative and summative assessments to promote goal achievement

Advise on product strategy and promote innovation to create a meaningful user engagement

Provide guidance to executive leadership on strategy development to address competitor products

Develop new products for MOOC platforms utilizing journey mapping, prototypes, and agile design

UX Researcher

Associate Project Scientist 07/16 to 05/20

Assistant Project Scientist 08/13 to 07/16

Postdoctoral Researcher 06/09 to 08/13

Graduate Student Researcher 09/04 to 06/09

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Studied cognitive and perceptual factors that affect human-computer interaction design and learning

Investigated video-based instruction with an emphasis on social agency theory

Led user research investigating the design of augmented virtual reality and interactive 3D models

Conducted academic research, led literature reviews, liaised with experts, developed theory, and supervised staff

Wrote journal articles and delivered conference presentations to disseminate findings of research projects

Wrote collaborative proposals and successfully secured over $1.8 million in research funding

Served as a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on five research grants

Mentored a team of undergraduate researchers until their matriculation to their graduate career

Media Editor 09/95-08/03

Pearson Education

Authored a guidebook series to help instructors integrate Internet-based resources into their courses

Produced and developed complex multimedia products for the higher education textbook market

Managed product development to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test innovative digital products

Engaged in end-to-end inception, design, authoring, user testing, and revision of resources to address user needs

Fostered and managed relationships with external media producers and collaborating authors and designers

Identified, contracted, and managed creative talent to promote their design vision for new products

Identified market demands through expert focus groups

Created and managed product budgets, schedules, and marketing materials on deadline

Organized and presented regional workshops to evangelize products across the enterprise

Delivered field support to sales staff and product adopters

Instructional Designer 01/91-09/95

Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton

Instructional design and development of print and digital learning activities to support college science courses

Supported faculty in their use of digital resources for teaching and research

Managed computer labs and administered the department’s computer networks

Authored documentation to translate technical descriptions for faculty wishing to create instructional technology

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Cognitive Science, 2009

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Dissertation: Anatomy learning in virtual reality: A cognitive investigation (Advisors: Richard E. Mayer and Mary Hegarty)

M.S. in Biology, 1991

California State University, Long Beach, CA

Thesis: Nightly foraging movements and den fidelity of the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus, at Santa Catalina Island, California. (Advisor: Donald R. Nelson)

B.S. in Marine Biology, 1983

California State University, Long Beach, CAFUNDED RESEARCH

Postdoctoral Fellow: Modeling in chemistry: Evaluating the educational merit of instructional models, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, ($55,000)

Co-Principal Investigator: Developing representational competence in chemistry with concrete and virtual model, The Spencer Foundation, ($40,000)

Principal Investigator: Fostering representational competence with virtual models in chemistry, National Science Foundation (Award #1252346), ($656,432)

Co-Principal Investigator: Learning from online lectures in STEM: Using multimedia principles and fostering social agency with transparent whiteboards, National Science Foundation (Award #1561728), ($1,076,100)

Co-Principal Investigator: The learning glass: A new platform for promoting STEM engagement and learning?, The Spencer Foundation, ($49,783)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hegarty, M., Smallman, H., Stull, A. T., & Canham, M. (2009). Naïve cartography: How intuitions about display configuration can hurt performance. Cartographica 44, 171-186. https://doi.org/10.3138/carto.44.3.171

Stull, A. T., Barrett, T. J., & Hegarty, M. (2012). Design of a virtual reality system for the study of diagram use in organic chemistry. Proceedings of the Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Diagrams Research (TEDR-2012), Canterbury, UK, July 2nd, website: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-887/Stulletal.pdf.

Stull, A. T., Barrett, T., & Hegarty, M. (2013). Usability of concrete and virtual models in chemistry instruction. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 2546-2556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.012

Adams, D. M., Stull, A. T., & Hegarty, M. (2014). Effects of mental and manual rotation training on mental and manual rotation performance. Spatial Cognition & Computation, 14, 169–198. doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2014.913050

Stull, A. T., & Hegarty, M. (2016). Model manipulation and learning: Fostering representational competence with virtual and concrete models. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(4), 509–527. doi.org/10.1037/edu0000077

Stull, A., T., Fiorella, L., & Mayer, R. E. (2018). An eye-tracking analysis of instructor presence in video lectures. Computers in Human Behavior 88, 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.019

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