Helen Wauck
User Experience Researcher at SIFT (Smart Information Flow Technologies)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolHelen Wauck is a User Experience Researcher with 11 years of combined industry and academic experience, holding a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from UIUC. She designs and runs mixed-methods UX studies—remote and in-person usability tests, interviews, surveys, telemetry, and statistical and thematic analyses—to inform product decisions across diverse software systems at SIFT. Her doctoral work on cognitive training games for spatial cognition gives her a rare mix of expertise in game-based learning, human–machine teaming, and accessibility-informed design. Comfortable working with interdisciplinary teams, she has translated research into production insights at places ranging from Insomniac Games to USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Based in Minneapolis, she brings rigorous experimental design and an educator’s mindset—having taught UI design and mentored students—to help products be both effective and engaging.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Whitefish Bay High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honors Computer Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honors Computer Science and Mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College
English, German
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Github Skills (2)
spatial8
react2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hwauck/UNITY-STATUE-PUZZLE
Feb 2016 - May 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
hwauck/homeworld-bound
Jun 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:110 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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