Jordan Wirfs-brock
Assistant Professor at Whitman College
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJordan Wirfs-Brock is an assistant professor and human-computer interaction researcher who blends design, data journalism, and multisensory methods to make personal and public data more meaningful. With a PhD in Information Science and a background at institutions and companies including University of Colorado Boulder, Spotify, Mozilla, and Inside Energy, Jordan focuses on participatory data representations—especially sonification and voice interfaces—to explore creativity, conversation, and public information access. Their work spans civic data storytelling, neighborhood-level analytics, and experimental artifacts that use sound and craft to help people make sense of tracked data. A former data journalist and co-founder of a civic storytelling tool, Jordan brings a rare mix of rigorous research, practical design, and narrative craft to interdisciplinary projects. Outside academia they are an obsessive trail runner and avid podcast, board game, and sour-beer enthusiast—hints of the stamina and curiosity they bring to long-form research.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Aerospace Engineering, BS, Aerospace Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Science/Studies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Science/Studies at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (15)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
INFO-4602-5602/spring-2018-final-projects-team-colorado-river-basin
May 2018 - Aug 2023
Contributions:7 pushes in 5 years 3 months
InsideEnergy/Data-for-stories
Jul 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:118 commits, 70 PRs, 108 pushes in 2 years 6 months
minusenergybattery
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