Summary
Mar Drouhard is a Principal Researcher with 11 years of experience bridging human-centered design, participatory methods, and data visualization to shape product and policy at Salesforce and Tableau. A PhD candidate in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, she leads collaborative action research and co-design projects—especially work that supports survivors of domestic violence through restorative, community-driven approaches. She combines ethnographic rigor with hands-on visual analytics and tooling experience, having built software for unstructured text analysis and taught graduate-level information visualization. Known for partnering closely with diverse stakeholders (advocates, attorneys, and law enforcement), she brings rare domain fluency in both technical data science and social services practice.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Human Centered Design & Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Human Centered Design & Engineering at University of Washington
Bachelor's Degree German Studies & Spanish Studies, Bachelor's Degree German Studies & Spanish Studies at American University
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
English, German, Spanish