Michael Mages
Associate Professor
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Mages is an associate professor and design researcher at Northeastern University who studies how images, spaces, objects, and interfaces can facilitate difficult, high-stakes conversations—particularly in healthcare decision-making and civic participation. He blends academic leadership and teaching across design, ethics, and civic technology with a long-running design consultancy that delivers research-driven strategy, UI design, and development for web and mobile. His work spans systems-level audits and experience redesigns for public institutions and private brands, and he has a track record of translating design theory into operational change (from transportation agencies to district attorney offices). Trained as a designer with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon and a background in music composition, he brings interdisciplinary methods—physical computing, digital media, and ethnographic research—to practical civic problems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaMasters Digital Media Studies, Masters Digital Media Studies at University of DenverDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Design, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Design at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish
Github Skills (90)
background-image9
keyboard-input9
menu9
home-assistant9
jekyll9
encryption8
energy-data8
documentation8
pygame8
openstack-swift7
fitbit7
pygame-menu7
sftp7
energy-efficiency7
ftp7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
thisIsMikeKane/addon-babybuddy
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
BabyBuddy, wrapped into a Home Assistant addon
Contributions:6 PRs, 10 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
babybuddyassistanthacswrappedhome-assistant
NEU-ABLE-LAB/NEU_RC_HELLO
Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:45 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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