2025
Shukla, Prakash; Naik, Suchismita; Obi, Ike; Backus, Jessica; Rasche, Nancy; Parsons, Paul C.
Rethinking Citation of AI Sources in Student-AI Collaboration within HCI Design Education Conference
7th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '25), 2025.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy
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title = {Rethinking Citation of AI Sources in Student-AI Collaboration within HCI Design Education},
author = {Prakash Shukla and Suchismita Naik and Ike Obi and Jessica Backus and Nancy Rasche and Paul C. Parsons},
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Toombs, Austin L.; Parsons, Paul C.; Gray, Colin M.; El-Shamy, Jenny; Ostrowski, Anastasia K.
7th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '25), 2025.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy
@conference{nokey,
title = {The Ambiguity Amoeba and other Metaphors: Teaching Students to Sketch and Prototype Through Uncertainty},
author = {Austin L. Toombs and Paul C. Parsons and Colin M. Gray and Jenny El-Shamy and Anastasia K. Ostrowski},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/3742901.3742916.pdf, Toombs et al. - 2025 - The Ambiguity Amoeba [PAPER]},
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Parsons, Paul C.; Toombs, Austin L.
Teaching to Fail (Before It Happens): Premortem as a Pedagogical Strategy in HCI Education Conference
7th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '25), 2025.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy
@conference{nokey,
title = {Teaching to Fail (Before It Happens): Premortem as a Pedagogical Strategy in HCI Education},
author = {Paul C. Parsons and Austin L. Toombs},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/3742901.3742908.pdf, Parsons and Toombs - 2025 - Teaching to Fail [PAPER]},
doi = {10.1145/3742901.3742908},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-07-30},
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2024
Obi, Ike; Naik, Suchismita; Gray, Colin M.; Parsons, Paul C.; Toombs, Austin L.; Jo, Moonyung; Mondan, Prateek
Metacognitive Strategies to Foster Interculturally-Aware Design Competency Conference
6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '24), 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy
@conference{nokey,
title = {Metacognitive Strategies to Foster Interculturally-Aware Design Competency},
author = {Ike Obi and Suchismita Naik and Colin M. Gray and Paul C. Parsons and Austin L. Toombs and Moonyung Jo and Prateek Mondan},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Obietal_MetacognitiveStrategies_Educhi2024.pdf, Obi et al. - 2024 - Metacognitive Strategies [PAPER]},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-06-05},
urldate = {2024-06-05},
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Toombs, Austin L.; Parsons, Paul C.
6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '24), 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy
@conference{Toombs2024,
title = {Navigating Complexity: Implementing a “Buckets and Lenses” Approach to Cultivate Adaptive Thinkers in HCI},
author = {Austin L. Toombs and Paul C. Parsons},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ToombsParsons_BucketsLenses_Educhi2024.pdf, Toombs and Parsons - 2024 - Navigating Complexity [PAPER]},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-06-05},
urldate = {2024-06-05},
booktitle = {6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '24)},
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2023
Gray, Colin M; Williams, Rua M; Parsons, Paul; Toombs, Austin L; Westbrook, Abbee
Trajectories of Student Engagement with Social Justice-Informed Design Work Book Chapter
In: & M. Exter & M. M. Schmidt & A. A. Tawfik, B. Hokanson (Ed.): Toward Inclusive Learning Design: Social Justice, Equity, and Community, Springer, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@inbook{Gray2022,
title = {Trajectories of Student Engagement with Social Justice-Informed Design Work},
author = {Colin M Gray and Rua M Williams and Paul Parsons and Austin L Toombs and Abbee Westbrook},
editor = {B. Hokanson & M. Exter & M. M. Schmidt & A. A. Tawfik},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grayetal-2023-TowardsInclusiveLearningDesign.pdf, Gray et al. - 2023 - Trajectories of Student Engagement [PAPER]},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-11-09},
urldate = {2023-11-09},
booktitle = {Toward Inclusive Learning Design: Social Justice, Equity, and Community},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations book series},
keywords = {design pedagogy, UX},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
Parsons, Paul
Preparing Future Data Visualization Designers for Professional Practice Conference
IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization Education, Literacy, and Activities (EduVis ’23), 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: data visualization, design pedagogy, design practice
@conference{Parsons2023Preparing,
title = {Preparing Future Data Visualization Designers for Professional Practice},
author = {Paul Parsons},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Parsons-2023-Preparing-future-datavis-designers.pdf, Parsons - 2023 - Preparing Future Data Visualization Designers [PAPER]},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-10-21},
urldate = {2023-10-21},
booktitle = {IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization Education, Literacy, and Activities (EduVis ’23)},
keywords = {data visualization, design pedagogy, design practice},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {conference}
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Parsons, Paul C.; Shukla, Prakash; Baigelenov, Ali; Gray, Colin M.
Developing Framing Judgment Ability: Student Perceptions from a Graduate UX Design Program Conference
5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI ’23), 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design cognition, design pedagogy, UX
@conference{ParsonsetalEduCHI23,
title = {Developing Framing Judgment Ability: Student Perceptions from a Graduate UX Design Program },
author = {Paul C. Parsons and Prakash Shukla and Ali Baigelenov and Colin M. Gray},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_Parsonsetal_EduCHI_FramingJudgmentAbility.pdf, Parsons et al. - Developing Framing Judgment Ability [PAPER]},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-04-28},
urldate = {2023-04-28},
booktitle = {5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '23)},
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pubstate = {published},
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}
Gray, Colin M.; Parsons, Paul C.
Building Student Capacity to Engage with Design Methods Conference
5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI ’23), 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design methods, design pedagogy, UX
@conference{GrayParsonsEduCHI23,
title = {Building Student Capacity to Engage with Design Methods},
author = {Colin M. Gray and Paul C. Parsons},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_GrayParsons_EduCHI_MasterclassDesignMethods-2.pdf, Gray and Parsons - 2023 - Building Student Capacity to Engage with Design Methods [PAPER]},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-04-28},
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2022
Parsons, Paul; Gray, Colin M.
Separating Grading and Feedback in UX Design Studios Workshop
EduCHI’22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, 2022.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@workshop{Parsons-Gray-Feedback-2022,
title = {Separating Grading and Feedback in UX Design Studios},
author = {Paul Parsons and Colin M. Gray},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_ParsonsGray_EduCHI_SeparatingGradingandFeedback.pdf, Parsons and Gray - 2022 - Separating Grading and Feedback [PAPER]},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-05-01},
urldate = {2022-05-01},
booktitle = {EduCHI'22: 4th Annual Symposium on HCI Education},
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2020
Parsons, Paul; Gray, Colin M; Rasche, Nancy; Toombs, Austin
Vertical Integration in UX Design Studios Conference
2nd Annual ACM SIGCHI Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI 2020) at CHI 2020, Honolulu, HI, 2020.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@conference{parsonsvertical2020,
title = {Vertical Integration in UX Design Studios},
author = {Paul Parsons and Colin M Gray and Nancy Rasche and Austin Toombs},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Parsons-et-al-educhi2020-vertical-integration.pdf, Parsons et al. - 2020 - Vertical Integration in UX Design Studios [PDF]},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-04-26},
booktitle = {2nd Annual ACM SIGCHI Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI 2020) at CHI 2020},
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Parsons, Paul; Rasche, Nancy; Gray, Colin M.; Toombs, Austin L.
Vertical Integration in UX Design Studios Conference
EduCHI’20: 2nd Annual Symposium on HCI Education, 2020.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
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title = {Vertical Integration in UX Design Studios},
author = {Paul Parsons and Nancy Rasche and Colin M. Gray and Austin L. Toombs },
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Parsons-et-al-educhi2020-vertical-integration.pdf, Parsons et al. - 2022 - Vertical Integration [PAPER]},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-04-25},
booktitle = {EduCHI’20: 2nd Annual Symposium on HCI Education},
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Gray, Colin M; Parsons, Paul; Toombs, Austin
Building a Holistic Design Identity Through Integrated Studio Education Book Chapter
In: Hokanson, B.; Clinton, G.; Tawfik, A.; Grincewicz, A.; Schmidt, M. (Ed.): Educational Technology Beyond Content: A New Focus for Learning, Springer International Publishing, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-37253-8.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
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title = {Building a Holistic Design Identity Through Integrated Studio Education},
author = {Colin M Gray and Paul Parsons and Austin Toombs},
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url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Gray-et-al.-2020-BuildingAHolisticDesignIdentity.pdf, Gray et al. - 2020 - Building a Holistic Design Identity Through Integrated Studio Education [PDF]
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-04-14},
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Gray, Colin M; Parsons, Paul; Toombs, Austin L; Rasche, Nancy; Vorvoreanu, Mihaela
Designing an Aesthetic Learner Experience: UX, Instructional Design, and Design Pedagogy Journal Article
In: International Journal of Designs for Learning, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 41-58, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@article{Gray2020-sk,
title = {Designing an Aesthetic Learner Experience: UX, Instructional Design, and Design Pedagogy},
author = {Colin M Gray and Paul Parsons and Austin L Toombs and Nancy Rasche and Mihaela Vorvoreanu},
doi = {10.14434/ijdl.v11i1.26065},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Designs for Learning},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
pages = {41-58},
abstract = {In this design case, we describe a multi-year process during which a team of faculty designed a four-year undergraduate major in user experience (UX) design at a large research-intensive institution. We document the program- and course-level design experiences of five faculty members. This multi-year process has culminated in a dual-strand, integrated studio learning environment. Two types of studios—“learning” and “experience” studios—form the core of the program, with learning studios allowing cohort-specific skills development and practice, and experience studios providing cross-cohort opportunities to work on industry projects. We detail our process of developing this course sequence and the program-level connecting points among the courses, identifying institutional supports and barriers, the unique and varied skillsets of the involved faculty, and the growing agency and competence of our students in the program.},
keywords = {design pedagogy, UX},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2019
Murdoch-Kitt, Kelly; Gray, Colin M; Parsons, Paul; Toombs, Austin L; Louw, Marti; Gent, Elona Van
Developing Students’ Instrumental Judgment Capacity for Design Research Methods Proceedings Article
In: Dialogue: Proceedings of the AIGA Design Educators Community Conferences, pp. 108–115, AIGA Design Educators Community, 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design methods, design pedagogy
@inproceedings{Murdoch-Kitt2019-sw,
title = {Developing Students' Instrumental Judgment Capacity for Design Research Methods},
author = {Kelly Murdoch-Kitt and Colin M Gray and Paul Parsons and Austin L Toombs and Marti Louw and Elona Van Gent},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MurdochKitt_Gray_Parsons_Toombs_Louw_VanGent.pdf, Murdock-Kitt et al. - 2019 - Developing Students' Instrumental Judgment Capacity},
doi = {10.3998/mpub.11688977},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
booktitle = {Dialogue: Proceedings of the AIGA Design Educators Community Conferences},
volume = {(Decipher, Vol. 1)},
pages = {108--115},
publisher = {AIGA Design Educators Community},
institution = {Üniver},
abstract = {How are we currently teaching design research? How can we do
it better? How are educators fostering students' development
of "instrumental judgment"? This activity group encourages
participants to explore the ways that educators teach
research-through-making and research-informed making at
multiple curricular levels. For example, students seeking
advanced degrees in design are grappling with "rigor" and
"distinction," learning how these characteristics of
research are defined and understood in other disciplines as
well as in relation to creative practice. Meanwhile, educators
at K-12 and undergraduate levels struggle to incorporate
creative inquiry processes in meaningful ways, grasping for
resources and leaning on others' "design thinking"
approaches.},
keywords = {design methods, design pedagogy},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
it better? How are educators fostering students’ development
of "instrumental judgment"? This activity group encourages
participants to explore the ways that educators teach
research-through-making and research-informed making at
multiple curricular levels. For example, students seeking
advanced degrees in design are grappling with "rigor" and
"distinction," learning how these characteristics of
research are defined and understood in other disciplines as
well as in relation to creative practice. Meanwhile, educators
at K-12 and undergraduate levels struggle to incorporate
creative inquiry processes in meaningful ways, grasping for
resources and leaning on others’ "design thinking"
approaches.
2018
Gray, Colin; Parsons, Paul; Toombs, Austin
Spiraling the Integrated Development of Research Skills in Undergraduate Design Education Proceedings Article
In: Decipher: 2018 Design Educators Research Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 2018.
BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@inproceedings{gray_spiraling_2018,
title = {Spiraling the Integrated Development of Research Skills in Undergraduate Design Education},
author = {Colin Gray and Paul Parsons and Austin Toombs},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Decipher: 2018 Design Educators Research Conference},
address = {Ann Arbor, MI},
keywords = {design pedagogy, UX},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2017
Vieira, Camilo; Parsons, Paul; Byrd, Vetria
Exploring Important and Difficult Concepts to Learn in Information Visualization Proceedings Article
In: IEEE VIS ’17: Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Conference on Information Visualization, Poster Abstracts, pp. 4, Phoenix, AZ, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data visualization, design pedagogy
@inproceedings{vieira_exploring_2017,
title = {Exploring Important and Difficult Concepts to Learn in Information Visualization},
author = {Camilo Vieira and Paul Parsons and Vetria Byrd},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/VIEIRAVIS2017.pdf, Vieira et al - 2017- Exploring important and difficult concepts infovis},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE VIS '17: Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Conference on Information Visualization, Poster Abstracts},
pages = {4},
address = {Phoenix, AZ},
abstract = {Information visualization (InfoVis) has acquired significant relevance across many disciplines, leading to the emergence of new courses and educational programs. As a consequence, visualization educators have started to explore pedagogical practices to support the student learning process. We present preliminary results of the first phase of data collection of a Delphi study aimed at identifying important and difficult concepts in information visualization education. We also identify some benefits of this work for InfoVis education, and describe future plans for the Delphi study.},
keywords = {data visualization, design pedagogy},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Vorvoreanu, Mihaela; Gray, Colin M; Parsons, Paul; Rasche, Nancy
Advancing UX Education: A Model for Integrated Studio Pedagogy Conference
Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’17 ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4655-9.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design pedagogy, UX
@conference{vorvoreanu_advancing_2017,
title = {Advancing UX Education: A Model for Integrated Studio Pedagogy},
author = {Mihaela Vorvoreanu and Colin M Gray and Paul Parsons and Nancy Rasche},
url = {https://www.dvclab.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Vorvoreanu-et-al.-2017-Advancing-UX-Education-A-Model-for-Integrated-Stu.pdf, Vorvoreanu et al. - 2017 - Advancing UX Education},
doi = {10.1145/3025453.3025726},
isbn = {978-1-4503-4655-9},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-25},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {1441--1446},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
series = {CHI '17},
abstract = {The rapid growth of the UX profession has led to an increased need for qualified practitioners and a proliferation of UX educational programs offered in both academia and industry. In this note, we present the design and initial evaluation of a new studio-based undergraduate program in UX--the first of its kind at a large, research-intensive US university. The program includes several curricular innovations, such as an integrated studio pedagogy in which six topical strands are interwoven across two types of studios. These studios are interconnected and span five semesters of the undergraduate experience. We present the curriculum model and the foundational principles that informed its design. We describe the two types of studios and their interconnection, and present early evaluation data showing that students are building valuable skills. The program described in this note provides a trailblazing model for UX pedagogy at the undergraduate level.},
keywords = {design pedagogy, UX},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {conference}
}