Chivukula Sai Shruthi — Product Manager
Namaste! Sai Shruthi Chivukula is an Assistant Professor at School of Information, Pratt Institute (Manhattan, New York), where she currently teaches the graduate students in the MS Information Experience Design program. She was an Assistant Professor at the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington; where she taught in the Graduate HCI/d program in the school. Chivukula's main work falls at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, Ethics and Values, and critical qualitative research. She holds a Ph.D. in Technology from Purdue University West Lafayette. During this time, she worked as a research assistant during her doctorate studies in Purdue University under Dr. Colin Gray. In the past, she also worked as a professional UX Researcher and Designer in the past in commercialized projects in Samsung R&D in India and South Korea. She is into designing new things all the time and has created an interest towards user research and solving problems that would reach out to a large group of people. Given her current position, she designs technologies, theories, and curriculum. Now apart from work, She is a doodler who named her doodles as "Shruudles" with a notion- "Fantasy of Expression, Expression of Fantasy", a Carnatic Classical Singer, Creative Writer and many more interests that she learnt and built herself. You can see my doodles here: https://shruthichivukula.com/shruudles She is someone who chooses the path of learning from experiences and shaping them in a way she adjusts and adopts them. Similarly, she wants to apply things in her designs. Rather monotonous methodologies, she always picks new methods and topics for research and designing.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Researcher and Designer with expertise in Human-Computer Interaction.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Experience: 8 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Qualitative Research
- Data Analysis
- Ethics And Values
- User Experience Design
- Voice Assistant Design
- User Experience Research
Career Highlights
- Expert in Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Design.
- Ph.D. in Technology with a focus on ethics and values.
- Experience in leading UX research for major tech projects.
Work Experience
Pratt Institute
Assistant Professor (2 yrs 10 mos)
Indiana University Bloomington
Visiting Assistant Professor (2 yrs)
Purdue University
Research Assistant (2 yrs)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (4 mos)
Research Assistant (2 yrs)
Samsung R&D Institute India
Senior UX Designer and Researcher, UX Labs (4 mos)
UX Researcher, UX Labs (1 yr 8 mos)
UX Design Research Intern (2 mos)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (4 mos)
Town Development Council,Auroville
Graphic and Communication Designer,Intern (2 mos)
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Core Team Member-Techniche Creatives,Techniche (11 mos)
VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT
Trainee in Design and Engineering Department (1 mo)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Purdue University
Bachelor of Design at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
