Welcome! I'm Britt

I research & design
student-centered| experiences

I'm a researcher, designer, and educator based in Sydney, currently an Associate Lecturer in Interaction Design at the University of Sydney. I research and design human-centred experiences that support behaviour change, engagement, and learning.

Australia
Selected Work

What I've been researching & designing

Published Research · HCI Education

Teaching Interaction Designers to Code

A 3.5-year research-through-design project building the Creative Coding Challenges platform for design students at the University of Sydney. I led the thematic meta-analysis across 60+ student interviews, surfacing the tension between empowerment and anxiety in open-ended learning. Published in Frontiers in Computer Science, 2022.

Thematic Analysis Research-through-Design HCI Education Published Research
1,250+
Students
60+
Interviews

Product Design · iOS App · Side Project

Loopin: a habit tracker built on accountability

Staying consistent is hard alone. Loopin is an iOS app where you share a habit with someone you care about, check in daily, and see each other showing up. I led all the product thinking - from early problem framing through user flows, information architecture, and a full high-fidelity UI system.

Product Design User Flows iOS Figma
0→1
Problem to product
Solo
Product design
✦ Case Study Coming Soon

Curriculum Design · Unit Coordination · University of Sydney

Redesigning DECO3200: five streams, one capstone

The capstone studio for graduating Interaction Design students was treating everyone the same. I redesigned it around five specialisation streams, each with its own expert tutors, tailored requirements, and an industry guest lecture. USS score went from 3.62 to 4.09 in one year.

Curriculum Design Unit Coordination Assessment Design Capstone Studio
5
Specialisation streams
3.62→4.09
USS Score
Why Me?

My key strengths

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Rigorous Research

Trained in qualitative and quantitative methods - from in-depth interviews, diary studies, and thematic analysis to usability testing and surveys. I surface insights that actually change how teams make decisions.

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Human-Centred Design

I design with empathy at the core. My academic background in interaction design means I bring genuine theoretical grounding to every wireframe, prototype, and design critique - not just intuition.

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Communication & Facilitation

Years of teaching have sharpened my ability to explain complex ideas clearly, facilitate group discussions, and advocate for design decisions - skills that translate directly into great stakeholder communication.

Now

Right now

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Working on
PhD thesis
Prompted to Perform: Designing AI for Students Caught Between Intention and Action
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Reading
Strangers by Bella Burden
Deep in my memoir era. No notes.
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Watching
Grey’s Anatomy
Always rewatching. Every single time.
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On my mind
Design ethics education
How do we help young designers understand their own ethical and moral limits?
🥚 You found me

5 things you didn’t ask,
but here we are anyway.