1. Develop industry skills/knowledge

Steps:

• Look for grant funded internship over the summer (goal of 2026 or 2027 depending on Study Abroad trip)
• Attend an industry conference (within next three years)
  • Examples (UXDX, UXDG Summit, UX360 Research Summit)

Progress:

• Attended AIGA Virtual Conference 2024

2. Develop research practice

Steps:

• GIST 101 class has pushed me to explore design and technology in Japan 
• Leading “World” Design Rankings 
  • China, USA, Japan, Italy, Great Britain 
  • https://www.worlddesignrankings.com/#rankings  
• Universal Design

Progress:

• Read the following books on Japanese graphic design, web design, web development, and user experience in 2023 – 2024.
  • “Japanese Design: Since 1945”, by Naomi Pollock
  • “Japanese Graphic Design”, by Ginko Press
  • “Japanese Layout Design”, by sendpoints
  • “見るだけでデザインセンスが身につく本”、by 株式会社日本デザイン
  • “なるほどデザイン”、by 筒井 美希
  • “HTML＆CSSとWebデザイン”、by Mana
  • “いちばんよくわかるWebデザインの基本”、by 伊藤 庄平、益子 貴寛、宮田 優希、伊藤 由暁、久保 知己
  • “プロが教えるレスポンシブWebデザイン 現場のメソッド”、by 笹尾 万里子
• Applied to present at JSA 2026 Conference on user experience and design in Japan with a focus on omotenashi.

3. Develop as a manager/leader/instructor

• Ed Affairs (current) 
  • Chair 2025 – 2026
  • Lead PLD sessions for Ed Affairs 2025 – 2026
• ICC (current) 
• Master Teachers’ Workshop 2025
• NISOD Annual Virtual Conference 2024
• Peer Review Committee 2023 – 2024
• Teaching Professor Conference 2021
• KBOR OER Webinar 2020