Our Team
Jeff Honeyman
MSI HCI 2009, BA English 2005
Jeff returned from the cornfields of Grinnell Iowa with a degree in English. His studies included biological anthropology, 19th century continental philosophy and postwar American literature. Jeff’s interest range from the development of web design and programming skills to a fascination with bad science fiction and wartime animated cartoons. As a compulsive doodler and fan of the visual arts, a photographically oriented project like Gallery seems to be a great fit. Related experience includes work in graphic design, technical writing and quality control for web interfaces, gained in both professional and academic settings. He is looking forward to working with the PhotoDev team.
Anran Ye
MSI HCI & LIS 2009, B.Admin. 2004
Anran gained her usability evaluation experience from a MBooks internship and project with the UM Hospital, which ended up with a new version of a clinical research website. Accessibility research expanded her perspective to infrastructure of interfaces. In addition to her undergraduate major, Anran was trained as an art planner in the university press where she participated in a variety of design ranging from company culture brochure to book covers. With traveling and photography as her hobbies, the Gallery project is a perfect match. The Gallery project promises a chance to provide users with an improved system for web based photo collection.
Adam Torres
MSI HCI 2009, BS Psychology 2007
Adam graduated with a BS in Psychology from Boise State University in 2007 where he worked on numerous psychology related research projects. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked for a small company as the operations manager where he managed a website and designed numerous email newsletters, in-store signage, logos, business cards, promotional posters, and other related graphic and wed design projects. Adam is currently attending the University of Michigan, School of Information pursuing a Master of Science in Information specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. Other skills include, user research and usability evaluation.
Gaurav Anand
MSI HCI & IEMP 2009, BA Economics 1999
Gaurav obtained BA in Economics from the University of Delhi in India. He served as Product Manager for an e-learning portal for British High Commission, where he was responsible for a range of functions including web design, usability, branding, content pricing and marketing. During summer 2008, Gaurav gained skills in wireframe design and accessibility institutionalization, while working for Ford Motor Company (Creative Design and Usability unit.)
As a graduate student at School of Information, Gaurav is exploring Human-Computer Interaction and Information Economics. His interests interact at the theoretical underpinnings of economics and human behavior, and how interaction design paradigms can learn from, and contribute to, each other. He is also passionate about the idea of visual persuasion and aesthetic software. Other skills include graphic and web design.