Dana Chisnell Explained

Dana Chisnell
Nationality:American
Employer:California Office of Digital Innovation, NCoC, Harvard Kennedy School, Center for Civic Design, UsabilityWorks, USDS, MIT, E-Trade
Education:Michigan State University B.A. English, Linguistics, 1983
Alma Mater:Michigan State University
Known For:Founding member of USDS, Policy Design at NCoC, pioneer of Civic Design, and designing ballots and Electronic voting interfaces to ensure voter intent.

Dana Chisnell is an American public interest technologist, civic designer, adjunct lecturer and Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[1]

Career

Chisnell began her career in 1987, working with banks, insurance companies, and tech companies as a designer and usability researcher. In 2001, Chisnell began consulting as UsabilityWorks.

In 2013, Chisnell co-founded the Center for Civic Design, a non-profit focused on voter intent through design. Chisnell served as co-executive director with Whitney Quesenbery until January 2020. As part of the center, Chisnell led research on what became the Anywhere Ballot and was the originator and managing editor of the Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent.[2] The Field Guides are featured in a collection on Design and Democracy hosted by the Cooper Hewitt Museum and Smithsonian Design Museum.

In 2014, Chisnell was a founding member of the United States Digital Service in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.[3]

Chisnell taught a course on Designing Government as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2017 to 2020.

Chisnell is the co-author of the Handbook of Usability Testing Second Edition (Wiley 2008).[4]

Achievements and awards

In 2019, Chisnell was named by Apolitical as one of the world's most influential people in digital government.[5]

Bibliography

Books

Articles

References

  1. Web site: Dana Chisnell. 2020-11-09. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. en.
  2. Web site: Our team Center for civic design. 2020-11-09. civicdesign.org.
  3. Web site: The Federal Government’s Technology Problem is Actually a Design Problem. 2020-11-09. Nextgov.com. en.
  4. Web site: Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, 2nd Edition Wiley. 2020-11-09. Wiley.com. en-us.
  5. Web site: World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government 2019. 2020-11-09. Apolitical.
  6. Web site: Democracy is a Design ProblemJUS. 2020-11-10. uxpajournal.org. en.
  7. Web site: Plain Language Makes a Difference When People VoteJUS. 2020-11-10. uxpajournal.org. en.
  8. Web site: Talking To Strangers On The Street: Recruiting Through Intercepting People User Experience Magazine. 2020-11-10. uxpamagazine.org.
  9. Web site: How to KJ: Setting Priorities Quickly User Experience Magazine. 2020-11-10. uxpamagazine.org.
  10. Web site: Voting in New York City: Why is Ballot Design so Hard to Get Right? User Experience Magazine. 2020-11-10. uxpamagazine.org.

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