M.S. Human-Computer
Interaction / Design | May 2008
School of Informatics, Indiana University
B.S. Informatics w/ distinction | May 2006
Minor: Information Technology, Music
School of Informatics, Indiana University
B.A. Folklore / Ethnomusicology | May 2006
College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University
Fulbright Scholar
Design Department, Queensland College of Art
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia | July 2008-Present
Associate Instructor, I502 Experience Design
Professor Jeffery Bardzell, School of Informatics (core HCID graduate course)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | January 2007-May 2008
Associate Instructor, I543 HCI / Design Evaluation Methods
Professor Youn-kyung Lim, School of Informatics (core HCID graduate course)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | August 2007-December 2007
Research Assistant, Professor Shaowen Bardzell, School of Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Summer 2007
Research Assistant, Professor Eden Medina, School of Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | August 2006-May 2007
Usability Lab Consultant
School of Education, Department of Instructional Systems Technology
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Summer 2004
W. Odom (2008). Personal Inventories: Toward Durable Human-Product Relationships. In extended abstracts of SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2008). Florence, Italy. ACM Press, 3777-3782 [Graduate Student Research Competition, 1st Place Winner]. (Local
Copy, ACM Link)
Hanks, K., Odom, W. , Roedl, D., Blevis,
E. (2008). Sustainable Millennials: Attitudes
towards Sustainability and the Material Effects of Interactive
Technologies. In proceedings of SIGCHI Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Florence,
Italy. ACM Press, 333-342 (Local
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Blevis, E., Makice, K., Odom, W. ,
Roedl, D., Beck, C., Blevis, S., and Ashok, A. (2007).
Luxury & new luxury, quality & equality. In Proceedings
of the 2007 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products
and interfaces (Helsinki, Finland, August 22
- 25, 2007). DPPI '07. ACM Press, 296-311.
(Local
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Link
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W. Odom , Jensen, S., and Li, M. (2007).
Senior travel buddies: sustainable ride-sharing & socialization. In
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (San
Jose, CA, USA, April 28 - May 03, 2007). CHI '07. ACM Press, 2079-2084.(Local
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ACM
Link)
Bardzell, J., Jakobsson, M., Bardzell, S., Pace, T., Odom,
W. , & Houssian, A. (2007). Virtual Worlds and Fraud: Approaching
Cybersecurity in Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Digital
Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2007. Let's Play, Tokyo, Japan,
742-751
(Local
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Link)
W. Odom. (2007). The
Design of Native American Websites: From Webrings to Cyber-locality. Design:
From Imagination to Practice, Ethnography of Technical Systems
Session, International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC)
2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
(Local
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Reviewed Conference Workshops Papers
W. Odom. (2008). Values, Design, and
Worthwhile Relationships. Workshop on Values, Value, and Worth:
Their relationship to HCI?. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors
in Computing Systems. (Local
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Website)
Conference Workshops Organized
Bardzell, J., Bardzell, S., and Odom,
W. (2007) . Virtual Ethnography and Amateur Multimedia
Community Research. Workshop: Ethnographic Praxis in Industry
Conference (EPIC) 2007, Keystone, Colorado.
(Workshop
Abstract , EPIC
Proceedings)
Conference Presentations
W. Odom. (2008). Design, Ethnography, & the Experience of Elderly Domesticity. From Womb to Tomb: Processes of Everyday Life. A Symposium in Anthropological Research, Anthropology Graduate Student Association, Bloomington, IN, January 2008.
Hanks, K., Odom, W. , Roedl, D., Blevis, E. (2007). Sustainable Millennials: Exploring the Material Effects of Information Technologies for a Generation of Excessive Consumption and Exceptional Potential. Sustainable Transformations: Technology and Its Environments: 31st Annual Humanities and Technology Conference. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terre Haute, IN.
W. Odom. (2007). PanIndianism and the Internet: Dimensions of Culture, Identity, & Community. Inventing Tradition: A Symposium in Anthropological Research, Anthropology Graduate Student Association, Bloomington, IN, February 2007.
Reviewed Journal Articles
Bardzell, S., Odom, W. , (2008).
The Experience of Embodied Space in Virtual Worlds: An Ethnography of A Second
Life Community. Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces. (Local
Copy, Sage Link)
Forthcoming / In Press
Odom, W. , Blevis, E., Stolterman, E. (2008).
Personal Inventories in the Context of Sustainability & Interaction Design. In (Blevis, E., contributing editor, Anderson, R. & Kolko, J., EICs)
Forum: Sustainably Ours. ACM Interactions. Volume XV number 5. ACM Press, New York, NY.
Pierce, J., Odom, W., Blevis, E. (2008, forthcoming). Energy Aware Dwelling: A Critical Survey of Interaction Design for Eco-Visualizations. In proceedings of OZCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems Cairns, Australia. OZCHI ’08. ACM.
Postgraduate Fulbright Scholar Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia | July 2008-2009
Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 Interface Design Competition Winner
Paris, France | July 2008
Graduate Student Research Competition Winner
Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2008 Conference | April 2008
Student Design Competition Finalist
Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2007 Conference | May 2007
Iota Nu Phi Lifetime Member, National Honor Society for Informatics | May 2006
Hutton Honors College Undergraduate Summer Research Grant
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Summer 2005
Graduate School Undergraduate Summer Research Grant
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Summer 2005
Invited Member of Informatics/Computer Science Undergrad Honors Seminar
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | 2004-2005
Human-Centered Design in the context of New Interaction Design Paradigms. Indiana University. School of Informatics, HCI/ Design Evaluation Methods Course (I543) Guest Lecture, November 20, 2007.
Ethnography, User Experience & the Design Process. Indiana University. Department of Folklore, Senior Capstone Course (F497) Guest Lecture, October 24, 2007.
Systemic Approaches to Wicked HCI Design Problems. Indiana University. School of Informatics, HCI/Design I Course (I541) Guest Lecture, October 17, 2007.
Community, Representation of Identity, and Connectivity. Indiana University. Hutton Honors College Undergraduate Research Symposium, March 26, 2006.
Relational Connectivity: Fuzzy Logic Analysis and Visualization of Website Qualitative Data. Indiana University. Department of Folklore Capstone Seminar, November 14, 2005.
ACM CHI 2008 Conference Peer Reviewer
ACM CHI 2008 Co-designer of CHI 2008 Conference Sustainability Survey
Graduate Student Informatics Associtation (GISA)
Member of Research & Professional Development committee
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | August 2007-Present
Putting Memory in Place International Conference
Co-organized Museum Experience & Interaction Design Session
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | February 24, 2007
AIESEC Indiana International Student Non-Profit
VP Information Technology (Web Designer, Developer, & Administrator)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | 2004-2006
Design Methods: user-centered design, ideation, affinity diagramming, scenarios, personas, experience prototyping, cultural probes, proof-of-concept, participatory design, information architecture
User Research: ethnography, contextual inquiry, focus group, experience sampling method, usability testing, heuristic analysis, GOMS, cognitive walkthrough, wizard of oz, survey design & data analysis
Development: XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP, SQL, Javascript (some), Java (some), C# (some for Phidget & Smartphone applications)
Prototyping: sketching, paper prototyping, experience prototyping, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator
Association for Computing Machinery
Special Interest Group on Computer
Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
ACM Indiana Student Chapter
Design Research Society
Interaction Design Association