👋 Hi.. I’m Aparna Gopal!

👀 I’m interested in .. UX Research | Learning Experience Design | Digital Community Management

✨🌱 I’m currently exploring.. Responsible AI | Digital Sustainability

💞️ I’m looking to collaborate.. On projects related to AI Policy, AI & Ethics, Digital Sustainability

📫 How to reach me.. LinkedIn - @Aparna1Gopal on GitHub!

🛠 MY UX TOOLKIT

• UX RESEARCH SKILLS (Qualitative & Quantitative) Mixed Methods Research | Applied Research | Research Design | Qualitative Methods | Data Visualization | Qualitative Interviews (in-person & remote) | Field Studies | Surveys | Focus groups | Workshops | Benchmarking | Diary studies | Contextual Inquiry/Ethnography | Document & Content Analysis | Heuristic Evaluation | Usability Testing (moderated & unmoderated) | Guerrilla Testing | A/B Tests | Heat maps | Personas & Journey mapping | Card Sorting | Tree Testing | Affinity mapping
• ResearchOps SKILLS Participant recruitment | Cross-functional Collaboration | Research planning & project management | Technical writing | Grant Writing | Research Reports & Presentations | Communication & public speaking | User & Community outreach, advocacy, dissemination (in-person & remote) | Stakeholder engagement & management (in-person & remote) | Building & Managing Research Repositories | Supervision & Mentorship
• UX RESEARCH TOOLS Dovetail | Notably.ai | Hotjar | NVivo | QDA Miner | SPSS | Maze | MS Excel | MS Clarity | SurveyMonkey | Qualtrics | Remesh | UsabilityHub | UserTesting | Google Analytics | User Interviews | Optimal Workshop
• DESIGN SKILLS Design Thinking | Design Systems | User & Task flows | Information Architecture & Wayfinding | Paper prototyping | Wireframes | Icons & logos | Color theory | 3-D design & visualization | Architectural & Interior design | Sustainable Design | Energy Efficient design | Lighting design | Urban design | Mentorship & Teaching, in design-based domains | e-Learning Design & Development | Participatory Design
• DESIGN TOOLS Figma | Miro | Sketchup | iMovie | Adobe Photoshop | Geo visualization & map making (ArcGIS/Google Earth) | Wordpress | AutoCAD | Canva
• PRODUCTIVITY, eLEARNING MANAGEMENT, COLLABORATION Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace | Adobe Acrobat Pro | AdvisorTrac | Blackboard Learn | Oracle-PeopleSoft | Zoom | EndNote | Zotero | Otter.ai | Notably AI | Evernote | ChatGPT | Dropbox | Airtable | SIS+ | Trello | Discord | Slack | GitHUB | Notion