Are you ready to make your voice heard and shape the future of teaching support at Portland State University? Join us at Teaching Support UX Pulse, a faculty event designed to capture the heartbeat of faculty experiences and needs.
Teaching at PSU is evolving, and so are the ways we support you. But to truly make a difference, we need to hear from the people who know best—you! Teaching Support UX Pulse is your chance to respond to respond to insights from fellow faculty, offer your unique perspectives, and directly influence how teaching support services are designed and delivered by our office in the future.
What is a UX Pulse?
This isn’t just another meeting—it’s a chance to be part of something that will impact every faculty member at PSU. Your feedback will help us understand how best to offer teaching support that is responsive to your needs, making your teaching experience smoother, more enjoyable, and more effective.
Let’s Keep the Pulse Strong!
Be part of the conversation, share your pulse, and help us build the best possible teaching support for PSU faculty. The more voices we hear, the stronger the pulse of our teaching community becomes.
We can’t wait to see you!
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Facilitators:
Sophie Saunders
Marketing & Communications Manager, Office of Academic Innovation, PSU
Sophie specializes in communication design and brand storytelling. She graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, CA with a bachelor of arts in English literature and is a poet, nonfiction essayist, photographer and painter. An Oregon native, she can often be found climbing and trekking the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
Kendra Woodstead
Kendra Woodstead attended North Dakota State University for her bachelor’s degree in Management Communication and her master’s degree in Educational Leadership in Higher Education. She is most passionate about motivation theory, communication, adult education, trauma-informed pedagogy, and accessible education. She believes strongly in the opportunities for higher education to empower and support students in their lives and learning experiences.
Kendra has worked in higher education since her first year in undergrad, starting as a student aide in the Enrollment Management Office, next as a resident assistant, an orientation leader, and as the New Student Programs intern. After college, she worked in a teacher education department doing assessment and program planning. During grad school, she was the Graduate Assistant Hall Director for the Covid-19 isolation housing, and prior to starting at PSU was the Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator for the School of Education at NDSU. Kendra is an enthusiastic member of the OAI team, who enjoys contributing to student success through supporting faculty and their teaching!
Kari Goin Kono
Senior UX Designer, Office of Academic Innovation, PSU
Kari leads UX research to design more efficient and usable learning environments and align work with multi-year strategic initiatives and goals. Her overarching contributions include leading usability testing and research efforts to inform instructional and institutional digital practice and policy related to accessibility and usability. This work includes advising and designing new IA structures and new user pathways that help team members design more equitably, accessibly, and efficiently.