About

Hello!  I am an HCI researcher who is the principal of MishMashMakers, a research consultancy that provides academic consulting services (i.e., technical writing, grant writing, copy editing research papers and dissertations, writing Canadian SR&ED technical narratives, etc.).

During my Post-Doc I focused on issues related to the acquisition of new skills within the fabrication and making domain, in addition to innovations in input and interaction techniques. During my PhD, I focused on how multi-touch devices could be integrated into occupational and physical therapy programs and uncovered the fundamental issues with pen-based interfaces (dissertation is here). I also know a thing or two about virtual reality from my MSc (thesis is here).

I held an NSERC-funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the DGP Lab at the University of Toronto with Dr. Daniel Wigdor and Dr. Tovi Grossman (who was at Autodesk Research at the time). I received my PhD from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alberta under the advisement of Dr. Walter F. Bischof. While at the University of Alberta, I also worked with Dr. Anoop Gupta and Dr. Paul Dietz at Microsoft Research as an intern and visiting researcher. In 2011, I was a research intern at Autodesk Research and worked with Dr. Tovi Grossman, Dr. George Fitzmaurice, and Dr. Daniel Widgor. My MSc in Computing Science was completed in 2009 with Dr. Bischof. I completed my BSc in Computing Science in 2007.

My full CV can be found here.

*** If you are wondering if I would be a good fit to review a paper, I am comfortable reviewing: ***

  • Pen computing
  • Digital fabrication and creativity support tools
  • Livestreaming and social media
  • Anything that has a statistical analysis or user study

Outside of research, I like to make things, love Disney and LEGO, I run marathons, and have a very cute, mini goldendoodle named Walter Liam Annetterson.  I am married to the wonderful Fraser Anderson, who is a Senior Research Scientist, Manager at Autodesk Research.

email: michelle at mishmashmakers.com