About
Hi, I’m Matt, a design ethnographer and PhD student at UMSI. Applying the framework of Generative Justice, my work seeks to support bottom-up generation of value and localized circular economies in underserved communities for sustainable, anti-racist systems incorporating advanced technologies.
Publications
[in press] Tawanna R. Dillahunt, Matthew Garvin, Marcy Held, and Julie Hui. 2021. Implications for Supporting Marginalized Job Seekers: Lessons from Employment Centers. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 5, CSCW2, Article 324 (October 2021), 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3476065
Conference Presentations
NASA MGSC ’20 – “Understanding the Emerging Role of HCI in Human Space Exploration”
Funding
UMSI PhD Student Funding
Green Transfer Scholarship
Industry Biography
Prior to becoming a PhD student at UMSI, Matt worked on classified projects for NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions and the Exploration Medical Capability element of the Human Research Program. Matt completed an internship at Tyler Technologies Public Safety Division, and has done UX consulting projects for MI Dept. of State, IBM Developer, and GRDC.
Academic Biography
Matt holds an MS in Information (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), with a thesis titled, “Close encounters of the HCI kind: an ethnography of human-centered approaches in space technology”, and a BA in Anthropology (Wayne State University, Detroit). Matt is currently a PhD student at the University of Michigan.
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Special Announcement
Greetings, If you follow my social media, then you are likely already aware. I’ve known for a few weeks, but I’ve been so busy I didn’t make time to write about it. Considering the announcement, I think it’s going to be important that I make regular contributions to this blog, so let’s start here. It’s…
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Ethnographic Encounters of the HCI kind in Bioastronautics
Research Plan –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Problem Statement Bioastronautics is a branch of aerospace engineering that specializes in the study and support of life in space. Bioastronautics researchers are interested in the biological, behavioral, medical, and material domains of organisms in spaceflight. Technological advances have increasingly led to a deepened interest and urgency in the domain of space…
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