<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">All,</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am writing to share information about our new Master of Arts in User Experience/User Interface Design at the University of Rhode Island (see below). Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested in our program. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Madison</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">--</span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">The University of Rhode Island’s </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">invites applications to its </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Master of Arts in User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) program. This innovative joint program of the Professional and Public Writing and Art and Art History departments prepares students for a meaningful career in the fields of UX/UI. Students can choose to pursue individual graduate certificates or complete the master’s—all in a flexible online accelerated format: the standalone User Experience Design Graduate Certificate (4 courses), the standalone User Interface Design Graduate Certificate (4 courses), and two additional courses (10 courses total). </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">URI’s Master’s in UX/UI  equips students to develop ethical, creative design solutions that address real-world challenges. Guided by principles of inclusivity, sustainability, and designing for the social good, students gain expertise in:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Ethical and accessible UX design</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">UX research and methods</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Interaction design</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">UX and microcopy writing</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">UI design principles</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">UI motion design</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">UX/UI portfolio creation</font></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For spring 2025 admission, apply by November 26, 2024. See <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">--</span>our </span><a href="https://web.uri.edu/online/programs/graduate/master-in-ux-ui-design/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></font></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(153,153,153)"></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(153,153,153)">___________________________</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(153,153,153)"></span><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></p><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif">Madison Jones (he/him/his), Ph.D.</font></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif">Assistant Professor | Director, <a href="https://web.uri.edu/dwell/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Dwell Lab</a></font></div><div><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif">Coordinator, <a href="https://web.uri.edu/cels/academics/graduate-programs/certificate-in-science-writing-and-rhetoric/" target="_blank">Certificate in Science Writing and Rhetoric</a></font><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Departments of Professional & Public Writing </span><br></div><div><div><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif">and Natural Resources Science</font><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">University of Rhode Island</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font><a href="http://madisonpjones.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">madisonpjones.com</span></a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div><font color="#999999"><i><a href="https://my.ncte.org/s/product-details?id=a1BPo0000018fbhMAA" target="_blank">Rhetorical Ecologies</a> </i>(eds. Sid Dobrin and Madison Jones) is now available from NCTE!</font><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Check out my recent articles on mobilizing </span><a href="https://cdq.sigdoc.org/special-issue-12-2-toward-digital-life/" target="_blank">augmented reality to cultivate more accessible environments</a><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">, using </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.883278/full" target="_blank">memes in environmental communication</a><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">, examining a </span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02773945.2021.1947517" target="_blank">counterhistory of rhetorical ecologies</a><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">, and theorizing </span><a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3437000.3437001" target="_blank">deep mapping for environmental communication design</a><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#999999"></font></i><i style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We gather as the University of Rhode Island on the traditional land of the Niantic and Narragansett people in past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit.</i></div></div></div></div></div>