User Experience Researcher, Human Factors

1. DAKOTA SCOTT
A human factors researcher with a strong background in working with teams, survey design, user research,
experimental design, statistical analysis, data collection, and interviewing. I am seeking an internship for
Summer 2021, where I can apply my knowledge of human factors principles, interviewing, and statistics to
help design Facebook products
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 –
Present
HUMAN FACTORS INTERN
National Institute of Justice Grant #2018-75-CX-0030
I focus on developing psychometrically validated
tools for assessing metacognitive ability &
adaptive expertise.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Applied Cognition & Expertise Lab
Worked as primary investigator to examine the
perceptual, cognitive, and expertise roles of police
officers in dynamic and ambiguous environments.
Responsibilities: Generalized linear mixed-effect
modeling, data collection, quantitative data analysis,
publishing, signal detection theory
EDUCATION
2021 –
2024
DOCTORATE IN HUMAN FACTORS
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2019 –
2021
MASTERS IN HUMAN FACTORS
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2016 –
2018
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN
PSYCHOLOGY
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Thesis: Perceptual anticipation in a
shoot/don’t shoot task.
ddscott2@shockers.wichita.edu
(316) 727-6119
PUBLICATIONS
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2019) Perceptual
anticipation in a shoot/don’t shoot task.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
Naval Information Warfare Center
• Operationalized literature reviews and research
insights into actionable goals and ensured
implementation into the final product
• Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team on the
design of multiple projects at each stage of the
product development and worked through
tradeoffs and dependencies
• Effectively communicated findings and
recommendations to stakeholders and military
research and development leaders
• Introduced head-mounted display (HMD) and
ergonomic research considerations to product
development
• Developed and maintained military human
factors engineering handbook criteria to aid in
the design of military products
• Interviewed a subject matter expert
• Brought human-machine trust in automation to the
design concepts
• Created prototypes
UX RESEARCHER
Optimize Research Group, Wichita, KS
Conducted user experience testing and competitive
analysis on websites with a collaborative team and
presented our findings to the stakeholders.
Responsibilities: Data collection, data analysis, slide
presentation creation, creation of survey protocol, task
logging, qualitative data analysis.
Walton Communities Website User Test – Spring 2020
Secret level security clearance
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (in progress) Is there an
“expert” advantage? Perceptual
anticipation ability in a shoot/don’t shoot
task. TBD.
Summer
2020
2020 –
Present

2. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2019, November). Perceptual anticipation in a shoot/don’t shoot task. Poster presented
at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Connelly, M., Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2019, April). Using biological motion to investigate perceptual–cognitive
expertise in law enforcement use-of-force decisions. Poster presented at the GRASP symposium at Wichita
State University in Wichita, Kansas.
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2019, April). Perceptual anticipation in a shoot/don’t shoot task. Poster presented at
the Oklahoma/Kansas Judgment and Decision-Making Annual Workshop at the University of Oklahoma in
Norman, Oklahoma.
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2019, April). Perceptual anticipation in a shoot/don’t shoot task. Poster presented at
the Psychology Department Research Roundup, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
Scott, D., & Suss, J. (2018, December). Perceptual anticipation in a shoot/don’t shoot task. Poster presented
at the Psychology Department Research Day, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.
AWARDS
Cognitive Engineering and Decision-
Making Technical Group Best Student
Paper Award
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Regulated student learning outcomes in
undergraduate cognitive psychology
2019
LEADERSHIP
Wichita State University HFES Student
Chapter Vice President - 2020
Fellowship in Memory of Dr. Randall M.
Chambers, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
COURSES
Advanced Research Methods I
Advanced Research Methods II
Biological Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Human Factors Principles
Neuroergonomics
2019
2019
SOFTWARE SKILLS
R
SPSS
Microsoft Office
Trello
Qualtrics
PsychoPy
Visual Studio Code
Python
RESEARCH SKILLS
Human Factors
Experimental Research Design
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Literature Review
Cognitive Psychology
Contextual Inquiry
Report Writing & Delivery
Publishing
Perceptual-Cognitive Expertise
UX METHODS
User Testing
Survey Design
Think Aloud Protocol
Interviews Survey Design
Data visualization
Prototyping
Ergonomics
Signal Detection Theory
Generalized Linear Modeling