Meet Kelsey!
Kelsey Pytlik serves as an adjunct professor for the Kent State University School of Information, teaching courses in UX, UX principles and concepts, principles of interaction, and more.
Pytlik completed her UX master’s degree in 2011 but returned to the iSchool four years later to teach. She was inspired to do so after attending a UX conference and running into a familiar face.
“I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do,” Pytlik said. “I ran into one of my professors and they invited me to become an adjunct professor and here I am.”
As an adjunct professor, Pytlik is encouraging students to incorporate empathy into their UX course content and work.
“Empathy cannot be taught from a textbook,” Pytlik said. “It needs to be an overarching theme or value in all of the work that someone does.”
In her accessibility course, Pytlik is helping students think outside of their normal design process to ensure that all perspectives are being heard and understood.
Pytlik stressed that UX professionals must consider different perspectives during their design practices because of the substantial impact it has on audiences.
Biography
Kelsey Pytlik started teaching as an adjunct instructor for Kent State’s Knowledge Management Master’s degree program in 2015. She frequently teaches UXD 60001 User Experience Design Principles and Concepts.
She is a contract User Experience Designer. After completing her master’s at Kent State, Kelsey worked at a digital agency on branded sites followed by working as a member of an in-house digital team at an e-commerce retailer. Since 2016, Kelsey has been working across a variety of clients as a contract resource.
Kelsey is also the co-founder of Gild Collective, which offers gender diversity and inclusion programming to client companies.
Outside of work, Kelsey is an active participant in Team and Training endurance events to fundraise for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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