Francis (Franky) Dominguez

Experience

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  University of California, Santa Cruz

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

  Undergraduate Admissions - Frontline Assistant

  • Advise prospective students and other interested constituents regarding UC/UCSC admissions eligibility and selection, through various venues including but not limited to web-based services, on-phone advising, and over-the-counter in-person advising• Analyze and validate student official academic records/transcripts and educational history• Interpret and apply UC faculty-approved guidelines governing undergraduate freshman admission, transfer admission, and international admission.• Navigate Academic Information System (AIS) to locate information relevant to the situation that's being addressed• Perform administrative tasks including but not limited to: scanning; filing; and processing mail• Assist the Frontline Admissions Adviser in providing training to recently hired Frontline Admissions Assistants Show less

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  Student Success Evaluation & Research Center

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  The Student Success Equity Research Center (SSERC) engages in collaborative research with faculty, students, and staff to better understand, assess, and support student success at UCSC and to contribute more broadly to higher education scholarship. We provide data, research, and evaluation support to the UCSC campus• Engaged in collaborative research with faculty, students, and staff to better understand, assess, and support student success at UCSC and to contribute more broadly to higher education scholarship• Conducted interviews regarding the usability of Slug Success, a web-based tool advisors use for students, as well as thoughts on using predictive analytics for UCSC Show less

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  First Generation College Student's Educational Pathways Lab

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Conducted interviews with first-generation students regarding educational pathways in a semi-structured format• Coded interviews to turn into recurring themes and patterns in which to use to analyze the holistic participant pool

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  Acacia Counseling and Wellness

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

  Administrative Specialist
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  University of California, Santa Cruz

  Oct 2022 - now

  Misfit Lab • Researcher for a project regarding how to design online applications to facilitate prosocialization in adults• Co-Designed a mixed-methods research study looking at the use of social media in relation to one’s identity and ability to socialize. Collected data from 200+ participants through survey, interviews, and focus groups• Presented preliminary results of research study at a workshop in a Tier A publication venue Alternative Learning Technologies and Games (ALT Games) Lab • Researcher on a project that involves the application of game design to produce embodied experiences to physically and mentally benefit users• Analyzed literature regarding yoga and trauma to inform best practices in the development of a game• Created an annotated bibliography for the team to reference and to inform future research study designs Games User Interaction and Intelligence (GUII) Lab • UX Researcher and Design Assistant for the development of the user interface of an interactive data visualization tool• Conducted generative research to provide direction in a games data visualization tool’s user interface• Prototyped proof-of-concepts based on research insights and communicated benefits and risks Authentic User Experience (AUX) Lab• Researcher assisting postdoc in exploratory research regarding UX professionals navigating cultural politics within tech organizations

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    May 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Jan 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
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  IBM

  Apr 2023 - Dec 2023

  UX Researcher, Capstone Project

  UC Santa Cruz Human-Computer Interaction M.S. Program Industry Capstone Project• Working on a project regarding making the process of fine-tuning models accessible to researchers who don't necessarily have the background knowledge to do so, but are interested in incorporating AI / ML in their workflow • Synthesized thematic findings of 12+ hours of transcription data and used them to inform stakeholders of the problem space as well as inform our design direction of a prototype of a platform Show less

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  PlayStation

  Jun 2023 - now

  User Research Student Moderator