Juan Fernando Maestre

Experience

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  Instituto Superior Metropolitano de Diseño, La Metro

  May 2005 - Jul 2012

  Instructor / Coordinator

  Instructor of programming, multimedia/web design, and project management courses. Thesis supervisor, member of the directive board and coordinator of the English department.

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  Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

  Sept 2006 - Dec 2012

  Instructor

  Instructor of web design/development, and digital animation courses. Thesis supervisor and developer-researcher in participatory community-based projects.

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  Iowa Innovation Associates

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

  Web application design and front-end development internship. - Teaching assistant: web design/development and programming languages for the Computer Science department.- Research: human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communication.- Vice President of the Graduate Informatics Society (GISo)- Member of the Graduate Student Senate (GSS)

  • Front-end Web Designer / Developer

    May 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Teaching & Research Assistant

    Jan 2013 - Jul 2015
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  Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

  Research Assistant working on a collaborative projects (transportation barriers and technology) with the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Associate Instructor (AI) of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX) design courses for both undergraduate and graduate cohorts. I have also been an Associate Instructor for master’s degree students in the HCI/d program working on their final capstone projects.

  • Research Assistant

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Associate Instructor

    Aug 2015 - May 2019
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  University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering

  Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

  President's Postdoctoral Fellow
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  Swansea University

  Sept 2023 - now

  Lecturer (Assistant Professor)