Soojin Jun

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

Information design, dynamic information visualization, interaction design, situationally appropriate interface design, interaction design, design and emotion, kinetic typography, design rhetoric, visual & verbal communication.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | August 2002 - June 28, 2011 (expected)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | August 1998 - May 2000
Master of Design (MDes) in Interaction Design

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | March 1996 - February 1998
Course Completion for Master of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | March 1992 - February 1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design, Graduated with departmental honors.

Professional Work

MayaViz, Pittsburgh | Summer Intern for self-initiated research project | Summer 2004
Identified and analyzed the problems of the current state of Cpak visualization; proposed various ways to enhance the current design scheme of visualization and explored other possibilities of visualization, such as movable grid or composable tree.

MetaDesign, San Francisco | New Media Designer | September 2000 - February 2001
Designed a website for FX-Pal; conceptualized and developed a high-level model for the rebuild of website for Center for Marine Conservation; produced and refined a final deliverable design concept document for Barclays.

SiegelGale Inc., New York | Summer Intern at Interactive Media Group | Summer 1999
Designed websites for reciprocal.com, Ernst & Young, and Revlon.com.

Imagedrome Inc. & Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | Interface Designer | June - November 1996
Worked on the production of CD-ROM Title Design for Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Seoul National University.

Teaching Experience

Topics in Information Design and Rhetoric (51-474/874), CMU | Instructor | Spring 2007
Topics in communication and information design seminar course for juniors, seniors and graduate students in design as well as other related disciplines; Developed syllabus, assignments, and lectures. 9 students. [syllabus pdf]

Globalization and Design (51-472/776) , CMU | Instructor | Fall 2005, Fall 2006
Seminar/studio course for juniors, seniors and graduate students in design, human-computer interaction and mechanical engineering; Developed syllabus, assignments, and lectures. 17 students (2006), 15 students (2005). [syllabus pdf]

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | Teaching Assistant | Fall 2002, Spring 2006

  • Conceptual Models (51-383/783): Conceptual models/visualization studio course for seniors & graduate students in design and human-computer interaction , 18 students (2006).
  • Service Design (51-385/785): Interaction design studio course for seniors & graduate students in design and human-computer interaction, 31 students (2006).
  • Basic Typography Communication Design 1 (51-201): Sophomore-level typography design studio course, 35 students (2002).

Research Experience

Browsable Summaries: Providing Insight into Team Work, CMU | July 2007 - December 2008
Worked on the development of a new tool which can be used by instructors to monitor the functioning of a group processes. Based on the nine interviews with instructors from various disciplines, we identified and categorized the type individual/group process assessment categories, and presented them in the design prototype using two vignettes.

Dental Charting Interface Design for Dental Informatics | Information Design Consultant, Interaction designer for CMU School of Design & Dental Informatics at University of Pittsburgh | January - December 2006
Developed an improved design for a two-dimensional dental charting interface through a user-centered design process, focusing on the visualization of complex information that is intuitive and easy to understand to the dentists.

Domestic Mail Manual Transformation Project for the United States Postal Service | Information Designer, Interaction designer, CMU | August 2002 - May 2005
Worked on the 4-year project as a team of CMU school of design, we developed a new model of a user-centered, task-based approach that replaces the USPS’ 1000-plus page manual of postal rules with a new set of intuitive, easy-to-use and understandable documents tailored to specific audience’s needs.

Kinetic Typography CD-ROM Project | Research Assistant, Illustrator, CMU | September 1999 - May 2000
Explored and created a range of kinetic type expressions to research on the effects and the language of kinetic typography.

Interface Design for Multi-Modal Meeting Browser | Research Assistant, interface designer, CMU School of Design; Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Canada | January - November 1999
Developed future interaction modalities and generated a final prototype for interface; presented the design prototype in Nortel Networks.

Institute of Traditional Culture, Seoul, Korea | Art Director, Graphic & Editorial Designer | March - December 1996
Developed the concept and the design of a series of four Chinese character textbooks for elementary school students.

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Jun, Soojin, Miso Kim, and Joonhwan Lee. “The System Diagrams: Shifting Perspectives.” Design Issues 27.2 (2011): 72-89.[pdf]

Lee, Joonhwan and Soojin Jun.“Design Guidelines and Recommendations for In-vehicle Navigation Systems.” Journal of Korean Society of Design Science, 23:3 (2010.5): 309-327.[pdf]

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Jun, Soojin, Miso Kim and Joonhwan Lee. “Rethinking System Diagrams: From Arranging Components to Organizing Action, Thought, and Possibility.” In the 2010 Design Research Society International Conference: Design & Complexity, Montreal, Canada, July 7-9, 2010.[pdf]

Jun, Soojin. “Information Design and Rhetoric: Teaching Design Students to Create Effective Communication in Situation.” In Proceedings of the International Association of Societies of Design Research 2009: Rigor and Relevance in Design, 2373-2382. [pdf]

Gweon, Gahgene, Rohit Kumar, Soojin Jun, and Carolyn P. Rose. "Toward Automatic Assessment for Project Based Learning Groups." In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2009, 218-222, Brighton, UK, July 6-10, 2009. [pdf]

Lee, Joonhwan, Soojin Jun, Jodi Forlizzi, and Scott Hudson. “Using Kinetic Typography to Convey Emotion in Text-Based Interpersonal Communication.” In Proceedings of DIS 2006 (ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems), 41-49. University Park, PA, USA, June 26-28, 2006. [pdf]

Book Chapters & Articles in Edited Books

Gweon, Gahgene, Soojin Jun, Joonhwan Lee, Susan Finger, and Carolyn P. Rose. "A Framework for Assessment of Student Project Groups On-Line and Off-Line." In Analyzing Interactions in CSCL: Methods, Issues and Approaches, edited by Puntambekar, Sadhana, Gijsbert Erkens and Cindy Hmelo-Silver. New York: Springer, 2011. 293-317.

Jun, Soojin. “History of Kinetic Typography.” Journal of Design Culture and Criticism 4: Design and technology. Seoul: Ahn Graphics, 2001.

Poster Presentation & Abstract Publication

Thyvalikakath, TP, TKL Schleyer, and Soojin Jun. “Design of a Two-dimensional Dental Charting Interface for Electronic Dental Records.” Journal of Dental Education, 71(1), 2007: 114. (abstract of presentation published) [pdf] Proceedings of the 84th ADEA (American Dental Education Association) Annual Session Exhibition 2007. [poster]

Invited Conferences & Workshops

Invited talk on “Imagination: the Power of Imaging between Possibility and Actuality” Convergence: Managing + Designing, An International Working Conference, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University & The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, USA, June 18-19, 2010.

Jafarinaimi, Nassim, and Soojin Jun. “Critical Dialogue in HCI: Principles as Places for Reflection.” Paper presented at CHI 2010 Workshop (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing systems) : Critical Dialogue: Interaction, Experience & Cultural Theory. Atlanta, GA, USA, April 10, 2010.[pdf]

Invited talk on “Social Environments.” Presented at Fourth Order Design: A Working Conference on Service Design, Interaction, and Social Environments, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University & The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, USA, March 27- 29, 2009.

Workshop tutor, Daniel Boyarski’s Design Workshop: Visualizing Information Structure and Space, organized by Korean Design Research Institute at Seoul National University, November 5-6, 2003.

Conference translator for Daniel Boyarski’s talk at 1st IDCC (International Design Culture Conference), organized by Korean Design Research Institute at Seoul National University, November 4, 2003.

Awards | Works Cited

Bronze winner, I.D. Magazine’s Interactive Media Design Review, 2001

Distinctive Merit award, The Art Direction Club 80th Annual Awards, 2001.

Boyarski, Daniel, and Richard Buchanan. Interactions: New Visions of Human-Computer Interactions, (March+April 2000): 20-23. [pdf]