Experience
Work
2021-present
UX Researcher
Designed and implement remote and diverse qualitative and mixed-methods user research studies for a variety of clients across B2B and B2C industries. Advocate for users and target customers by conducting qual research to understand their specific challenges. Translate client business priorities and needs to specific and targeted research questions in a quick and timely manner.
Implemented and translate research findings across design and messaging across digital and tactile products and presented compelling research insights to product, marketing, and design teams as well as C-suite level executives.
2018-2021
Research Associate
University of Alabama Systems Management and Production (SMAP) Center
Supported various army priorities by leading and assisting with data collection efforts for multiple generative and evaluative studies on next generation rotorcraft display systems.
2016-2018, 2020-Present
Business Director/Consultant
Montessori School of Madison
Supported day to day business tasks as well as did UX consulting on full website redesign. Worked in a team-oriented environment to implement various teaching techniques to fit the needs of specific children.
https://www.montessorischoolofmadison.com/
2013-2016
Research Assistant
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Supported ongoing studies on the effect of depression and stress on various psychological factors through the collection and analysis, of behavioral, biological (e.g., ), and fMRI data during a study of the impact of perceived control and stress on depression scales. Lead research efforts on effects on stress by early life trauma.
Education
M.A. 2018
Experimental Psychology, Spec. in Industrial Organizational Psychology
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Thesis: Forgiveness in the Workplace: The Contribution of Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Organizational Competence
B.S
Psychology, Science and Technology Honors Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thesis: The Effect of Perceived Control on Autonomic Response to Induced Stress in Healthy Young Adults with and without a History of ELT
Publications
Gillmore, S., & Tenhundfeld, N. L. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Evaluating Tesla’s Human Factors in the Wild West of Self-Driving Cars. 2020 Human Factors and Ergonomic Conference Proceedings View
Davis, B. M., Gillmore. S., Millard, D., Sentiment Analysis of Participant Comments in a User Centered Design Study for Degraded Visual Environment Sensor Visualization. 2020 Human Factors and Ergonomic Conference Proceedings View
Millard, D., Davis, B. M., Gillmore S., Method to Create Perceptually Uniform Color Gradients with Optimized Color Differences between each Step for Data Visualization. Will be published in the 2020 Human Factors and Ergonomic Conference Proceedings View
Davis, B. M., Dickerson, K., & Gillmore, S. C. (2019, July). User Centered Design Strategies for Improving Visualization of Sensor Data in Rotorcraft Cockpit Displays for Degraded Visual Environment Operations. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 131-141). Springer, Cham. View
Gillmore, S. C. (2018). Forgiveness in the Workplace: the Contribution of Percieved Organizational Support and Percieved Organizational Competence: A Thesis (University of Alabama in Huntsville). View
Hiebert, S., 2016. The Effect of Perceived Control on Autonomic Response to Induced Stress in Healthy Young Adults with and without a History of ELT. Not Published˙ View
