Colin Gray

Knoy 309
Room 309, Knoy Hall of Technology
Biography
Colin M. Gray is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Learning Design & Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. They are program lead for an undergraduate major and graduate concentration in UX Design. They hold appointments as Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University and Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University.
Colin holds a PhD in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University Bloomington, a MEd in Educational Technology from University of South Carolina, and a MA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design. They have worked as an art director, contract designer, and trainer, and their involvement in design work informs their research on design activity and how design capability is learned. Colin's research focuses on the ways in which the pedagogy and practice of designers informs the development of design ability, particularly in relation to ethics, design knowledge, and learning experience. Their work crosses multiple disciplines, including human-computer interaction, instructional design and technology, design theory and education, and engineering and technology education.
Dr. Gray leads the UX Pedagogy and Practice Lab (UXP2), which focuses on research at the intersection of design education, practice, ethics, and critical theory.
Education:
2014 Ph.D. Instructional Systems Technology
Minor: Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction design
Indiana University—Bloomington, IN
2010 M.Ed. Educational Technology
University of South Carolina—Columbia, SC
2008 M.A. Graphic Design
Savannah College of Art and Design—Savannah, GA
Professional
- Best of CHI Honorable Mention, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021.
- Outstanding Design Case, American Educational Research Association, SIG Design & Technology, 2021.
- Honorable Mention, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, 2020.
- Best of CHI Honorable Mention, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019.
- Best Diversity Paper Nominee, American Society for Engineering Education, 2016.
- Best of CHI Honorable Mention, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2015.
- Best Paper Award, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, 2014.
- ECT Foundation Qualitative Inquiry Award, 2013.
University
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Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Globalization, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, 2019-2020.
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Exceptional Early Career Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Computer Graphics Technology, 2019-2020.
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Exceptional Early Career Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Computer Graphics Technology, 2018-2019.
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Good to Great Award, Purdue Polytechnic Institute (2018). Awarded for efforts in establishing a global partnership with Beijing Normal University
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Exceptional Early Career Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Computer Graphics Technology, 2017-2018.
Journal Publications
- Gray, C. M., & Chivukula, S. S. (2021). “That’s dastardly ingenious”: Ethical Argumentation Strategies on Reddit. Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW1), Article 70, 25 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449144
- Exter, M. E., Gray, C. M., & Fernandez, T. (2020). Conceptions of Design by Transdisciplinary Educators: Disciplinary Background and Pedagogical Engagement. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 30, 777-798. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-019-09520-w
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Gray, C. M. (in press). Markers of Quality in Design Precedent. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 11(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i3.31193
- Gray, C. M., Parsons, P., Toombs, A. L., Rasche, N., & Vorvoreanu, M. (2020). Designing an Aesthetic Learner Experience: UX, Instructional Design, and Design Pedagogy. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 11(1), 41-58. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i1.26065
- Gray, C. M. (2019). Democratizing assessment practices through multimodal critique in the design classroom. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 29(4), 929-946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-018-9471-2
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Gray, C. M. (2019). Revealing Students’ Ethical Awareness During Problem Framing. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38(2), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12190
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Gray, C. M., & Kou, Y. (2019). Co-Producing, Curating, and Defining Design Knowledge in an Online Practitioner Community. CoDesign, 15(1), 41-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2018.1563193
- Gray, C. M., McKilligan, S., Daly, S. R., Seifert, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. (2019). Using Creative Exhaustion to Foster Idea Generation. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 29(1), 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-017-9435-y
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Kou, Y., Gray, C. M., Toombs, A. L., & Adams, R. S. (2018). Understanding Social Roles in an Online Community of Volatile Practice: A Study of User Experience Practitioners on Reddit. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, 1(4), Article No. 17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3283827
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Kou. Y., & Gray, C. M. (2018). “What do you recommend a complete beginner like me to practice?”: Professional Self-Disclosure in an Online Community. Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, 2(CSCW), Article 94, 25 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274363
- Gray, C. M., & Fernandez, T. M. (2018). When world(view)s collide: Contested epistemologies and ontologies in transdisciplinary education. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(2B), 574-589. [Selected for publication in a special issue from Mudd Design Workshop X]
- Gray, C. M., & Boling, E. (2017). Designers’ Articulation and Activation of Instrumental Design Judgments in Cross-Cultural User Research. Codesign 14(2), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2017.1393546 [Selected for publication in a special issue from DTRS’11]
- Kou. Y., & Gray, C. M. (2017). Supporting Distributed Critique through Interpretation and Sense-Making in an Online Creative Community. In Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing 2017, 1(CSCW), Article 60, 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3134695
- Gray, C. M., & Boling, E. (2016). Inscribing Ethics and Values in Designs for Learning: A Problematic. Educational Technology Research & Development, 64(5), 969-1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9478-x
- Gray, C. M., Seifert, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S. R., & Gonzalez, R. (2016). What is the Content of “Design Thinking”? Design Heuristics as Conceptual Repertoire. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B), 1349-1355. [Selected for publication in a special issue from Mudd Design Workshop IX]. http://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol32-3B/05_ijee3220ns.pdf
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Gray, C. M. & Howard, C. D. (2015). Reflection on Designerly Talk in Non-Pedagogical Social Spaces. Journal of Learning Design: 10th Anniversary Issue, 8(3), 143-164. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/jld.v8i3.259 [reflection with republished version of Gray & Howard (2014)]
- Gray, C. M., Dagli, C., Demiral-Uzan, M., Ergulec, F., Tan, V., Altuwaijri, A., Gyabak, K., Hilligoss, M., Kizilboga, R., Tomita, K., & Boling, E. (2015). Judgment and Instructional Design: How ID Practitioners Work in Practice. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 28(3), 25-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/piq.21198
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Boling, E., & Gray, C. M. (2014). Design: The topic that should not be closed. TechTrends, 58(6), 17-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11528-014-0798-6
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Boling, E., Gray, C. M., Modell, M. G., Altuwaijri, A., & Jung, J. (2014). Learners Interpreting Instructional Images: Meaning-making and Decision-making Strategies. Journal of Visual Literacy, 33(2), 27-51.
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Gray, C. M. & Howard, C. D. (2014). Designerly Talk in Non-Pedagogical Social Spaces. Journal of Learning Design, 7(1), 40-58.
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Howard, C. D., & Gray, C. M. (2014). Introduction to the Special Issue on Historic Design Cases. In Gray, C. M. & Howard, C. D. (Eds.) International Journal of Designs for Learning [Special Issue on Historic Design Cases], 5(2), i-iv.
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Gray, C. M. & Siegel, M. A. (2014). Sketching Design Thinking: Representations of Design in Education and Practice. Design and Technology Education, 19(1), 48-61. [Selected for publication in a special issue from DRS // CUMULUS 2013].
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Gray, C. M. (2013). Factors That Shape Design Thinking. Design and Technology Education, 18(3), 8-20.
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Gray, C. M. (2013). Informal Peer Critique and the Negotiation of Habitus in a Design Studio. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 12(2), 195-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/adch.12.2.195_1 [Selected for publication in a special issue from DRS // CUMULUS 2013].
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Gray, C. M., Jung, J., Watson, C., Jia, X., & Frick, T. W. (2012). Models and Design Judgment: Conflicting Perspectives on Redesigning a Doctoral Readings Course. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 3(1), 27-38.
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Modell, M. G., Gray, C. M. (2011). Searching for Personal Territory in a Human-Computer Interaction Design Studio. Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 6(2), 54-78.
Conference Papers
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Chivukula, S. S., Hasib, A., Li, Z., Chen, J., & Gray, C. M. (2021, May). Identity Claims that Underlie Ethical Awareness and Action. In CHI’21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445375
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Gray, C. M., Santos, C., Bielova, N., Toth, M., & Clifford, D. (2021, May). Dark Patterns and the Legal Requirements of Consent Banners: An Interaction Criticism Perspective. In CHI’21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445779 [preprint at Arxiv]
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Boling, E., Gray, C. M., & Smith, K. (2020, August). Educating for Design Character in Higher Education: Challenges in Studio Pedagogy. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference. Brisbane, Australia: Design Research Society. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.120
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Chivukula, S. S., & Gray, C. M. (2020, August). Co-Evolving Towards Evil Design Outcomes: Mapping Problem and Solution Process Moves. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference. Brisbane, Australia: Design Research Society. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.107
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Gray, C. M., Chivukula, S. S., & Lee, A. (2020, July). What Kind of Work Do “Asshole Designers” Create? Describing Properties of Ethical Concern on Reddit. In DIS’20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. [Awarded Honorable Mention, top 5%] https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395486
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Watkins, C. R., Gray, C. M., Toombs, A. L., & Parsons, P. (2020, July). Tensions in Enacting a Design Philosophy in UX Practice. In DIS’20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395505
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Kharrufa, A., & Gray, C. M. (2020, April). Threshold Concepts in HCI Education. In 2nd Annual ACM SIGCHI Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI 2020). Honolulu, HI.
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Chivukula, S. S., Watkins, C., Chen, J., Manocha, R., & Gray, C. M. (2020, April). Dimensions of UX Practice that Shape Ethical Awareness. In CHI’20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376459
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Jo, E., Toombs, A. L., Gray, C. M., & Hong, H. (2020, April). Understanding Parenting Stress through Co-designed Self-Trackers. In CHI’20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376359
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Toombs, A. L., Whitley, D., & Gray, C. M. (2020, January). Autono-preneurial Agents in the Community: Developing a Socially Aware API for Autonomous Entrepreneurial Lawn Mowers. In GROUP’20: Companion of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (pp. 69-82). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3323994.3369900
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Chivukula, S. S., Gray, C. M., & Brier, J. (2019, May). Analyzing Value Discovery in Design Decisions Through Ethicography. In CHI’19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. [Awarded Best of CHI Honorable Mention, top 5%]. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300307
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Chivukula, S. S., Watkins, C., McKay, L., & Gray, C. M. (2019, May). “Nothing Comes Before Profit”: Asshole Design In the Wild. In CHI EA ’19: CHI’19 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. LBW1279). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312863
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Gray, C. M., & Chivukula, S. S. (2019, May). Ethical Mediation in UX Practice. In CHI’19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300408
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Kou, Y., & Gray, C. M. (2019, May). A Practice-Led Account of the Conceptual Evolution of UX Knowledge. In CHI’19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300279
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Kou, Y., & Gray, C. M. (2018, June). Distinctions between the Communication of Experiential and Academic Design Knowledge: A Linguistic Analysis. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference (pp. 1582-1595). Limerick, Ireland: Design Research Society. https://doi.org/10.21606/dma.2017.532
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Chivukula, S. S., Brier, J., & Gray, C. M. (2018, June). Dark Intentions or Persuasion? UX Designers’ Activation of Stakeholder and User Values. In DIS’18 Companion: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 87-91). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197391.3205417
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Kou, Y., & Gray, C. M. (2018, June). Exploring the Knowledge Creation Practices of UX Designers on Stack Exchange. In DIS’18 Companion: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 69-74). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197391.3205414
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Strahm, B., Gray, C. M., & Vorvoreanu, M. (2018, June). Generating Mobile Application Onboarding Insights Through Minimalist Instruction. In DIS’18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 361-372). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3196709.3196727
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Fansher, M., Chivukula, S. S., & Gray, C. M. (2018, April). #darkpatterns: UX Practitioner Conversations About Ethical Design. In CHI EA ’18: CHI’18 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. LBW082). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188553
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Gray, C. M., Kou, Y., Battles, B., Hoggatt, J., & Toombs, A. L. (2018, April). The Dark (Patterns) Side of UX Design. In CHI’18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. 534). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174108
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Kou, Y., Gray, C. M., Toombs, A. L., & Nardi, B. (2018, April). The Politics of Titling: The Representation of Countries in CHI Papers. In CHI EA ’18: CHI’18 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. alt16). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188409
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Toombs, A. L., Gray, C. M., Zhou, G., & Light, A. (2018, April). Appropriated and Inauthentic Care in Gig-Economy Platforms: An Uber and Lyft Driver Autoethnography. In CHI EA ’18: CHI’18 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. LBW532). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188657
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Toombs, A. L., Morrissey, K., Simpson, E., Gray, C. M., Vines, J., & Balaam, M. (2018, April). Supporting the Complex Social Lives of New Parents. In CHI’18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paper No. 420). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173994
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Kou, Y., & Gray, C. M. (2018, January). Towards Professionalization in an Online Community of Emerging Occupation: Discourses among UX Practitioners. In GROUP’18: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Supporting Group Work (pp. 322-334). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3148330.3148352
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Kou, Y., Gray, C. M., Toombs, A. L., & Adams, R. S. (2018, January). Knowledge Production and Social Roles in an Online Community of Emerging Occupation: A Study of User Experience Practitioners on Reddit. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS) (pp. 2068-2077). Waikoloa Village, HI. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50148
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Exter, M. E., Ashby, I., Gray, C. M., Wilder, D., & Krause, T. (2017, June). Systematically Integrating Liberal Education in a Transdisciplinary Design Studio Environment. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division. Washington, DC: ASEE. https://peer.asee.org/28901
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Gray, C. M., Exter, M. E., & Krause, T. (2017, June). Moving Towards Individual Competence From Group Work in Transdisciplinary Education. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Design in Engineering Education Division. Washington, DC: ASEE. https://peer.asee.org/28691
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Brier, J., Gray, C. M., & Kou, Y. (2017, June). In Search of UX Translators: Analyzing Researcher-Practitioner Interactions on Twitter. In DIS’17 Companion: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 111-115). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079129
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Gray, C. M., & Kou, Y. (2017, June). UX Practitioners’ Engagement with Intermediate-Level Knowledge. In DIS’17 Companion: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp. 13-17). New York, NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079110
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Gray, C. M., & Fernandez, T. F. (2017, June). Developing a Socially-Aware Engineering Identity Through Transdisciplinary Learning. In Proceedings of the Mudd Design Workshop X: Design and the Future of the Engineer of 2020. Claremont, CA: Harvey Mudd College.
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Vorvoreanu, M., Gray, C. M., Parsons, P., & Rasche, N. (2017). Advancing UX Education: A Model for Integrated Studio Pedagogy. In CHI’17: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1441-1446). New York, NY: ACM Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025726
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Gray, C. M., & Boling, E. (2016, November). Designers’ Articulation and Activation of Instrumental Design Judgments in Cross-Cultural User Research. In DTRS’11: 11th annual Design Thinking Research Symposium. Copenhagen, DK: Copenhagen Business School.
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Gray, C. M. (2016, June). What is the Nature and Intended Use of Design Methods?. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society. Brighton, UK: Design Research Society. http://www.drs2016.org/307/
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Gray, C. M., El Debs, L. D., Exter, M., & Krause, T. S. (2016, June). Instructional Strategies for Incorporating Empathy in Transdisciplinary Technology Education. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Engineering Ethics Division. Washington, DC: ASEE. [Nominated for Best Diversity Paper] http://dx.doi.org/10.18260/p.25746
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Van Epps, A., Ashby, I., Gray, C. M., & Exter, M. (2016, June). Supporting Student Attainment and Management of Competencies in a Transdisciplinary Degree Program. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Multidisciplinary Engineering Division. Washington, DC: ASEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.18260/p.25977
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Gray, C. M. (2016, May). “It’s More of a Mindset Than a Method”: UX Practitioners’ Conception of Design Methods. In CHI’16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 4044-4055). New York, NY: ACM Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858410
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Gray, C. M., Toombs, A. L., & McKay, C. (2016, May). Meaning Reconstruction as an Approach to Analyze Critical Dimensions of HCI Research. In CHI EA ’16: CHI’16 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 328-340). New York, NY: ACM Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892571
- Gray, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S., Seifert, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, August). Creativity ‘Misrules’: First Year Engineering Students’ Production and Perception of Creativity in Design Ideas. In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC); 12th International Conference on Design Education (DEC). New York, NY: ASME.
- Gray, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S., Seifert, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, July). Supporting Idea Generation Through Functional Decomposition: An Alternative Framing For Design Heuristics. In 2015 International Conference on Engineering Design. Milan, IT: The Design Society.
- Boling, E., Gray, C. M., & Smith, K. M. (2015, June). Studio Teaching in the Low-Precedent Context of Instructional Design. In LearnxDesign: The 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers and PreK-16 Design Educators (pp. 1417-1431). Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Gray, C. M., & Howard, C. D. (2015, June). “Why are they not responding to critique?”: A student-centered construction of the crit. In LearnxDesign: The 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers and PreK-16 Design Educators (pp. 1680-1700). Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Gray, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S., Seifert, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, June). What Problem Are We Solving? Encouraging Idea Generation and Effective Team Communication. In LearnxDesign: The 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers and PreK-16 Design Educators (pp. 308-329). Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Gray, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S. R., Seifert, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, June). Idea Generation Through Empathy: Reimagining the ‘Cognitive Walkthrough’. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Design in Engineering Education Division. Washington, DC: ASEE.
- Yilmaz, S., Daly, S. R., Seifert, C. M., Gonzalez, R., & Gray, C. M. (2015, June). Expanding evidence-based pedagogy with Design Heuristics. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, NSF Grantees Poster Session. Washington, DC: ASEE.
- Gray, C. M., Seifert, C. M., Yilmaz, S., Daly, S., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, May). What is the Content of “Design Thinking”? Design Heuristics as Conceptual Repertoire. In Proceedings of the Harvey Mudd Design Workshop IX: Design Thinking in Design Education (pp. 19-25). Claremont, CA: Harvey Mudd College.
- Gray, C. M., Toombs, A., & Gross, S. (2015, April). Flow of Competency in UX Design Practice. In CHI’15: Proceedings of the 2015 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3285-3294). New York, NY: ACM Press. [Awarded Best of CHI Honorable Mention, top 5%]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702579
- Gray, C. M., & Howard, C. D. (2014, October). Normativity in Design Communication: Inscribing Design Values in Designed Artifacts. In DTRS’10: 10th annual Design Thinking Research Symposium. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.
- Howard, C. D., & Gray, C. M. (2014, October). Learner v. Expert Design Talk: A Content Analysis of the Discourse of Designerly Talk. In DTRS’10: 10th annual Design Thinking Research Symposium. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.
- Gray, C. M., Stolterman, E., & Siegel, M. A. (2014, June). Reprioritizing the Relationship Between HCI Research and Practice: Bubble-Up and Trickle-Down Effects. In DIS’14: Proceedings of the 2014 CHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (pp.725-734). New York, NY: ACM Press. [Awarded Best Paper, top 1%]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598595
- Gray, C. M. (2014, June). Locating the Emerging Design Identity of Students Through Visual and Textual Reflection. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society. Umeå, Sweden.
- Gray, C. M. (2014, April). Evolution of Design Competence in UX Practice. In CHI’14: Proceedings of the 2014 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1645-1654). New York, NY: ACM Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557264
- Gray, C. M. (2013, November). Emergent Critique in Informal Design Talk: Reflections of Surface, Pedagogical, and Epistemological Features in an HCI Studio. In Critique 2013: An International Conference Reflecting On Creative Practice in Art, Architecture, and Design (pp. 341-355). Adelaide, AU: The University of South Australia.
- Gray, C. M. & Howard, C. D. (2013, November). Expectations of Reciprocity? An Analysis of Critique in Facebook Posts by Student Designers. In Critique 2013: An International Conference Reflecting On Creative Practice in Art, Architecture, and Design (pp. 381-395). Adelaide, AU: The University of South Australia.
- Gray, C. M. (2013, June). Discursive Structures of Informal Critique in an HCI Design Studio. In Nordes 2013: Experiments in Design Research (pp. 110-118). Copenhagen, DK/Malmö, SE: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools Architecture, Design and Conservation.
- Gray, C. M. (2013, May). Informal Peer Critique and the Negotiation of Habitus in a Design Studio. In DRS // CUMULUS 2013: 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers (pp. 702-714). Oslo, NO: HiOA. [Awarded ECT Foundation Qualitative Inquiry Award].
- Gray, C. M. & Siegel, M. A. (2013, May). Sketching Design Thinking: Representations of Design in Education and Practice. In DRS // CUMULUS 2013: 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers (pp. 2007-2031). Oslo, NO: HiOA.
Book Chapters
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Gray, C. M. (2021). “Supervising Women Workers”: The Rise of Instructional Training Films (1944). In E. Boling, C. M. Gray, C. Howard, & J. Baaki (Eds.), Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Gray, C. M., & Howard, C. D. (2021). Setting the Cases in Historical Context. In E. Boling, C. M. Gray, C. Howard, & J. Baaki (Eds.), Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Boling, E., & Gray, C. M. (2021). Instructional Design and User Experience Design: Values and Perspectives Examined through Artifact Analysis. In B. Hokanson et al. (Eds.). Intersections across disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and learning design (pp. 93-107). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53875-0_8
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Gray, C. M. (2020). Paradigms of Knowledge Production in Human-Computer Interaction: Towards a Framing for Learner Experience (LX) Design. In M. Schmidt, A. A. Tawfik, Y. Earnshaw, and I. Jahnke (Eds.) Learner and User Experience Research: An Introduction for the Field of Learning Design & Technology. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/ux/paradigms_in_hci
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Gray, C. M., Parsons, P., & Toombs, A. L. (2020). Building a Holistic Design Identity Through Integrated Studio Education. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, A. Tawfik, A. Grincewicz, & M. B. Schmidt (Eds.) Educational Technology Beyond Content (pp. 43-55). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37254-5_4
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Varner, D., Exter, M. E., & Gray, C. M. (2020). Towards a Content-Agnostic Praxis for Transdisciplinary Education. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, A. Tawfik, A. Grincewicz, & M. B. Schmidt (Eds.) Educational Technology Beyond Content (pp. 141-151). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37254-5_12
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Gray, C. M. (2018). Narrative Qualities of Design Argumentation. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, & K. Kaminiski (Eds.) Educational Technology and Narrative: Story and Instructional Design (pp. 51-64). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69914-1_5
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Boling, E., & Gray, C. M. (2018). Use of Precedent as a Narrative Practice in Design. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, & K. Kaminiski (Eds.) Educational Technology and Narrative: Story and Instructional Design (pp. 259-270). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69914-1_21
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Gray, C. M., & Boling, E. (2017). Designers’ Articulation and Activation of Instrumental Design Judgments in Cross-Cultural User Research. In B. T. Christensen, L. J. Ball, & K. Halskov (Eds.) Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation (pp. 191-211). Leiden, NL: CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis. [Selected for publication from DTRS’11]
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Gray, C. M. (2016). Emergent Views of Studio. In E. Boling, R. A. Schwier, C. M. Gray, K. M. Smith, & K. Campbell (Eds.) Studio Teaching in Higher Education: Selected Design Cases. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Gray, C. M., & Smith, K. M. (2016). Critical Views of Studio Education. In E. Boling, R. A. Schwier, C. M. Gray, K. M. Smith, & K. Campbell (Eds.) Studio Teaching in Higher Education: Selected Design Cases. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Gray, C. M., & Howard, C. D. (2015). Normativity Concerns, Avoided: Instructional Barriers in Designing for Social Change. In R. S. Adams, P. Buzzanell, & J. A. Siddiqui (Eds.) Analyzing Design Review Conversations (pp. 241-260). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
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Boling, E., & Gray, C. M. (2015). Designerly Tools, Sketching, and Instructional Designers and the Guarantors of Design. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, & M. Tracey (Eds.) The Design of Learning Experience: Creating the Future of Educational Technology (pp. 109-126). Switzerland: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16504-2_8
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Gray, C. M. (2015). Critiquing the Role of the Learner and Context in Aesthetic Learning Experiences. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, & M. Tracey (Eds.) The Design of Learning Experience: Creating the Future of Educational Technology (pp. 199-213). Switzerland: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16504-2_14
Books
- Boling, E., Gray, C. M., Howard, C. D., & Baaki, J. (Eds.) (2021). Historical Instructional Design Cases: ID Knowledge in Context and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Boling, E., Schwier, R. A., Gray, C. M., Smith, K. M., & Campbell, K. (Eds.) (2016). Studio Teaching in Higher Education: Selected Design Cases. New York, NY: Routledge.
Professional Affiliations:
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Design Research Society (DRS)