Dane DeSutter
Data Scientist, Catalyst Education
Dr. Dane DeSutter is a Data Scientist, mixed methods User Researcher, and Software Engineer at Catalyst Education. His work merges laboratory & design-based research, quantitative & qualitative UX research, and big data to derive product insights. His prior research in embodied cognition looked at how spontaneous co-speech gestures revealed and altered complex mental models in science domains. He has had work published in multiple high impact peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, he has built and studied a number of software products, including Data Insights in Labflow. Dane is a classically trained pianist, loves to swim and bike, and is trying to visit as many national parks as he can.
Rosenverse talks by Dane:
"We are not asking who gamers are, we're just accepting that they play games."
Beyond the Console: The rise of the Gamer Experience and how gaming will impact UX Research across industries (Videoconference)
May 17, 2024
"We should strive to support the collection of subjective data during interactions."
Keeping the Body in Mind: What Gestures and Embodied Actions Tell You That Users May Not
March 26, 2024
"Pay attention to those representational gestures that will bring forward mental imagery."
What co-speech gestures reveal about users’ thinking during interviews (Videoconference)
June 30, 2023
