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    Christopher Hallahan

    School of Information
    Instructor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    challaha@kent.edu
    Personal Website:
    http://www.chrishallahan.com

    Biography

    Chris Hallahan, M.S. works full time as a Senior User Experience Designer at Marcus Thomas LLC, an integrated advertising agency in Cleveland, OH. In his role at MT he conducts usability research, develops information architecture systems and prototypes interactive solutions for websites and mobile apps for nationally-known brands.

    In addition to his full-time job, Chris also consults for smaller-scale clients in the areas of content management system design, UX consulting and web design and development.  Before Marcus Thomas, Chris also worked full-time for IdeaBase, a student-powered design agency within Kent State's College of Communication and Information where he also designed and taught courses on responsive web design and human computer interaction. He’s also worked in the marketing and information technology departments at Kent State. Chris currently works remotely from Pittsburgh, PA.

    *The School of Information faculty are superstars in the field. Therefore, it is impossible to list all of the great work they do on one page. Further information can be viewed on Chris Hallahan's website.


    Teaching

    Academic Program
    User Experience Design
    Library & Information Science

    User Experience In Libraries, Archives and Museums

    Education

    B.A. in Electronic Media from Kent State University
    M.S. User Experience Design from Kent State University

    Expertise

    user research
    web development
    HTML and CSS
    responsive web design
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