CURRENTLY
01.2026 – Present
Vice Chair, Women in Design (WID),
02.2025 – Present
The Child Safety Initiatives, XRSI
10.2025 – 01.2026
Co-organiser and Speaker @ Praxis: Symposium-Lab
07.2025
Reviewer for SIGGRAPH ASIA XR
04.2025
Research Presentor of Cornell Tech XR Collaboratory X Danish P1 XR Collaboratory︎︎︎
11.2023 – 11, 2025
09.2023 – 01.2024, NY
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan, KCS
07.2023 – 02.2024, NY
Artist: Maya Ciarrocchi | LoopCurrent
01.2026 – Present
Vice Chair, Women in Design (WID),
09.2025 – Present
Organizer & Host, Salon Talk
Organizer & Host, Salon Talk
A recurring inquiry-based conversation series I founded — bringing together practitioners, researchers, and educators whose work engages with lived experience, embodied cognition, and human agency. Each session pairs a guest with collective dialogue, treating experience itself as a form of knowledge production rather than illustration.
12.2023 – Present, NY
Adjunct Professor, Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Spring 2024, 2025, 2026Fall 2024 & 25Thesis 1Core Studio Systems
Core Lab Environments
The most structured and successful student projects across Core courses in Design and Technology evaluated by Ayo Okunseinde, BFADT Director
Visual Design Concepts:
02.2025 – Present
The Child Safety Initiatives, XRSI
Researcher in Human Factors Design, Interaction and Media design for Child and Youth
Co-Author of COPPA 2.0 – Research on Dark Patterns, Editorial Design
Review Writing for Fair Play Report
10.2025 – 01.2026
Co-organiser and Speaker @ Praxis: Symposium-Lab
10 – 11.2025
Pollinator Peer Circle Program - Virtual Residency
07.2025
Reviewer for SIGGRAPH ASIA XR
04.2025
Research Presentor of Cornell Tech XR Collaboratory X Danish P1 XR Collaboratory︎︎︎
HCI, XR Interaction Design, Research, and Collaboration
11.2023 – 11, 2025
The Power Paradox 2022︎︎︎
09.2023 – 01.2024, NY
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan, KCS
Instructional Program Developer, Creative Art Instructor, Visual Designer, Part Time
07.2023 – 02.2024, NY
Artist: Maya Ciarrocchi | LoopCurrent
Researcher and Prototype Developer in Wearable Tech for Perfomance, Freelance
09.2017 - 11.2017, NY
Urban Leaf
UX/UI Designer, Freelance
09.2017, NY
Catch NYC
Product Designer, Freelance
06.2017 - 07.2017, NY
sous le manteau
Product Designer, Freelance
10.2009 - 03.2010 Seoul, KR
Keagnam Enterprise, LTD
EDUCATION
08.2015/2021 - 12.2022 New York, NY
Parsons School of Design The New School
Master of Fine Art in Design and Technology
| Dean’s Merit Scholarship (the entire years)
| Specialized in Interaction Design, Experiential Design, Research in Emotional Intelligence in Positive Psychology
| Design Menifesto︎︎︎
| NYC Media Lab
Creative Tech
Hongik University | Daejun/Seoul, KR
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.A.) in Industrial and Product Design
| Specialized in Interaction Design,
Human Centered Design, Furniture Design
| Hongik x Kia Motors, Winner of Concept Car Interior Design - Interaction Design
| Awarded first place in Hongik
Art Competition in 2001
TALK, RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
04.2026Talk: XR as a Cognitive Interface | XR Guild
03.2026
11.2025
Lecturer @ XREAL: XR/AI Symposium/Hackaton, Seoul University︎︎︎
09.2025
Invited Guest Speaker
Unraveling, Not Yet Art/Design︎︎︎ London Design Festival
04.2025
Research Presentor of Cornell Tech XR Collaboratory X Danish P1 XR Collaboratory
03. 2025
Reflections on Persona, Presence, and Performativity in Virtual Spaces︎︎︎, Featured in Antaeus AR, Spatial Computing and Augmented Reality Publication
06.2024
Artist Talk at Unbound Variable Exhibition︎︎︎
09.2023
Women United ART Magazine︎︎︎
05. 2022
Selfulness︎︎︎
01.2016
Instructables
12.2015
Design Manifesto︎︎︎ Critical Design for 21 Century
04.2026
Presented Insight Realm as a case study in redesigning immersive media as an active perceptual system — one that reorganizes cognition, emotion, and behavior rather than simulating external reality. Grounded in the Perception–Emotion–Behavior cycle and Biopsychosocial-Environmental framework.
03.2026
Keynote Speaker @Immersive Innovation Design Bodies, Sensors, and New Narratives , Selected via Peer-Review, Research Acts Research Group
Immersive Acts Symposium @ Royal College of Art
11.2025
Lecturer @ XREAL: XR/AI Symposium/Hackaton, Seoul University︎︎︎
LinkedIn︎︎︎
09.2025
Invited Guest Speaker
Unraveling, Not Yet Art/Design︎︎︎ London Design Festival
APNews︎︎︎
04.2025
Research Presentor of Cornell Tech XR Collaboratory X Danish P1 XR Collaboratory
Cornell Tech, Aarhas University, Copenhagen University
Insight Realm & Echo – Research, HCI and UX Design
03. 2025
Reflections on Persona, Presence, and Performativity in Virtual Spaces︎︎︎, Featured in Antaeus AR, Spatial Computing and Augmented Reality Publication
06.2024
Artist Talk at Unbound Variable Exhibition︎︎︎
Hosted by Notyet Arts, UAAD Art︎︎︎at Sojourner Gallery
09.2023
Women United ART Magazine︎︎︎
In The Spotlight | Issue V Autumn 2023 – The Power Paradox (Audio reactive Projection Mapping)
05. 2022
Selfulness︎︎︎
Parsons School of Design MFA Design and Technology Theses
01.2016
Instructables
Author Reward – Runner Up | I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎
12.2015
Design Manifesto︎︎︎ Critical Design for 21 Century
RESEARCH INITIATIVES & COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Salon Talk
Organizer & Host
09.2025 – Present
11. 2025 – 01. 2026
ADVISORY & RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
02.2025 – PresentThe Child Safety Initiative, XRSI
REVIEWER, JUROR & MENTOR
04.2026
Ripple Designnatho: Product Design, MIT
04.2026
Juror @ Playful Hackathon︎︎︎
Innovation Center @ Parsons School of Design, The New School
10–11.2025
XR Creator Con (XRCC)︎︎︎
Immersive Insider
Collaborator: Meta, ShapesXR
07.2025
Reviewer for SIGGRAPH ASIA XR
01.2025
MIT Reality Heck 2025
Most Recognized Mentor in UX and Design︎︎︎
XR Design Challenge (XRDC)︎︎︎
Immersive Insider
Collaborator: Ideo, Meta, ShapesXR
ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION
06.2026
Selected Participant, IMPULSE Programme 2026
06.2024 New York, NY
14th Annual Interactive Show | Echo by Team Echo︎︎︎ NYC Resistor
02.2024
ACM ARTGALLERY S2024, SIGGRAPH
09.2023
Women United ART Magazine
05.2023
Red Dot Design 2023
09.2016 New York, NY
NYC Media Lab
04.2015
Parsons School of Design The New School Scholorship
05.2009 KR
Architecture Award | Gyeonggido Office of Education
03.2007 Seoul, KR
Winner of Concept Car Interior Design - Interaction Design
06.2026
Selected Participant, IMPULSE Programme 2026
XR4Europe / Immersive Tech Week, Rotterdam
Participated in main stage pitch, coaching sessions, and targeted matchmaking with industry partners and investors.
06.2024 New York, NY
14th Annual Interactive Show | Echo by Team Echo︎︎︎ NYC Resistor
02.2024
ACM ARTGALLERY S2024, SIGGRAPH
Echo by Team Echo︎︎︎
09.2023
Women United ART Magazine
In The Spotlight | Issue V Autumn 2023
The Power Paradox︎︎︎
05.2023
Red Dot Design 2023
Shortlisted
| The Power Paradox︎︎︎ (Experience Design)
| Ranking of Happiness︎︎︎ (Communication Design)
| I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎ (Design Concept)
11.2017 New York, NY
Inaugural Show – Gallery Madison Park︎︎︎
Inaugural Show – Gallery Madison Park︎︎︎
I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎
Perception︎︎︎
09.2016 New York, NY
NYC Media Lab
Creative Tech | I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎
04.2015
Parsons School of Design The New School Scholorship
Dean's Merit Scholarship (for the entire academic years)
05.2009 KR
Architecture Award | Gyeonggido Office of Education
The Best Elementary School | Saptial Design in Mural Design
03.2007 Seoul, KR
Winner of Concept Car Interior Design - Interaction Design
KIA Motors Competition | Collaborative Project
VOLUNTEERING
04 – 10.2020
MinKwon Center for Community Action
04 – 10.2020
MinKwon Center for Community Action