Phone | 785.312.

0706
REBECCA MAGARIO Email | rebeccamagario@gmail.com
Interaction Designer Website | http://www.rebeccamagario.com

EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Ph.D. in Education & Technology, intended graduation
2018

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Master of Arts in Interaction Design, May 2013

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS B.A., African & African American Studies, May 2011
Concentration: Arabic and Islamic Studies

AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY Language & Culture Study Abroad Program, Summer

2009

SKILLS
DESIGN AREAS User experience
Information architecture
Human Factors
Design Strategy
User centered-design

DESIGN METHODS Usability testing (Affinity Diagramming, report)

A/B Testing Case Studies
Iterative methods for user experience evaluations
(AEIOU)
Rapid prototyping
Collaborative brainstorming
Storyboarding role playing, bodystorming
Sitemapping (Graphic Organizing, Cognitive
mapping)
User Journey Maps
Scenarios, Personas, Questionnaires,
Participatory Observation, Interviews

SOFTWARE Wire framing & Prototyping: Axure, Balsamiq,

InVision, POP
ADOBE: Photoshop, InDesign, Muse, Acrobat,
Illustrator
HTML 5 basic, MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

LANGUAGES Portuguese (native), Spanish (native), English

(native), French (basic), Italian (medium), Arabic
(basic) and Japanese (basic)

EMPLOYMENT
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT/ 2014 - 2016
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Design Lab Collaborator - Special education
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Online Master Program
Worked closely to a group of Instructional
designers, professors and researcher and
vendors collaborating to create content, training
and deliverables for the online master program.
Responsible for case studies creation on MUSE
for use across classes.
Interface creation and deliverables related to it.
Accountability to understand the technicality of
embedding in CANVAS.
Researched on user-experience, to identify the
needs for stakeholders, and probability of new
iterations.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - SPED 326 -

Teaching Exceptional Children and Youth
Responsible for preparing class curriculum
content, teaching the lecture, prepare tests, create
in Blackboard, assignments, and hands-on class
activities.
Held office hours and responded to students
emails.
Responsible for creating class materials, copies,
scanned materials, etc.
Blackboard management.
Updated syllabus and calendars, coordinated the
TeachLive experience and observed students
interaction with the technology.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - SPED 507 -

Teaching Exceptional Children and Youth
Assisted professor on creating class content.
Held office hours and respond to students emails.
Worked with professor to create new curricula and
define focus of projects for the semester.
Responsible for class materials, copies, scanned
materials, etc.
Critique and contributed positively for class
overall.
Worked on projects as assigned/requested by
professor.
Updated syllabus and calendars.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT 2011 - 2013

 DESIGN DEPARTMENT AT THE Graduate Teaching Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Responsible for creating files, spreadsheet, taking
attendance, grading projects and providing
student feedback.
Held office hours and responded to students
inquiries.
Assist professor with materials, copies, scanned
materials, etc.
Actively participated in critiques of projects, and
contributed positively for the class overall.
Worked on projects as assigned/requested by
professor.
Updated syllabus and calendars.
Assisted visiting scholar in research, adaptation,
and any question needed.

DESIGN RESEARCH INTERN 2012

PLAYABLE, A SUBSIDIARY OF Design Research Intern
AKSORN PUBLISHING, BANGKOK, Conducted field observations and interviews.
THAILAND Worked with company selected team to spread
design thinking as a motivator of change and
innovation.
Utilized various methods of design: rapid
prototyping, representation, conceptual modeling,
wireframes, etc.
Ethnographically recorded observations.

INTERNATIONAL STORE 2005 - 2008

COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST
PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC. International Store Communication Specialist
Managed overall international communication by
writing, editing and creating documents to support
companys strategy, which included reviewing and
managing all outsourced translations into Spanish
and French.
Built solid relationships with the field to
understand stores associate needs; serve as a
liaison between corporate and 250 international
stores.
Developed projects such as the look book and
brand book through the process of
conceptualization, creation and delivery to stores.
Evaluated translation services vendors,
negotiated and kept the leverage of the service
contracted.
Accountable for figures (pricing and quantities) as
well as bidding contained in foreign language
versions of marketing materials.
 Participated in ongoing partnership with Visual
merchandising and Retail Operation teams on the
documents review processes.

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL 2003 - 2005

SUPPORT ASSOCIATE
PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC. International Technical Support Associate
Provided quality technical support to store
associates in Central and South America, aiding in
the smooth functionality of store equipment;
performed troubleshooting on companys new
operating system Global Store. Provide guided
technical support in Spanish and English.

Monitored the daily sales transfer from stores to

corporate office and corrected problems when
transfers were not completed.
Maintained daily records of non-polls, comparing
and approving integrity of data for Sales Audit.
Troubleshoot hardware, built and dismount PC
and parts for cleaning and fixing it.

INFORMATION SPECIALIST II 2001 - 2003

PEARSON EDUCATION Information Specialist
Facilities retirement benefits enrollment for
Federal Retirees in the Office of Personnel
Managements Retirement Program while also
offering Spanish assistance to other programs in
the department.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 1999 - 2000

DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND Research Assistant
PORTUGUESE AT THE UNIVERSITY Transcribed from audio to paper for the
development of a linguistic study in common
OF KANSAS
spoken language in Portuguese.
Recorded voice examples of written passages.

CATALOGUING STUDENT 1999 - 2000

ASSISTANT
WATSON LIBRARY AT THE Student Assistant at Cataloguing Department
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Responsible for creating, revising records for
foreigner books on OCLP system, searches on
the Library of Congress for the transition of
university system database.

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE 1996 - 1997

ASSISTANT
 CONSTRUCTORA NORBERTO Executive Administrative Assistant
ODERRECHT, SANTIAGO, CHILE Supported proposal team by producing graphics,
reports, and overlooking the bid books process,
working closely to the Production engineer
manager.
Served as administrative assistant to the
executive manager.
Revision of translation materials from Portuguese
to Spanish and English.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
International Student Orientation Leader - August
2000
Big Brother and Big Sister of Topeka - March 2005
to December 2007

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

SOE 2015 Scholarship recipient
Graduate Studies 2014 Fellowship recipient
FLAS 2010 recipient
KU Global Awareness Program 2009 recognition
recipient
Pell Grant 2008/2009 recipient
TRIO Alumna
Honor Roll 2010, 2011

MEMBERSHIPS &
CONFERENCES
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Student Senator for AbleHawks in 2009
Vice-president of BRASA, Brazilian Student
Association in 2000/2001
President of BRASA in 2013/2014
President of KU Collaborative Works, 2013
ISJ Graduate Student Association Social Media
and Community Outreach Coordinator 2015/2016

COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL Member since 2014-present

CHILDREN (CEC)
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL Member since 2014-present
RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AERA)
Conferences
Uyanik, H., & Magario, B. (2016, April). Universal Design for Learning and Self-Determination:
Engaging Scholars in Brazil and Turkey. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Convention &
Expo, April 1316. (Poster Session), St, Louis, MO.
Magario, R. & Alzaharani, T. (2016, March). Technology in Special Education: A Social Construct.
Presented at the See/Saw Festival & Conference (ISJ). Lawrence, KS.
Al-Salem, M., Carter, Jr. R.A., & Magario, R. (2015, April). Access denied: Technologys role for
students with disabilities in higher education. Presented at the annual meeting of the Council for
Exceptional Children, San Diego, CA.
Magario, R. (2015, March). The impact of K-12 digital learning environments for students with and
without disabilities: A review of literature from 2005-2015. Presented at Professionals for
Disability (KUPD). Lawrence, KS.

Publications
Magario, R. (2016). Technology in Special Education: Solving a Wicked Problem using a Second Order
Design Thinking. (in Progress).

Magario, R. (2016). Feedback loops in online learning environments: a look of the literature. (in
Progress).
Magario, R., & Kassar, M. (2017). Brazil. In Handobook of International Special Education. (in Print).qssqsqsqqq

Uyanik, H., & Magario, B. (2016). Universal Design for Learning and Self-Determination: Engaging
Scholars in Brazil and Turkey. (in Progress).

*References available upon request.