Visual Perception, Cognitive Literacy, and Human-Centered Design in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, AR, and VR. Society is adopting AI, AR, and VR at massive scale — without preparing humans to perceive or navigate the visual languages these systems create. This research does.
Children cannot navigate violent new media without cognitive design tools. AI mentor guides needed. ProQuest ID: 1521427
All humans cannot navigate AI/AR/VR visual languages without perceptual design frameworks. Same question. Bigger stage.
AT&T, DirecTV, Northrop Grumman, SADA — designing for humans in complex AI-driven systems. The practitioner became the researcher.
Questions: How does the human brain process — and break down — in new AI/AR/VR visual environments? What visual literacy frameworks are needed for humans to navigate digital visual languages safely?
Output: A Visual Perception Framework for AI/AR/VR UX — a systematic model of how human visual cognition functions in immersive AI environments.
Questions: How should AI, AR, and VR interfaces be designed to match human visual and cognitive capacity — not overwhelm it? What UX patterns create cognitive safety in immersive digital environments?
Output: Human-Perceptual UX Design Guidelines for AI/AR/VR — practical design principles enabling practitioners to build systems that support human visual processing.
Questions: How do we educate people to navigate AI/AR/VR demands before they are overwhelmed? What does spiritual and emotional preparation look like for AI-mediated environments?
Output: Visual Literacy + Spiritual Care Curriculum — educational framework preparing people to engage from a place of grounded understanding, not reactive confusion.
Anchored in a problem society is not yet naming — and a researcher who has spent 22 years watching it develop from the inside. Bridges cognitive science, UX design practice, visual literacy education, and spiritual care into one coherent contribution no other candidate is positioned to make.
Systematic model of how human visual cognition functions in immersive AI environments.
Practical design principles for AI, AR, VR interfaces — applicable to enterprise, healthcare, education.
Educational framework preparing people to read and critically navigate AI/AR/VR environments.
Framework for helping people engage with AI-mediated environments from a grounded, whole position.
Strong HCI + human-centered AI + social impact. Faculty researching visual perception, AI UX, and cognitive systems. Practice-led applicants welcomed.
Practice-led · media arts · design + technology. Strong fit for visual literacy, AI/AR/VR design research, and education-focused inquiry.
World-leading practice-based design PhD. Highly receptive to industry practitioners. Strong track record in AI, immersive media, and human-centered design.