The User Experience Lab Team
Dr. Millet leads a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team of researchers in the area of user experience, product design, and data visualization focused on investigating interactions between users and technologies with the goal of better designing systems.


Dr. Barbara Millet, Ph.D.
Barbara Millet, Ph.D. is Director of the University of Miami User Experience Lab and faculty of Cinema & Interactive Media at the School of Communication. Her research focuses on the design of user interfaces and their influences on human performance and engagement. Google Scholar

Deb Pang Davis
Deb is a second-year Masters student in the Cinema & Interactive Media program. She is a research assistant for Extensions of the Congruence Association Model, Fake News, Real Share, and 360 Video UX.

Qinyu Ding
Qinyu is a second-year Masters student in the Cinema & Interactive Media program. She is a research assistant on the U-Link Project, HURAKAN: Improving Hurricane Risk Communication for Vulnerable Populations.

Maria Aguilar
Maria is a second-year Masters student in the Cinema & Interactive Media program. She was a research assistant on the Firefighter Cancer Initiative.

Caroline Diaz
Carolina graduated from the Cinema & Interactive Media program in 2019. She was a research assistant on the U-Link Project, HURAKAN: Improving Hurricane Risk Communication for Vulnerable Populations.