Mike Pen PhD Student - Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Research Interests: User Experience (UX), Technology-Mediated Human Interaction, Gaming UX, Digital Ethics and Trust, Online Misinformation, Social and Personality Psychology in Online Contexts, Human Factors Psychology, Neurodivergence and Technology, Business and Ethical Implications of AI and Technology.

Experience 

Sr. Quantitative UX Researcher – AnswerLab (2022 – Present) 
Statistician / Research Director – Texas Tech University - HSC (2020 – 2022) 
Graduate Researcher / Teaching Assistant – Texas Tech University (2017 – 2020)

Education 

PhD Technical Communication & Rhetoric (User-Centered Design focus) – Texas Tech University (In progress) 

MBA - Texas Tech University 

MA Experimental Psychology - Texas Tech University 

MA General Psychology - University of North Florida 

BS Psychology - University of North Florida