Nadya Shalamova, Ph.D.
Professor, Program Director | Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES
Dr. Nadya Shalamova is a professor, program director and expert in user experience (UX).
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Education, Licensure and Certification (6)
Certificate in Basics of Flare: MadCap Software Company 2014
Certificate in Structured Authoring: Society for Technical Communication 2010
Ph.D.: Rhetoric & Professional Communication, New Mexico State University 2008
M.Phil.: Descriptive Linguistics, Mari State University 2001
Certificate, Methods and Techniques for Teachers of English as a Second Language: University of CA: Riverside 1998
M.A.: Teaching English and German as a Foreign Language, Tomsk State Pedagogical University 1996
Biography
Dr. Nadya Shalamova is a professor in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication Department at MSOE and the program director of user experience. She earned her M.A. in teaching English and German as a foreign language from Tomsk State Pedagogical University, and her M.Phil in descriptive linguistics from Mari State University. She worked for several years in the Laboratory of Siberian Indigenous Language at Tomsk Polytechnic University where she conducted linguistic and anthropological research on one of the endangered (now extinct) native Siberian dialects. At the same time, she taught linguistics and ESL to engineering students. In 2001, she received a Carnegie Fellowship that brought her to the United States. That’s when she first learned about technical communication. She decided to pursue her Ph.D. from New Mexico State University where she was heavily involved in the Freshman Integrated Learning Community Project at the College of Engineering. Shalamova joined MSOE in 2008. She teaches UX and humanities courses including Social Science, UX Practicum, Freshman Studies, Linguistics: Study of Language, and Foundations of UX. She is an advisor to MSOE's University Innovation Fellows and is a CREATE Faculty Fellow.
Areas of Expertise (5)
Applied Learning
Design
User Experience
Technology
Technical Communication
Accomplishments (1)
New Mexico State University Graduate School Award
2006-2007
Affiliations (4)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) : Member
- Association of Computing Machinery: Member
- User Experience Professional Association: Member
- University Innovation Fellows: Faculty Champion
Media Appearances (2)
High school students participate in design spree
MSOE
2017-03-04
“Tasked with redesigning a gift-giving experience for a friend or loved one, students went through the five stages of design thinking: empathy, problem-definition, solution ideation, prototype building and end-user testing,” said Dr. Nadya Shalamova, director of MSOE’s UXCD program.
Students with big ideas reap big rewards at Festival
MSOE
2016-04-29
A team of General Studies faculty – Dr. Nadya Shalamova and Dr. Tammy Rice-Bailey, associate professors, Department Chair Alicia Domack, Ph.D., and Dr. Katie Wikoff, professor – developed the event. Acting as event emcee was lecturer Yazmene Thomas.
Event and Speaking Appearances (5)
Blending Engineering Content with Design Thinking and UX to Maximize Student Engagement in a Technical Communication Class
2016 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
Five Simple Tips for Communicating Technical Information
Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers Discovery Conference Milwaukee, WI, May 2016
Five Simple Tips for Communicating Technical Information
Milwaukee Chapter of ASM 58th Bergman Seminar Milwaukee, WI, April 2016
Controlled Language for Content Optimization and Translation
Society for Technical Communication, Wisconsin Chapter Meeting Milwaukee, WI, December, 2014
Working with Engineering Students: Lessons for a TC Program
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Colorado Springs, CO, September, 2014
Research Grants (5)
The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network participation grant
University of New Haven $2,500
2014 Awarded for the “Integrating Curriculum with Entrepreneurial Mindset” workshop
The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network Small Grant
MSOE $1,000
2013 Awarded for the development of Creativity Workshops for Milwaukee School of Engineering students
The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network Small Grant
MSOE $1,500
2011 Awarded for the integration of entrepreneurial projects in communication classes
The Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation for Servant-Leadership Grant
MSOE $500
2010 Awarded for the development of a business project for a non-profit organization
Verna Newman Rule Endowed Memorial Scholarship
New Mexico State University $5,000
2007 - 2008
Selected Publications (1)
Transitioning from Technical Communication to User Experience (UX): A Case Study of a Collaborative Curriculum Redesign
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge DevelopmentRice-Bailey, T., Shalamova, N.
2016 This article details a collaboration between a Technical Communication (TC) academic program at Milwaukee School of Engineering and its User Experience (UX) industry and community partners. This collaboration resulted in rethinking a TC degree program and establishing a new UX and Communication Design B.S. degree program. This article responds to TC scholarship calling for increased collaboration between academia and industry. The authors further explain how this particular collaboration was guided by Stakeholder Theory, enabling the program to identify its stakeholders and balance their differences while establishing new partnerships with the UX professional community. This article presents a case study of academia/industry collaboration and details both the challenges and successes that emerged during a program redesign. It concludes with models, a tools, and preliminary lessons that can assist other academic programs considering or undergoing similar curriculum or programmatic changes.
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