I'm a PhD student at UC Berkeley's School of Information (formerly SIMS). I study the social and cultural factors that inform the design of computer enabled interfaces and experiences. Currently, I'm conducting ethnographic research on how youth's everyday uses of digital media affect communication, learning, knowledge and play. The project, a three year study funded by the MacArthur Foundation, is led by Peter Lyman, and Mimi Ito. In 2006, I investigated how human centered design practices can be applied to the design of information-centric services. The project was part of the new Services Science, Management and Engineering program at Berkeley. In 2005 I worked as a user-experience designer for Marc Davis' social media group at Yahoo! Research Berkeley. Previously I led the interactive media team at Jan Krukowski & Company, a New York City agency specializing in the education and not-for-profit sectors. I received my BA from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME in 2000, and my Master's from UC Berkeley's School of Information in the spring of 2007.

Please feel free to contact me: christo [at] sims [dot] berkeley [dot] edu