UX and player experience leadership, built on 18 years of research and studio practice.
Dr. Owen Schaffer brings usability research at Ubisoft and Kaiser Permanente, UX training at Human Factors International, and seven years directing an applied player-experience research practice as a professor.
Where to start
Education, certifications, and the throughline from studio UX researcher to professor.
Ubisoft, Human Factors International, and Kaiser Permanente: usability research on AAA games and enterprise products.
Playable games, websites, and data science projects built under Dr. Schaffer's mentorship.
Psychometric instruments measuring ~40 sources of digital game enjoyment, published at CHI and HCI International.
Built game programming and HCI curricula from scratch; mentored 25+ independent-study researchers.
Program board service, journal peer review, and curriculum committee leadership.