College of Arts and Humanities

Laura Huisinga

Assistant Professor

Art, Design, and Art History | 559.278.2312 | Office: Conley Art 225

Education

Ph.D.: August 2017, Doctor of Philosophy Human-Computer Interaction. Iowa State University. Ames, IA.

MFA: May 2016, Master of Fine Arts program – Graphic Design. College of Design, Iowa State University. Ames, IA.

BFA: December 2010, Bachelor of Fine Arts - Graphic Design and Photography. Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.

Courses Taught

Fall

GD 142 UX & UI Design
GD 157 Motiongraphics
GD 159 Immersive Design

Spring

GD 142
GD 155 Interface Design
GD 180 Portfolio (Interactive Multimedia Section)

Please contact me for permission numbers if you are interested in taking any of these classes but are missing a listed requirement.

Dr. Laura Huisinga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Design, and Art History (graphic design area; Interactive Multimedia BFA track) in the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University - Fresno. She has her Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University and her MFA in Graphic Design from the College of Art and Design at Iowa State University. Her interest focuses on user experience (UX) design, usability testing methods, universal design, game theory for education, immersive design for extended reality (XR), including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and designing for new technologies. Dr. Huisinga’s research focuses on using augmented and virtual reality for education.

Current Areas of Research

XR for education and WebVR/WebAR solutions for distance learning and hybrid learning. Designing augmented reality experiences for the classroom, exploration of augmented and virtual environments. Designing for dyslexic users and user experience design.

Research Interests: Augmented Reality, Virtual Environments, 3D Model creation for AR/VE, motion graphics, projection mapping, Interactive Design, App Design, Digital Publications (DPS), Graphical User Interface (GUI), 3D User Interface, User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Web Design, Interdisciplinary Teaching Methods, Branding, Typography, Book Design.

Recent Publications:

Huisinga, L. (2021, July). Virtual Exhibit Design: The UX of Student BFA Design Shows in Social VR. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 240-246). Springer, Cham.

Huisinga, L. A. (2021, March). Collaborative Design of Augmented Flashcards for Design History Class. In 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 651-652). IEEE.