Review of "User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice by Kate Crane and Kelli Cargile Cook," Crane, K., & Cook, K. C. (Eds.). (2023). User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice. University Press of Colorado.

Manushri K. Pandya

doi:10.1145/3718959.3718966

Communication Design Quarterly Mar 2025 Open Access

Review of "User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice by Kate Crane and Kelli Cargile Cook," Crane, K., & Cook, K. C. (Eds.). (2023). User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice. University Press of Colorado.

Manushri K. Pandya North Carolina State University

Abstract

Kate Crane and Kelli Cargile Cook's edited collection on User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice offers case studies in technical and professional communication (TPC) pedagogy that premise around user experience (UX) design as an integrated and proactive academic practice. TPC has a rich history of UX-specific scholarship that focuses on creating holistic user experiences and conceptions such as experience architecture (Potts, 2014), design as advocacy (Rose, 2016), and participatory design (Muller, 2009). These are consistently weaved throughout the book. Crane and Cook define UX as a "theory and practice that emphasizes the need for functional products that integrate the users' needs and experiences" (p. 10). This collection features exploratory studies that discuss key methods and approaches for facilitating UX-inspired curricular design by framing student-users as co-creators in the process.

Journal: Communication Design Quarterly
Published: 2025-03-01
DOI: 10.1145/3718959.3718966
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