ACT Media Assistant Mikaela Joyce is a Media Design (MA) candidate at Emerson College, where she was just awarded the Graduate President’s Citation.
Her thesis focuses on developing assistive technology for young adults on the autism spectrum through co-design methodology. Additionally, she has worked on projects at the Engagement Lab and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Joyce’s interests include human-centered design, the social sciences, contemporary art, web development, and emergent media. She is also an artist, specializing in stop-motion animation and collage.