I am graduate student working in the iViz Lab at Simon Fraser University where I study the interpretability of computational systems and visualization. My research interests cross disciplines and I am a Teaching Assistant for both the School of Interactive Art and Technology and the Department of Cognitive Science.

I studied Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego and received a Bachelors of Science in 2011. During that time I volunteered in the Interactive Cognition Lab and the Center for Brain and Cognition. After graduation I stayed on as a Research Associate at the ICL.

In industry, I've done software engineering at gap intelligence, sold computers for Apple, and interned at Boeing Aeroinfo.

Publications

1. Simply spinning: Extending current design frameworks for kinesthetic empathy. 2015, January.
   Shannon Cuykendall, Ethan Soutar-Rau, Karen Cochrane, Jacob Freiberg, Thecla Schiphorst.
   In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
2. POEME: a poetry engine powered by your movement. 2016, February.
   Shannon Cuykendall, Ethan Soutar-Rau, Thecla Schiphorst.
   In Proceedings of the TEI'16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
3. If Words Could Dance: Moving from Body to Data through Kinesthetic Evaluation. 2016, June.
   Shannon Cuykendall, Ethan Soutar-Rau, Thecla Schiphorst, Steve DiPaola
   In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Interactive Art Works

1. Perceptron Redux. 2019. Vancouver
2. Schrifttanz. 2016. Kraków
3. POEME, A Poetry Engine. 2016. New York, Eindhoven, Brisbane, Vancouver
4. Serpentine Dance, Refocused. 2014. Vancouver, Stanford

Teaching