Alejandra Rodriguez Vega, Ph.D

I am a UXR- Study Coordinator at Apple focusing on Vision Pro’s Persona feature, translating user feedback into actionable insights to improve immersive hardware experiences.

Selected Work

Apple - Vision Pro Persona
Design and conduct human-subject studies to evaluate the usability of the Vision Pro’s Persona feature, translating user feedback into actionable insights to improve immersive hardware experiences.
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Starbucks: The Future of Food
Led UX research initiatives for the Starbucks-ASU partnership, driving innovation in food, beverage services, and product design.
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Defining Collaborative Research Methods
Exploring and innovating collaborative research methods with stakeholders
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Research Skills

Research Methods

Survey Design & Analysis, User Interviews, Usability Testing,
Diary Studies, Ethnographic Field Studies, Cultural Probes,
Focus Groups, Rapid Testing, Literature Reviews, Stakeholder Workshops,
A/B Testing, Collaborative & Speculative Design, Design Fiction,
Rapid Prototyping, Thematic Analysis, Affinity Diagrams, Card Sorting.

Publications

Dream Drone: Crowd-based Storytelling as a Tool for Design Reflection.

by Alejandra Rodriguez Vega, and Stacey Kuznetsov
MIT Press 2025 — Leonardo
To be Published Soon!

Exploring Collaborative Design Through Storytelling and Ideation

by Alejandra Rodriguez Vega
Arizona State University 2024 - Dissertation
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A Study of Solar Cooking: Exploring Climate-Resilient Food Preparation and Opportunities for HCI

by Stacey Kuznetsov, Alejandra Rodriguez Vega, and Elenore Long
CHI 2022 — New Orleans, Louisiana US
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Drogon, the Thermal-Sensing Drone: Exploring Aerial Imagery as a Tool for Citizen Science Research

by Heesun Kim, Kyle Hoefer, Alejandra Rodriguez Vega, and Stacey Kuznetsov
DIS 2019 — San Diego, California USA.
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