Collaborative & Iterative Pedagogy

My teaching and facilitation experiences range from brief workshops to semester-long curriculum design and instruction. I’ve supported dozens of community-engaged courses at the University of Washington, led seminars for experienced healthcare researchers, and created undergraduate and capstone courses with instructors in disciplines from engineering to business to food sciences.

Food Product Development Capstone, Curriculum Designer & Design Assistant | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Fall 2019 & Spring 2021
Introduction to Human-Centered Design Workshop Series, Curriculum Designer & Co-Facilitator | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Global Leadership Program, Spring 2021
Democratizing Information and Establishing Transparency Using Human-Centered Design, Guest Lecturer | IS 400: Information Sciences Colloquium, Spring 2021
Engineering Orientation, Curriculum Designer & Head Engineering Learning Assistant | Grainger College of Engineering, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020
Grainger Engineering First-Year Experience Projects, Curriculum Designer & Design Assistant | Grainger College of Engineering, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, & Fall 2020
Human-Centered Design + Business on Purpose, Curriculum Designer & Guest Lecturer | BUS 302: Principles of Professional Responsibility, Spring 2020
Human-Centered Design for Mechanical Engineers Workshop Series, Co-Facilitator | ME 170: Computer-Aided Design, Spring 2019
Design Sprint: Intro to International Business, Guest Lecturer | BADM 380: International Business, Fall 2018
Redesigning Gathering Spaces in University Housing, Curriculum Designer & Co-Facilitator | University Housing, Fall 2018
The Intersection of Social Identity in Residential Communities, Co-Facilitator | EPOL 199, Spring 2018
- Unlearning White Supremacy in Higher Education Culture, Place-Based Justice Network May 2023 Peer Coaching Salon
- Integrating Human-Centered Design into a Food Product Development Undergraduate Capstone Course, Institute of Food Technologists 2021 Annual Event
- Teaching with Human-Centered Design: Instructors as Designers of Holistic Student-Centered Learning Experiences, with Dr. Saad Shehab | 2020 UIUC Faculty Retreat
- Using Cat-Centered Research to Learn the Design Thinking Process, with Rachel Switzky | Design Research Society Learn X Design 2019
- How Can We Expand Accessibility In Urban Areas?, Presenter & Moderator | Design for America Leadership Studio, August 2017
- Shehab, S., Bohn, D., O’Bryan, L., Lawrence, L., & Tissenbaum, M. (2025). Integrating Human-Centered Design into Undergraduate STEM Capstone Courses: A Food Product Development Case Study. Education Sciences, 15(5), 542. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15050542
- O’Bryan, L., Bohn, D., & Shehab, S. (2022). A Human-Centered Design Tool Kit for STEM-Based Capstone Courses. Journal of College Science Teaching, 51(6), 23–28.
- King, W. P., Amos, J., Azer, M., Baker, D., Bashir, R., Best, C., Bethke, E., Boppart, S. A., Bralts, E., Corey, R. M., Dietkus, R., Durack, G., Elbel, S., Elliott, G., Fava, J., Goldenfeld, N., Goldstein, M. H., Hayes, C., Herndon, N., … Wooldridge, A. R. (2020). Emergency ventilator for COVID-19. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0244963. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244963