Portrait of Iris Wang

I study how people think and decide, then design around it.

I studied psychology at the University of Waterloo and HCI at the University of Michigan School of Information. I've run research with Kuaishou, Mixel Studio, the UM Institute for Social Research, and Glassdoor as a client project, working with job seekers, shoppers in Brazil, K-12 and higher-ed educators, and aging populations. When a finding needs to become a product, I design it.

EXPERIENCE

Research AssistantUM Institute for Social Research2026 – now
Product DesignerMixel Studio2025 – 2026
Product Design InternKuaishou Technology2024
UX Research, client projectGlassdoor · UMSI coursework2024
UX Research InternProya Cosmetics2022
RESEARCHMixed methods, usability testing, contextual inquiry, survey design, interviews, journey mapping
ANALYSISQualtrics, SPSS, R, Python, SQL, Excel
DESIGNFigma, prototyping, interaction design, information architecture, design systems
TECHNICALHTML/CSS/JavaScript, React, Python (Django), PostgreSQL, Unity (C#)
MS Information (HCI), University of Michigan, 2025 · BSc Psychology, Minor in Bioinformatics, University of Waterloo, 2023 — Honors Thesis Award