MJ Johns

(they/them)



Projects Academic Public Speaking

I am a passionate user advocate with experience in UX Research and Design. I'm the founder and creative director of Astire Games LLC, and a PhD Candidate / Senior Researcher with research interests in Creative Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction, and Computer Science.

Thanks for visiting my website! How to use this page: If you would like to see examples of my work, check out the Projects page where I have playable demos, videos, and documentation of my recent creative and research projects. The Academic page has details of my experience with teaching, academic research, and community / university service activies, as well as samples of student work from classes I have taught. The Public Speaking page lists details of my past speaking engagements at industry conferences.

~ You never know the value of your work until you put it in front of users for feedback. Test early. Test often.