My work contrasts design thinking situated within engineering and computing science with one that has its grounding in humanities-based praxis. My research is functionally feminist, and I have researched such “wicked” design problems as marginalization through data display and reconciliation in post-conflict zones.

I’ve published and presented extensively on data visualization, aesthetics, interaction design, interaction theory, design methods, and design research. I’m the co-author of Visual Interface Design for Digital Cultural Heritage (Routledge Publishing, 2011) and Design and the Digital Humanities: A Handbook for Mutual Understanding (Intellect, 2022), and the co-editor of Prototyping Across the Disciplines: Designing Better Futures (Intellect, 2021), Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices (Lexington Books, 2021), Digital Performative Assemblies: Feminist Protest and Resistance (Lexington Books, 2023), and Clever Design in Critical Times: Conceptualizing the Callidocene (Lexington Books, 2024).

I’m a Professor of Information Design and Chair in the School of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Business, Communication Studies and Aviation at Mount Royal University.

You can reach me using mradzikowska[at]mtroyal[dot]ca.