Essays & Proceedings

• 10.2023 Glover, R., Shen, Y.Tracking Acts of Kindness through Comics: an Experimental Study In: IASDR2023 Milan: Life Changing Design. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/iasdr/iasdr2023/shortpapers/29/
• 04.2023 Shen, Y., Sanders, E.B.-N. Identity discovery: Small learning interventions as catalysts for change in design education. Journal of Design, Business & Society, Special Issue: ‘Design and Interdisciplinarity’, 9:1, pp. 127–44, https://doi.org/10.1386/dbs_00049_1
• 11.2022 Shen, Y., Sanders, E.BN. Visualizing Stress – In-person and Virtual Co-designing with Chart-Based Tools. In: Bruyns, G., Wei, H. (eds) [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes. IASDR 2021. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_173
• 06.2022 Chu, H.Y., Shen, Y. User Feedback Design in AI-Driven Mood Tracker Mobile Apps. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. User Experience and Behavior. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13304. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05412-9_24
• 05.2022 Ortega, A., van Kollenburg J., Y. Shen, et al. SIG on Data as Human-Centered Design Material. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA ‘22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 160, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3516403
• 02.2022 Shen Y. Supporting Student Mental Health in an information Design Class By Employing Approaches Derived From Positive Psychology Dialectics Vol. 3 Issue 1, AIGA Design Educators’ Community and Michigan Publishing https://doi.org/10.3998/dialectic.14932326.0003.106
• 01.2022 A brams M. Zajo K. Chan P. Shen Y. et al. A Health Literate Approach to Address Health Disparities: A Virtual Program for Parents of Children with Sickle Cell. Journal of Communication in Healthcare (YCIH) https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2026056 .
• 06.2021 Shen Y., Sanders E.Exploring Experiential Information Environments Communication + Place, SEGD Presentation Video, Essay
• 06.2021 Shen Y. Finding New Representations of Old Knowledge: A design study of visualizing I-Ching Cumulus conference Roma 2021: Design Culture(s) online
• 06.2021 Shen Y. Finding New Representations of Old Knowledge: A design study of visualizing I-Ching Cumulus conference Roma 2021: Design Culture(s) online
• 02.2021 Shen Y. Case Study: Visualizing College Students Lives During the Pandemic The Little Book of Global Health Design & Covid-19, Design Research Society (DRS) online
• 09.2019 Shen Y., Yu S. "Design for Empowerment: A case study of using information visualization to support and promote college students' subjective well-being" International Association Societies of Design Research (IASDR) 2019 Manchester, UK online
• 01.2019 Shen Y. Placing Graphic Design at the Intersection of Information Visualization Fields Digital Humanities Quarterly Vol 12, No. 4 online
• 06.2018 Shen Y., Goldberg-Miller S., Newton E. “Visualizaing the Confluence of Human Innovation and Natural Forces” MAKE 2018 AIGA Design Educators Conference, short paper. Indianapolis, IN online
• 02.2018 Shen Y. A Tale of Two Cities - Visualizing Air Quality in Salt Lake City and Beijing ico-D Communication Design, Interdisciplinary and Graphic Design Research Journal Vol 5, NOS. 1-2, 91-102 https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2017.1331896
• 11.2015 Shen Y. Reading and Interaction – Books in the Digital Age Circle Magazine (Issue 10, November 2015 cover story) Taiwan. Print.
• 05.2015 Shen Y. Visualizing SLC Air Pollution in 35 Years and What It Tells Us. Editorial. Deseret News [Salt Lake City] 7 May 2015. Print. Web.
• 03.2015 Brunner E., Shen Y. Connecting Across Oceans Over Air. Civic Media Project. The MIT Press, 10 Mar. 2015. online

Selected Exhibitions

• 08.2019 The Beauty of Visual Language as Art exhibition. San Francisco Public Library
• 10.2018 RSD7 Visualizing Complex Systems Exhibition. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• 02.2018 Words in Characters, Books as Vehicles. Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery, Biola University, CA
• 12.2017 Shanghai Visual Art and Design Exhibition 2017. Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
• 07.2017 ChinaVis Data Visualization Poster Exhibition. Qingdao, China
• 04.2017 The Art of Language in Asian Culture juried Exhibition, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, East Asia Library of Stanford University.
• 08.2016 Research through Making The Ohio State University Department of Design Faculty Exhibition, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH
• 02.2016 A Sense of Place juried exhibition, President’s Gallery, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

Grants & Awards

• 2022 Johnson & Johnson Innovation QuickFire Challenge Award "Wheeltrak" project team
• 2021 27th Annual Communicator Award (The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts)"A New Generation of Climate Activism: Twitter Data Analysis on Fridays for Future Movement"
• 2021 OSU Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) Teaching Grant
• 2020 Web Design Award (GD USA)"What Stresses Us Out + How We Deal with it"
• 2020 The Ohio State University The Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme Open Grant "Reading Like a Victorian"
• 2020 The Ohio State University Research Seed Grant Studying Subjective Well-being on OSU Campus using Modern Machine Learning Techniques
• 2019 Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) subcontract Sickle Cell Trait – SCT Aware Education In-Person Visual Aid 2.0 and eBook 1.0
• 2019 The Ohio State University The Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme Open Grant "How the Arts and Humanities can Benefit our Well-being"
• 2019 The Ohio State University Livable Futures Discovery Theme’s small grant program
• 2017 The Ohio State University Cancer Control Program Seed Award
• 2017 The Designing Leaders Project: Visualizing the Leadership Narratives of Persons with Design Backgrounds Leadership Research Grant, Fisher Leadership Initiative
• 2016 University of Utah Faculty Research & Creative Grant - Visualizing Air Quality Changes in Major U.S. Cities
• 2015 First place in the Debut Paper Competition at Broadcast Education Association (BEA) - collaborated with Dr. Ye Sun and Miao Liu.
• 2014 University of Utah Teaching Grant - Interactive E-Book - The Future of Narrative Communication
• 2013 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Creative Project 2nd Place Award
• 2011 American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA
• 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) Innovation in Interactive Media in Education Semifinalist, Adobe Systems
• 2011 BEA(Broadcast Education Association) Award of Excellence (Interactive Media Educational Category)
• 2007 STA (The Society of Typographic Arts) Scholarship:Jack Weiss Founder Award (First Prize)
• 2007 Creative Quarterly Graphic Design Bronze Award (Issue 7) New York, New York
• 2006 Applied Arts magazine Student Award in Web Design Toronto, Canada
• 2005 American Design Awards: Graphic and Web Design Awards San Diego, California