{"id":4588,"date":"2021-04-26T13:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:34:55","slug":"ux-leaders-who-are-making-a-difference-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/ux-leaders-who-are-making-a-difference-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"UX leaders who are making a difference in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People get into UX for lots of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an in-demand career, it\u2019s rewarding, and it can improve how the world works.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re celebrating UX leaders who are making a difference. Who\u2019s on your list?<\/p>\n<section id=\"promotion\" class=\"promotion-content-raw inlinepromo inlinepromo_souxh-survey-linkp-1 my-4\" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"w-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 promotion-info\">\n                <a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/CC5MZQN\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                    <p>[WIN A $100 AMAZON GIFT CARD]<\/p>\n                    <span>Fill out our quick survey about UX careers<\/span>\n                <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2>1. Sasha Costanza-Chock<\/h2>\n<p>Sasha Costanza-Chock is a researcher, designer and activist. They are committed to making design processes more inclusive. The MIT professor, Harvard faculty associate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/designjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Justice Network<\/a> committee member released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51151807-design-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Justice<\/a> in 2020. It explores how universal design practices can lead to social inequality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@schock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51151807-design-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Justice<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rT-_ejgjnQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author Talk: Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Author Talk: Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rT-_ejgjnQg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>2. Laura Kalbag<\/h2>\n<p>Laura Kalbag is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/abookapart.com\/products\/accessibility-for-everyone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessibility for Everyone<\/a>. It\u2019s about making websites more accessible to disabled people. She believes that technology should be designed with disabled people &#8211; not for them. Laura owns the <a href=\"https:\/\/small-tech.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Technology Foundation<\/a> nonprofit, which creates everyday tools to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurakalbag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LauraKalbag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abookapart.com\/products\/accessibility-for-everyone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessibility for Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6jXJdrepdodq9m0aSdLIMb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disruptive design patterns with Laura Kalbag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/6jXJdrepdodq9m0aSdLIMb\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>3. Tim Frick<\/h2>\n<p>Tim Frick founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightybytes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mightybytes<\/a> agency in 1998. They help nonprofits, social enterprises, and purpose-driven companies to increase their impact. They also created the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecograder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecograder<\/a>, where you can measure how green your website is. Tim\u2019s also the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28321009-designing-for-sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designing for Sustainability<\/a>, which examines the environmental impact of the digital world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timfrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@timfrick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28321009-designing-for-sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designing for Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qW75oJszcws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainability and the Web: Are We Tweeting Our Way to a Warmer Planet?<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sustainability and the Web: Are We Tweeting Our Way to a Warmer Planet? | Tim Frick | TEDxBentleyU\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qW75oJszcws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>4.Sarah Fathallah<\/h2>\n<p>Sarah Fathallah is an independent social designer, researcher, and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designgigsforgood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Gigs for Good<\/a>. She uses her background in global development to tackle important social issues. She\u2019s interested in the extractive nature of design, and how design can fall short in the social sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SFath<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/design-for-good-with-sarah-fathallah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design for good: Tackling social issues with Sarah Fathallah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CxFyLo_i0m0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Conducting research with vulnerable communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/CxFyLo_i0m0<\/p>\n<h2>5. Robert Fabricant<\/h2>\n<p>Robert Fabricant is the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalbergdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dalberg Design<\/a>. It\u2019s a global design practice that focuses on social impact. His work spans from financial inclusion, social impact, public health, healthcare, and media. He\u2019s also the author of User Friendly &#8211; a historical look at how design changed the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabtweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> @fabtweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41940285-user-friendly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">User Friendly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen: <\/strong>Robert Fabricant | Driving social innovation<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/6ncsNWTbDSnSyWrumqMsTc\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-list-table widefat fixed striped table-view-list posts\">\n<tbody id=\"the-list\">\n<tr id=\"post-5309\" class=\"iedit author-other level-0 post-5309 type-uxdipromotedcontent status-publish hentry\">\n<td class=\"shortcode column-shortcode\" data-colname=\"Shortcode\"><code class=\"highlight-shortcode\"><section id=\"promotion\" class=\"promotion-content-raw inlinepromo inlinepromo_ux-design-fundamentalsp-1 my-4\" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"w-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 promotion-info\">\n                <a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/courses\/ux-design-fundamentals?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_panel_text&amp;utm_campaign=blog_promo\" style=\"\">\n                    <p>[UX DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS COURSE]<\/p>\n                    <span>Get the Best Start in UX Design<\/span>\n                <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>6. Kat Zhou<\/h2>\n<p>Kat Zhou is a product designer at Spotify with a passion for ethical, accessible and inclusive design. Before getting into design, Kat studied public policy and ethics at Duke University. She\u2019s the creator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designethically.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;Design Ethically&gt;<\/a>, a project that gives tips on applying ethical practices to product design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherinemzhou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@katherinemzhou<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ethics-models\/interview-with-kat-zhou-creator-design-ethically-product-designer-spotify-b492f3db330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Questions with Kat Zhou<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rouLnpZFO4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bytes of Good Live: Design Ethically with Kat Zhou<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bytes of Good Live: Design Ethically with Kat Zhou\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rouLnpZFO4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>7.Tim Brown<\/h2>\n<p>Tim Brown is the executive chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDEO<\/a>, a global design company. He\u2019s also the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6671664-change-by-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change By Design<\/a> &#8211; an essential read about design thinking. While IDEO didn\u2019t invent \u2018design thinking\u2019, they were early pioneers in using it. In a 2010 <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/design_thinking_for_social_innovation#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>, Tim discussed how nonprofits can benefit from it too. He\u2019s also on the board of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDEO.org<\/a> &#8211; a nonprofit design studio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tceb62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@tceb62<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/design_thinking_for_social_innovation#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Thinking for Social Innovation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UAinLaT42xY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Brown urges designers to think big<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tim Brown urges designers to think big\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAinLaT42xY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>8.Regin\u00e9 Gilbert<\/h2>\n<p>Regin\u00e9 Gilbert is a UX designer and professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She\u2019s passionate about making the world more accessible for the end user. Regin\u00e9 wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/46113876-inclusive-design-for-a-digital-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inclusive Design for a Digital World<\/a>.The book offers straightforward solutions to designing inclusively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reg_inee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@reg_inee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/46113876-inclusive-design-for-a-digital-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inclusive Design for a Digital World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HwxJe-LnuhU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A11yNYC &#8211; Designing With Accessibility in Mind<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A11yNYC - Designing With Accessibility in Mind - Regine Gilbert\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwxJe-LnuhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>9. Per Axbom<\/h2>\n<p>Per Axbom is a UX designer and independent consultant. He\u2019s passionate about making tech safe and compassionate. Per writes about a range of topics around digital ethics on his <a href=\"https:\/\/axbom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/axbom.medium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medium<\/a>. And he wrote a book called<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcompassion.axbom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Compassion<\/a>. Per&#8217;s also a podcast host at<a href=\"https:\/\/uxpodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UXPodcast,<\/a>whichmoves beyond the traditional realm of UX.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axbom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@axbom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcompassion.axbom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Compassion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2XAtiF4pDLvzYsDf3ydYne?si=1_NEimo6QXCqZV18iJogdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making friends with&#8230; Per Axbom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/2XAtiF4pDLvzYsDf3ydYne\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>10. Cennydd Bowles<\/h2>\n<p>Cennydd Bowles is a designer and futurist. He\u2019s interested in what\u2019s going to happen with tech and ethics. He has advised companies like Twitter, Samsung, and Accenture. And he\u2019s lectured on design ethics in places like Facebook, Google, and Stanford University. His book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41975945-future-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Ethics<\/a> is an interesting overview of the ethical dilemmas that tech creates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cennydd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Cennydd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41975945-future-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/scI0rzSBtcU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Better Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-yt ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Building Better Worlds \/ Cennydd Bowles \/ INTERSECTION19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTPXlciFAtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>11. Alba Villamil<\/h2>\n<p>Alba Villamil is an independent design researcher in the social sector. In her doctoral sociology studies at Harvard, her focus was urban poverty, social policy, race, ethnicity, and immigration. Alba is now using her training to analyse what ethics mean in UX design. She\u2019s passionate about solving inequality with immigrants and low income families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albanvillamil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@albanvillamil<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dscout.com\/people-nerds\/how-we-empathize-in-ux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How We Empathize in UX Matters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/73sosy6Hne6VREGEMS3Skh?si=7uPRtEFvTdWogrIzEN7psA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alba Villamil on UX Research Ethics, Inclusion &amp; Social Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/73sosy6Hne6VREGEMS3Skh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People get into UX for lots of reasons. 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