Wenqing Lu is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Simmons University. Prior to studying at Simmons, she earned her Masters’ degree in Russian. She is fluent in English, Russian, and her native Mandarin. Lu is particularly interested in usability and user experience studies. She has worked at the SLIS Usability Lab, been a teaching assistant for a usability course, and participated in a usability research project on the PBCore website. Her dissertation research focuses on how iSchool students use social media tools for collaborative learning, and how user experience elements influence this process.

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