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Madison Watkins Bio & Contribution Statement

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Madison Watkins (she/they) is the Lead Data Visualization, UX Design, and Front-End Support for Gender Disparity in Professional Wrestling. Originally from Southern California, they moved to New York City to further pursue their studies and are currently a first-year M.A. student in the Digital Humanities program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. They hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UCLA, Class of 2023, with a specialization in computing and a minor in Film, Television, and Digital Media.

Watkins’ research interests center on mapping patterns of inequity and visualizing disparities in areas like education, food access, and public health. For this project, they are responsible for designing and implementing interactive data visualizations, refining the user experience, and supporting the front-end development of the website. Their goal is to use data and design to create engaging, accessible narratives that highlight gender disparities in professional wrestling, making complex patterns more transparent and compelling for a wider audience.

Skillsets | Watkins, M.

HELLO EVERYONE 👋🏽

I had the great opportunity to meet most of you last semester in our Fall 2024 – Intro to DH course. For those who I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet, my is Madison, and I am a student in the Digital Humanities MA Program, here at the Graduate Center. In 2023, I graduated from UCLA, receiving my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a specialization in computing, and a minor in Film, Television, and Digital Media.

I am particularly interested in creating intuitive, engaging experiences that blend data and design to tell powerful, meaningful stories. My work focuses on uncovering patterns of inequity and visualizing disparities in education, food health, public space, accessibility, etc. I am committed to designing solutions that are not only visually compelling but also deeply impactful and functional—fostering understanding, empathy, and change.

ROLES

Project Management | Skill 3/5 - Interest 1/5 
- Gained project management experience in previous undergraduate projects

Data Visualization + Mapping* | Skill 4/5 - Interest 4.5/5 
- Extensive previous experience creating appealing visualizations to display large and complex data
- Want to learn how to create more creative, dynamic, and interactive data visualizations
- Comfortable with a lead Data Visualization role 
- *Not interested in mapping for this course at this time

Developer | Skill 2.5/5 - Interest 4/5 
- Front-end experience
- Want to improve on both front- and back-end coding skills in JavaScript
- Very comfortable using website development software systems such as WordPress 

Social Media/Outreach* | Skill 4/5 - Interest 5/5 
- Extensive previous experience with social media marketing and management 
- Very comfortable designing flyers, posters, and other materials for all outreach purposes
- *Not interested in posting on social media at this time

UX/UI Design | Skill 3/5 - Interest 3/5 
- Held support/team member UX & design roles within undergraduate projects, previous work assignments, and design competitions
- Familiar with the UX Design Process

Research/Documentation | Skill 3/5 - Interest 2.5/5 
- Experience with journalism and photography 
- Moderately familiar with academic research
- Holds a Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research certificate, issued in 01/2023 by the CITI Program. 

Softwares & Applications ~

Proficient - Canva, Qualtrics, Airtable, WordPress, Instagram/Youtube/Twitter

Intermediate (and I want to improve) - Tableau, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, SPSS, Excel

Novice - MATLAB, R, Python, C++, Figma

Overall, I feel very eager to take on any of these roles and learn more about the process, tools, and practice of the Digital Humanities.