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Makayla Sketching on a street in London W10

By day…

Dr. Makayla Lewis (She/Her) has a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction from City University London. Her key interests are human-computer interaction, user experience design, design thinking, human factors in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, smart money, and sketching in HCI.

Currently, Makayla is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (User Experience Design) at Kingston University London; and a Design Associate at Design Council in the UK. Makayla achieved Fellowship of the Advance HE (FHEA) in 2022 for teaching and learning in higher education

By night…

Makayla (aka Maccy) is also an accomplished visual thinker, sketcher, and visual note taker and her works have been featured in three visual thinking books and Adobe Blog. Makayla is a sketchnote artist and daily doodler who also enjoys sharing her process of visual thinking by organizing international Sketchnote Hangout, SketchnoteLDN, and sketchnote workshops. She is often seen in meetings, seminars, conferences, and events sketchnoting and has provided visuals for a multitude of organizations, conferences, and events. To view sketchnotes examples from 2012 to the present check out Makayla’s Flickr.

If you require further information about Makayla check out her profile or if you would like to talk to Makayla about her research or a live sketchnote (graphic recording) or doodle opportunity contact her.