Position Principal Researcher, Esri Bio/Description Jamie Sherman is a Cultural Anthropologist (PhD Princeton, 2011) whose post graduate work has focused on media, entertainment, and technology. She is a versatile UX research leader with 10 years of industry experience leading multiple high profile, complex research programs end to end from framing the question through to strategy and product impact. Mentoring early career researchers and growing a research culture is her passion. Synthesizing complexity into actionable frameworks is her specialty. She works proactively and collaboratively bridging stakeholders and users across technology, business, and strategy. Recent domain work ranges from AI and ML in creative media making, to futures of work, gaming, and entertainment, to fake media and online harassment. Currently a principal UX researcher at Esri, she has worked for organizations including Intel, Netflix, and Atlassian. LinkedIn profile Related News Trailblazers Beyond the Tenure Track: Jamie Sherman *11 (ANT) Upcoming Professional Development Events Jun 16 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Jun 18 Effective Research Mentorship for Graduate Students: Rematch+ (Session 5) Jun 18 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual) Jun 20 Tour of Firestone Library Jun 20 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual) Jun 23 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Jun 24 Software Engineering Summer School (June 24-25, 2025) Jun 25 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual) Jun 26 Connecting Visual Studio Code to the Research Computing Clusters Jun 27 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual) Jun 30 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Jun 30 Introduction to Programming Using Python (Parts 1-3)