Recent Work + Citations

“Doors Unmarked: A study of custodial professionalism,” in The Journal of Appalachian Studies special issue: Material Culture and Materiality in Appalachia: Transformative Approaches (upcoming, 2025)

“Self-Care During Layoffs” on the Make it Happen with Havana podcast (2023)

The 2023 Self-Care Playbook for UX Researchers by User Interviews (2023)

UX360 Conference: Invited to speak on Care as Compassionate Inquiry: An Autoethnography of Self Care (2022)

UserWeekly Newsletter: UXR Spotlight: Babz Jewell by Jan Ahrend (2022)

“Navigating the UX Research Job Market Strategically and Ethnographic Sociology 101” (ft. Babz Jewell) on The Izzay Research Podcast (2021)

“Transforming Your Research Through Radical Listening” with Babz Jewell of Variant on Awkward Silences podcast (2021)

User Research Atlanta: Invited Subject Matter Expert, Speaker, “Ethnography for Product Discovery” (2020)

amUX (Atlanta): Speaker: “This might be a silly question, but…” Ethnography in Product Discovery (2020)

Ladies that UX: Atlanta Chapter: Invited Subject Matter Expert, Speaker, Workshop Leader (2019, 2023)

UX Hustle Summit Annual Conference: Co-founder, Volunteer + Logistics Coordinator (2018)

Adobe MAX Annual Conference: Invited UX Leader (2018)