Welcome
Emily Garton is a creative problem solver. Her experiences as a professor, web developer, and interaction designer have allowed her to pursue her passion for design while solving complex problems. While her designer tool kit consists of tangible and intangible tools. She loves a fresh whiteboard, a set of dry-erase markers, and sticky notes. The tool she uses most comes from the field of sociology. Ethnography enables her to uncover appropriate and engaging solutions.
While studying at West Virginia University, her thesis work took on poverty and obesity in West Virginia. She designed a program for federally funded clinics in West Virginia that helped doctors prescribe physical activity. The project titled BeneFIT, incorporates James Prochaska's, Transtheoretical Model (TTM), a six-stage program for making personal change.