Emma Khare, UX Researcher · 2026
Bridging the people who build AI
and the people who live with it.
UX Researcher · Conversational AI & Consumer Hardware · Currently at Apple · San Jose, CA, open to roles
I'm Emma, a UX researcher trained in anthropology and linguistics.
I moderate conversational-AI research at Apple, design surveys and synthesize usability studies for consumer products, build culturally responsive education programs, and help teams hear what their participants are actually saying.
My background blends ethnography, NLP, and IRB-compliant fieldwork. I care about the small details that make research trustworthy: protocol design, moderation hygiene, consent, and the quiet work of synthesis.
Selected work · 2021, 2026
Research, end to end.
Story · Language revitalization
Myaamiaataweenki was declared extinct. Then it wasn't.
I'm a member of the myaamia people, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The story of how our language, myaamiaataweenki, came back, and what it means to preserve data in the age of AI.
Read the story →Breathing new life into language.
What I bring
A research practice, not a deliverable.
Methods
Generative & evaluative research, ethnography, diary studies, usability testing, interviews, surveys, IRB compliance.
Synthesis
Personas, journey maps, opportunity matrices, mixed-methods evaluation frameworks, stakeholder readouts.
Domains
Conversational AI, consumer hardware, wearables & health, K-12 education, language preservation.
Stack
UserTesting, Python (NLTK, NRCLex, WordNet), Qualitative coding, Excel, Google Sheets.