Gabby Resch
PhD

Background

Dr. Gabby Resch is an Assistant Professor working at the intersection of analytics, data visualization, and interactive media. He conducts collaborative, interdisciplinary research that explores new methods for making sense of data as it moves between physical and digital worlds. His current research projects examine critical and human-centred approaches to data visualization literacy, interactive data visualization for knowledge mobilization, immersive and embodied analytics, and mixed reality visualization for training. He draws on techniques, theories, and methods from information visualization, data science, critical data studies, design, and human-computer interaction, and maintains research interests in data physicalization, geospatial visualization, digital fabrication, migration studies, and AgeTech development.  

Dr. Resch joined the Faculty of Business and IT in 2021 after completing his PhD on tangible and embodied approaches to data visualization at the University of Toronto and carrying out postdoctoral research on spatial cognition in VR at Toronto Metropolitan University. A proponent of public-facing research and external partnership, he has collaborated with Toronto General Hospital, the Regional Municipality of Durham, AGE-WELL, AtkinsRéalis, Autodesk, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. At Ontario Tech, he teaches courses on Visualization and Storytelling, Advanced Business Intelligence, Communicating With Data, and 3D Methods for GIS.