Resources for UX Researchers

Category Resource Related Links
Books These books (or authors) have been featured in a Guild event.  
  Strengthen Your User Research Superpowers, by Kuldeep Kelkar
  Learn More Faster, by Michael Margolis Guild Session with Michael  
  Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado-Perez Guild Book Group Invisible Women Discussion
  Interviewing Users, 2nd Edition, by Steve Portigal Guild Book Group Interview with Steve
  Accessibility for Everyone, by Laura Kalbag Guild Book Group Interview with Laura
  A Short Guide to Applied Mixed Methods, by Sam Ladner  
     
Reading List These books have been recommended or mentioned by Guild event guests, hosts, panelists, and participants.  
  Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes to Social Change, by Helana Darwin  
  Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, by Emily Chang  
  The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness, by Todd Rose  
  Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein  
  Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech, by Sarah Wachter-Boettcher  
  The Color of the Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein  
  Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, by Sasha Costanza-Chock  
  Weapons of Math Destruction, by Cathy O’Neil  
  Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, by Ruha Benjamin  
  Burn Book, by Kara Swisher  
     
YouTube Channels These channels or event recordings offer UXR-specific content  
  UX Researchers Guild  
  Aona Talks  
  UsableNet  
  UXRConf 2024  
  UX Research & Strategy  
  Learners  
     
User Testing Opportunities In this section, we've collected sites where you can sign up to be a tester. Some programs offer payment or rewards. The Guild may benefit from referral links at sites marked with an asterisk.  
  UserTesting.com  
  IntelliZoom  
  *UTest.com  
  UserCrowd.com  
  Userlytics  
  *TestingTime  
  UserFeel  
  UserInterviews  
  UserBrain  
  Loop11  
  Ferpection  
  TryMyUI  
  Test.io  
  *PingPong  
  Checkealos  
  Google's User Research Panel  
  Respondent.io  
     
Slack Channels UX Researchers Guild Slack Group  
  Mixed Methods  
  UX Research & Strategy  
  Research by Learners  
  Hexagon UX  
  ResearchOps  
  UX Mastery  
     
LinkedIn Groups UX Research Managers Forum  
  UX Research Association  
  Freelance UX Researchers  
  Practical UX Weekly  
  UX Pros  
  Ladies that UX  
  User Experience Professionals Network