She specializes in technology and design research, and is a senior researcher with the OCAD Digital Futures Initiative and the Mobile Lab. Prior to her academic career Martha was a graduate of the OCA, an artist and musician, performer, and writer with an international recording career as both a band member and solo recording artist. She earned two certified gold discs, numerous top-ten singles and albums, and a Canadian Juno award. In the 1990s she worked with Peter Gabriel and Real World, leading design teams for award-winning interactive arts and entertainment projects. She was the Director of HorizonZero, the Canadian digital arts and culture website, from 2003-4. Martha is an author and the co-editor of the anthology Mobile Nation: Creating Methodologies for Mobile Platforms.