I am an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland.
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Health Informatics. I apply a critical lens, examining the ways researchers and designers envision populations that are often marginalized. I then design and build novel interactive systems that push the boundaries of current conceptions of vulnerability, disability, and wellness, and conduct long-term mixed-method evaluations of these technologies. Much of my work, to date focuses on understanding and designing for older individuals, particularly individuals with cognitive impairments.
Background
I received my PhD from the University of Washington in the Biomedical and Health Informatics program in 2015 under the guidance of George Demiris. For my dissertation, I studied the use of a recreational computer system by staff, people with dementia, and family members in a memory care unit. I was a member of the HEALTH-E and iMed research groups and dub, and conducted an internship at Nokia with David Nguyen. I was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the National Library of Medicine predoctoral fellowship.
I was a Technology and Social Behavior postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in the Department of Communication Studies and the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. I worked with Anne Marie Piper in the Inclusive Technology Lab.
I completed my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on signal processing at the University of California, San Diego in 2011. I conducted research throughout the year with the Dcog-HCI lab and in the summers through internships in the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Dr. Rene Bohne, and in the Looking Glass Lab at Washington University in St. Louis supervised by Dr. Caitlin Kelleher.
News
August '17 Began working at University of Maryland.
June '17 Had a wonderful time at HCIC and served as the Discussant for Maya Cakmak's talk.
May '17 I really enjoyed our dementiaXHCI workshop and presenting our three papers at CHI this year. We received a Best Paper award and an Honorable Mention award for our work.
Feb '16 Presented our CSCW paper on ageism and bloggers in Portland- we received an honorable mention!
Dec '16 Our workshop on Dementia and HCI was accepted to CHI- see https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk/dementiahci/ for more details!
Nov '16 Presented our work at a panel at AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) in Chicago and at GSA (The Gerontological Society of America) in New Orleans.
June '16 I presented two papers at DIS in Australia (one got a Best Paper award!) and attended the Digital Craftsmanship workshop.
May '16 Went to CHI in San Jose and attended the Exploring Social Justice, Design, and HCI Workshop
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Health Informatics. I apply a critical lens, examining the ways researchers and designers envision populations that are often marginalized. I then design and build novel interactive systems that push the boundaries of current conceptions of vulnerability, disability, and wellness, and conduct long-term mixed-method evaluations of these technologies. Much of my work, to date focuses on understanding and designing for older individuals, particularly individuals with cognitive impairments.
Background
I received my PhD from the University of Washington in the Biomedical and Health Informatics program in 2015 under the guidance of George Demiris. For my dissertation, I studied the use of a recreational computer system by staff, people with dementia, and family members in a memory care unit. I was a member of the HEALTH-E and iMed research groups and dub, and conducted an internship at Nokia with David Nguyen. I was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the National Library of Medicine predoctoral fellowship.
I was a Technology and Social Behavior postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in the Department of Communication Studies and the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. I worked with Anne Marie Piper in the Inclusive Technology Lab.
I completed my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on signal processing at the University of California, San Diego in 2011. I conducted research throughout the year with the Dcog-HCI lab and in the summers through internships in the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Dr. Rene Bohne, and in the Looking Glass Lab at Washington University in St. Louis supervised by Dr. Caitlin Kelleher.
News
August '17 Began working at University of Maryland.
June '17 Had a wonderful time at HCIC and served as the Discussant for Maya Cakmak's talk.
May '17 I really enjoyed our dementiaXHCI workshop and presenting our three papers at CHI this year. We received a Best Paper award and an Honorable Mention award for our work.
Feb '16 Presented our CSCW paper on ageism and bloggers in Portland- we received an honorable mention!
Dec '16 Our workshop on Dementia and HCI was accepted to CHI- see https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk/dementiahci/ for more details!
Nov '16 Presented our work at a panel at AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) in Chicago and at GSA (The Gerontological Society of America) in New Orleans.
June '16 I presented two papers at DIS in Australia (one got a Best Paper award!) and attended the Digital Craftsmanship workshop.
May '16 Went to CHI in San Jose and attended the Exploring Social Justice, Design, and HCI Workshop
