65 HCC Ph.D. alumni:65 HCC Ph.D. alumni:
Joelle Alcaidinho
Evan Barba
Klara Benda
Matt Bonner
Deana Brown
Carrie Bruce
Stevie Chancellor
Marshini Chetty
Denise Chew
James Clawson
Zane Cochran
Nick Davis
Benjamin Davison
Jason Day
Kayla DesPortes
Jill Dimond
Betsy James DiSalvo
Steven Dow
Michaelanne Dye
Barbara Ericson
Casey Fiesler
Andrea Forte
Sucheta Ghoshal
Alex Godwin
Mike Hewner
Hwajung Hong
Mengdie Hu
C.J. Hutto
Maia Jacobs
David Joyner
Youn-ah Kang
Hyungsin Kim
Chris Le Dantec
Claire Lee
Leo Liu
Kurt Luther
Olena Mamykina
Tanya Markow
Eugene Medynskiy
Manish Mehta
Andrew Miller
Briana Morrison
Lijun Ni
Andrea Grimes Parker
Miranda Parker
Jessica Pater
Erika Poole
Iulian Radu
Caitlyn Seim
Caleb Southern
Ian Stewart
Jennifer Stoll
Ja-Young Sung
Edison Thomaz
Brianna Tomlinson
Amy Voida
Kim Weaver
Susan Wyche
Yan Xu
Sarita Yardi
Lana Yarosh
TJ Yun
Clint Zeagler
Rui Zhou
Alex Zook
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Graduated 2017 Advisors Dr. Melody Moore-Jackson & Dr. Gregory Abowd Lab Animal Computer Interaction Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Ubiquitous computing, Wearable Computing, Human-Animal-Computing Interaction, Canine Centered Computing Dissertation Title The Internet of Living Things: Enabling Increased Information Flow in Dog—Human Interactions Evan Barba
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Blair MacIntyre Area Cognitive Science Research Interests My research is defining the "Language of Augmented Reality" for designing large scale experiences like big games, museum tours, and HAR "walkabouts." Dissertation Title A MultiScale Framework for Mixed Reality Walking Tours Klara Benda
Graduated 2014 Advisor Dr. Colin Potts Dissertation Title Designing the Sakai Open Academic Environment: A Distributed Cognition Account of the Design of a Large Scale Software System Matt Bonner
Graduated 2014 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Dissertation Title Exploring Online Health Seekings Potential Via Social Search Deana Brown
Graduated 2015 Advisor Dr. Rebecca Grinter Lab Work2Play Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Technology and International Development Dissertation Title Designing technologies to support migrants and refugees Carrie Bruce
Graduated 2014 Advisor Dr. Bruce Walker Lab Sonification Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests accessible design, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), disability, environmental access, exhibit design, home modifications, informal learning environments, universal design, workplace accommodations Dissertation Title Facilitating Participation in Adults With and Without Vision Loss by Supporting Exhibit Motivations through Real-Time Descriptive Mediation Stevie Chancellor
Graduated 2019 Advisor Dr. Munmun De Choudhury Lab Social Dynamics and Well-Being (SocWeB) Area Social Computing Research Interests Social Computing Marshini Chetty
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. Rebecca Grinter Lab Work2Play Dissertation Title Making Infrastructre Visible: A Case Study of Home Networking Yee Chieh “Denise” Chew
Graduated 2014 Advisor Dr. Bruce Walker Lab Sonification Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Assistive technologies, multimodal interfaces, interaction design, education techologies, formal and informal learning Dissertation Title Assessing the use of auditory graphs for middle school mathematics James Clawson
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Thad Starner Dissertation Title On the Go text Entry: Evaluating and Improving Mobile Text Input on Mini QWERTY Keyboards Nicholas “Nick” Davis
Graduated 2017 Advisors Dr. Brian Magerko & Dr. Ellen Do Area Cognitive Science Research Interests Collaboration between creative humans and creative computers Dissertation Title Creative sense-making: A cognitive framework for quantifying interaction dynamics in co-creation Benjamin Davison
Graduated 2013 Advisor Dr. Bruce Walker Lab Sonification Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Email Dissertation Title Universal Graph Literacy: Understanding How Blind and Low Vision Students Can Satisfy the Common Core Standards with Accessible Auditory Graphs Post-graduation information Researcher at Google Jason Day
Graduated 2008 Advisor Dr. James D. Foley Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests Educational Technology Dissertation Title Investigating Learning with Web Lectures Kayla DesPortes
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. Betsy DiSalvo Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests Exploring the educational structure necessary to interest and engage a diverse population in computer science and engineering. Dissertation Title Physical Computing Education: Designing for Student Authorship of Values-Based Learning Experiences Jill Dimond
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Social Computing Research Interests My research focuses on the role of citizen reported data in activist movements. Dissertation Title Feminist HCI for Real: Designing Technology in Support of a Social Movement Betsy James DiSalvo
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests Learning Sciences and Technology, Game Studies, Design Research Dissertation Title Glitch Game Testers: The Design and Study of a Learning Environment for Computational Production with Young African-American Men Steven Dow
Graduated 2008 Advisor Dr. Blair MacIntyre Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests human-computer interaction, creative problem-solving, prototyping practices, crowdsourcing methods, new media design, augmented reality Dissertation Title Understanding User Engagement in Immersive and Interactive Stories Michaelanne Dye
Graduated 2019 Advisors Dr. Amy Bruckman & Dr. Neha Kumar Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Social Computing Research Interests My research bridges social computing and ICTD to study how social media supports collaborative and resistive efforts among marginal and underrepresented groups. Currently, my work explores social media adoption and use in Cuba. Dissertation Title The Co-Creation of the Internet in Havana Barbara Ericson
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. James D. Foley Lab CSLearning4U Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests Computer Science Education, AI, Social Computing, Diversity Dissertation Title Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Parsons Problems and Dynamically Adaptive Parsons Problems as a Type of Low Cognitive Load Practice Problem Casey Fiesler
Graduated 2015 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Social Computing Research Interests copyright law, social computing, and collaborative creativity Dissertation Title The role of copyright in online creative communities: law, norms, and policy Andrea Forte
Graduated 2009 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests social/participatory media, new systems of information production, cscw, cscl, information literacy Dissertation Title Learning in Public: Information Literacy and Participatory Media Alex Godwin
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. John Stasko Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Information Visualization Dissertation Title Sketching Mental Maps of Urban Spaces for the Visual Analysis of Spatial Data Mike Hewner
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Mark Guzdial Lab CSLearning4U Area Learning Sciences & Technology Contact Website Dissertation Title Student Conceptions about the Field of Computer Science Hwajung Hong
Graduated 2015 Advisors Dr. Gregory Abowd & Dr. Rosa Arriaga Area Social Computing Research Interests Social Computing Dissertation Title Specializing social networking services to support the independence of adolescents and adults with autism Mengdie Hu
Graduated 2017 Advisor Dr. John Stasko Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests information visualization, visual analytics, social media analytics Dissertation Title Visualization of Textual Content from Social Media and Online Communities C.J. Hutto
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. Eric Gilbert Lab comp.social Area Social Computing Research Interests My research interests revolve around the study of interpersonal influence and persuasion as mediated by social media technology. I do this via characterizations of human cognitive and social relationships. I'm in Eric Gilbert's Social Computing Lab. Maia Jacobs
Graduated 2017 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Email Research Interests Health Informatics, HCI, Personal Health Records, Patient Engagement Dissertation Title Personalized Mobile Tools to Support the Cancer Trajectory David Joyner
Graduated 2015 Advisor Dr. Ashok Goel Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests Educational technology, intelligent tutoring systems, online education, metacognition Dissertation Title Metacognitive tutoring for inquiry-driven modeling Youn-ah Kang
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. John Stasko Dissertation Title Informing Design of Visual Analytics Systems for Intelligence Analysis: Understanding Users, User Tasks, and Tool Usage Hyungsin Kim
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. Ellen Do Lab ACME Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Email Dissertation Title The ClockMe System: Computer Screening Tool for Dementia Christopher “Chris” Le Dantec
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. Keith Edwards Lab Pixi Area Social Computing Dissertation Title Community Resource Messenger: A Mobile System and Design Exploration in Support of the Urban Homeless Seungyon “Claire” Lee
Graduated 2010 Advisor Dr. Thad Starner Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Mobile technology, ubiquitous computing Dissertation Title Buzzwear: Supporting Multitasking with Wearable Tactile Displays on the Wrist Zhicheng “Leo” Liu
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. John Stasko Dissertation Title Network Based Visual Analysis of Tabular Data Kurt Luther
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Social Computing Research Interests Social computing, crowdsourcing, online collaboration, creativity, leadership. Dissertation Title Supporting and Transforming Leadership in Online Creative Collaboration Olena Mamykina
Graduated 2009 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Human-Computer Interaction Dissertation Title Designing Ubiquitous Computing for Reflection and Learning in Diabetes Management Tanya Markow
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Thad Starner Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Email Research Interests My research focuses on using vibro-tactile stimuli as a method to accomplish Passive Haptic Learning (PHL) and Passive Haptic Rehabilitation (PHR). Dissertation Title Mobile Music Touch: Using Haptic Stimulation for Passivve Rehabilitation and Learning Yevgeniy “Eugene” Medynskiy
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Website Research Interests My research focuses on designing systems for individuals who are trying to realize personal health and wellness goals. Dissertation Title Design and Evaluation of a Health Focused Personal Informatics Application with Support for Effective Goal Management Manish Mehta
Graduated 2011 Dissertation Title Construction and Adaptation of AI Behaviors in Computer Games Andrew Miller
Graduated 2014 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Social Computing Dissertation Title Social Tools for Everyday Adolescent Health Briana Morrison
Graduated 2016 Advisor Dr. Mark Guzdial Lab CSLearning4U Area Learning Sciences & Technology Contact Email Research Interests computer science education, gender issues Dissertation Title Replicating experiments from educational psychology to develop insights into computing education: cognitive load as a significant problem in learning programming Lijun Ni
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Mark Guzdial Lab CSLearning4U Area Learning Sciences & Technology Dissertation Title Building Professional Identity as Computer Science Teachers: Supporting Secondary High School Computer Science Teachers through Reflection and Community Building Andrea Grimes Parker
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. Rebecca Grinter Lab Work2Play Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests I conduct research to design and evaluate community-oriented health technologies. My broader interests include CSCW, designing technology to address health disparities and examining aspects of social interactions and culture to design future technologies. Dissertation Title A Cultural, Community-Based Approach to Health Technology Design Miranda Parker
Graduated 2019 Advisor Dr. Mark Guzdial Lab CSLearning4U Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests CS Education Dissertation Title An Analysis of Influences and Barriers to Adoption of Computer Science in Georgia Public High Schools Jessica Pater
Graduated 2020 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Social Computing Research Interests Understanding how technology can be used to positively impact social and emotional wellness and exploring impacts of technology on self-harm and other psychosocial disorders Erika Poole
Graduated 2010 Advisor Dr. Keith Edwards Lab Pixi Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests technology use by families, health informatics, ubiquitous computing, cscw Dissertation Title Supporting Advice Sharing for Technical Problems in Residential Settings Iulian Radu
Graduated 2016 Advisor Dr. Blair MacIntyre Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Using developmental psychology to design age-appropriate augmented-reality applications that match & improve children's cognitive and motor abilities. Dissertation Title Exploring the Usability of Augmented Reality Interaction Techniques During Children's Early Elementary-School Years Caitlyn Seim
Graduated 2019 Advisor Dr. Thad Starner Research Interests Mobile and Ubiquitous, Wearable, Sensor-based, and Context-aware Computing Dissertation Title Passive Tactile Stimulation as a Tool for Learning and Stroke Recovery Caleb Southern
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. Gregory Abowd Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests HCI and Transportation Dissertation Title Revealing the Hidden Costs of Driving to Better Inform Personal Transportation Mode Choices Ian Stewart
Graduated 2020 Advisor Dr. Jacob Eisenstein Area Social Computing Research Interests Computational social science, natural language processing Jennifer Stoll
Graduated 2012 Advisors Dr. Keith Edwards & Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Social Computing Dissertation Title Information Sharing in a Nonprofit Network Ja-Young Sung
Graduated 2012 Advisors Dr. Rebecca Grinter & Dr. Henrik Christensen Lab Work2Play Dissertation Title Towards the Human-Centered Design of Everyday Robots Edison Thomaz
Graduated 2015 Advisor Dr. Gregory Abowd Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests Personal health informatics, activity recognition, HCI, computational health Dissertation Title Automatic eating detection in real-world settings with commodity sensing Brianna Tomlinson
Graduated 2020 Advisor Dr. Bruce Walker Lab Sonification Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Email Research Interests My current work is studying how to use auditory displays and sonifications (non-speech audio) to support glanceability and how these displays could also provide overviews of complex information and systems. Dissertation Title Measuring the Effect of User Experience and Engagement on Learning Using Interactive Simulations Amy Voida
Graduated 2008 Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt Area Human-Computer Interaction Dissertation Title Exploring a Technological Hermeneutic: Understanding the Interpretation of Computer-Mediated Messaging Systems Kimberly “Kim” Weaver
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Thad Starner Area Learning Sciences & Technology Research Interests My interest in mobile HCI, assistive technology, and learning sciences combine in my thesis topic of mobile American Sign Language learning for hearing parents with deaf children. Dissertation Title Facilitating American Sign Language Learning for Hearing Parents of Deaf Children via Mobile Devices Susan Wyche
Graduated 2010 Advisor Dr. Rebecca Grinter Lab Work2Play Area Human-Computer Interaction Dissertation Title Investigating Religion and Computing: A Case for Using Standpoint Theory in Technology Evaluation Studies Yan Xu
Graduated 2011 Advisor Dr. Blair MacIntyre Dissertation Title Exploring Social Play with Shared Hybrid Space Enabled by Handheld Augmented Reality Sarita Yardi
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Amy Bruckman Lab Electronic Learning Communities Area Social Computing Research Interests Social computing, HCI Dissertation Title Boundaries in Social Media: Supporting Parents in Managing Youth's Social Media Use Svetlana “Lana” Yarosh
Graduated 2012 Advisor Dr. Gregory Abowd Area Social Computing Research Interests family communication systems, child-computer interaction, synchronous remote communication Dissertation Title Supporting Remote Synchronous Communication between Parents and Young Children Tae-Jung “TJ” Yun
Graduated 2012 Advisors Dr. Gregory Abowd & Dr. Rosa Arriaga Area Human-Computer Interaction Contact Website Research Interests Designing Information & Communication Technologies for behavior change Dissertation Title Using Ubiquitous Communication Technology to Improve Pediatric Asthma Management Charles “Clint” Zeagler
Graduated 2018 Advisor Dr. Melody Moore-Jackson Contact Website Research Interests Wearable Computing Dissertation Title Designing Textile-Based Wearable On-Body Electronic Interfaces Utilizing Vibro-Tactile Proprioceptive Display Rui Zhou
Graduated 2020 Advisor Dr. Betsy DiSalvo Area Human-Computer Interaction Research Interests I'm interested in the relationship between culture and technology. Specifically, I focus on how people communicate through social media/instant messengers, how they appropriate these technologies, and how such technologies affect these people. Alexander “Alex” Zook
Graduated 2016 Advisors Dr. Mark Riedl & Dr. Brian Magerko Lab Entertainment Intelligence Research Interests computational creativity, game design, procedural content generation, cognitive science, digital games, game analytics Dissertation Title Automated Iterative Game Design |