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Associate Professor

Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, and Computing Education

Professor

Research Interests: Usability, Usefulness, Human-Centered Design, Information Behavior, Embodiment, Human and Nonhuman Perception, De-Centering Design, Anthropocene

Affiliate Faculty

Dr. Meredith Castles (University of Tasmania, Australia)

Dr. Devorah Kletenik (Brooklyn College), Associate Professor

Dr. Ruth West (University of North Texas), Professor

Ph.D. Students

Abhinav Choudhry (iSchool)

Research Interests: Health Informatics; Applied Generative AI to Health, Education, FinTech; Inclusive Design; Information Search Behaviour; Financial Literacy; HCI

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Adler

Chunyu (Nora) Liu (iSchool)

Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, Human-AI Interaction, Social Computing, Computing Education

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Adler

Sujin Song (iSchool)

Research Interests: Design Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Information Technology and Politics, Embodiment & Affect Theory, More Than Human-Centered Design, HCI, STS

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Lueg & Dr. Brandon Batzloff

Ebubechukwu Uba (iSchool)

Research Interests: Critical Technology Design, Technology Governance, Co-Designing Culturally-contextual Technologies, Community Informatics

Advisor: Dr. Colin Rhinesmith & Dr. Rachel Adler

Olivia Wang (Informatics)

Research Interests: Accessibility, Music and Sound, Human-Computer Interaction, Games, Physical Computing, AR/VR

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Adler & Dr. Deana McDonagh

Jialuo Yang (iSchool)

Research Interests:  Embodiment & Ex-bodiment, Social Agent & Human-Agent Interaction, Social & interpersonal Dynamic, Human-Computer Integration, HCI

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Lueg

Affiliate Ph.D. Students

Siyao Cheng (iSchool)

Research Interests: Copyright Literacy and Education, Everyday Information Behavior, Cultural Heritage

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Ocepek

Matthew Makila (CS)

Research Interests: I am passionate about human-centered computing, with a focus on improving social outcomes and technology for marginalized communities (e.g., Black, Latino, and neurodiverse groups). My research explores how social conditions shape our lived experiences, while seeking to create tools and strategies that enhance how marginalized groups engage with and benefit from technology.

Advisor: Dr. Camille Cobb

Ph.D. Alumni

Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou (iSchool)

Research Interests: AI Ethics, Usable Security and Privacy, Inclusive Design, HCI

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, University of Texas at San Antonio

M.S. Students

Tolu Adedoja (UCLA)
Justin Eric Chen
Tejas Honmode
Jiajing Liang
Jaclyn Lo
Youdong Lu
Bashab Mazumder (R.G.P.V, now at Microsoft Windows)
Yawen Ou
Atharva Sathaye
Yulan Shen
Yujia Wei
Yueqi Yan
Qiuyu Ye
Zijing Ye

B.S. Students

Ayan Vimal Bhakta
Lily Isabella Ge
Krish Golcha
Mithali Iyer
Isha Koradiya
Jacquelin Lai
Elina Lee
Jonathan Mshvelidze (Brooklyn College)
Diana Ngo
Daniela Raudales Reyes (Northeastern Illinois University)
Qichen Shen
Aditya Sharma
Atharva Sindwani
Samantha Sy
Janani Venkatachalam
Annie Wang
Ashley Grace Witte
Daniel Yao
Arina Zhou

Previous Students

Anchal Ankola
Tavi Barlow
Kevin Baez (Northeastern Illinois University)
Allie Bosch
Brady Matthew Brooks
Arianna Caveney
Jack Damhorst
Melissa Delgado (Northeastern Illinois University)
Shannon Dwyer
Aishi Dua
Elise Feuerborn
Tanisha Gajjar
Tejas Garg
Carol Gong
Rohan Guntaka
Celesta Irawan
Elizabeth Jarvis (Northeastern Illinois University)
Preeti Kamma
Zehong Lan
Yunqi Li
Zhi (Richie) Li
Tony Liang (Brooklyn College)
Chenyu Liao
Elizabeth Lodvikov (Brooklyn College)
Aditi Mathur
Luisa Matzner
William Merrick
Abrar Mubeen
Freax Ruby (Yaoyao Qian) (Northeastern)
Anne (Xiangyue) Que (Berkeley)
Aleksandra Peric (Northeastern Illinois University)
Ellie Popoca
Bryan Rivera (Brooklyn College)
Luyang Si
Jingwen (Sally) Shan
Gwendolyn Slaughter
Jocelyn Sotelo (Northeastern Illinois University)
Sihun Wang
Avi Weiner (Touro University)
Hangyue Zhang
Margaret Zhang
Jason Wu