The wonderful graduate students with whom I am currently working, and their program of study

  • Cristina Bosco

    Informatics: Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCI/d). Indiana University. LinkedIn.

  • Lisa Brey

    Informatics: Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCI/d) and Animal Informatics. Indiana University. LinkedIn.

  • Sawyer Collins

    Informatics: Intelligent and Interactive Systems. Indiana University. Website.

  • Brian Harper

    Informatics: Computing, Culture, and Society. Indiana University. Website.

  • Long Jing Hsu

    Informatics: Intelligent and Interactive Systems. Indiana University. LinkedIn.

  • Leigh Levinson

    Informatics: Intelligent and Interactive Systems. Indiana University. LinkedIn.

  • Eli McGraw

    Informatics and Cognitive Science. Indiana University. Google Scholar.

  • James Tanfield Taylor

    James Tanfield Taylor

    Informatics: Computing, Culture, and Society. Indiana University. Website.

Recent IU PhDs (woo-hoo!) with whom I have worked and their thesis titles

  • Dr. Ellen Kaufman ('23)

    Engineering Intimacy: Sexual Technologies as Emerging Modes of Interpersonal Connection. LinkedIn.

  • Dr. Cassie Kresnye ('23)

    Supporting Dog Physical Activity by Social Comparison of Objective Dog Walking Behavior. Website.

  • Dr. Aehong Min ('23)

    Extending and Facilitating Informal Care Networks. Website.

  • Dr. Daniel Qaurooni ('23)

    The Garden To End All Gardens: The Sacred and the Profane in the Media Lab’s Food Computer. LinkedIn.

  • Dr. Stephen Sher ('23)

    Expanding Livestream Experience and Interaction Design Through Examining Videogame Speedrunners as Tacit HCI Designers. Website.

  • Dr. Anne C. Tally ('23)

    Advisee. Negotiating Privacy Through Deception and Trust: A Study of Phishing in the Workplace, Usernames in Gaming, and Boundaries in Online Dating. Website.

  • Dr. Jacob E. Abbott ('22)

    Forgotten Factors: Consideration of High Impact Areas Overlooked in the Design
    Life Cycle.
    Now at IU Bloomington. Website.

  • Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad ('22)

    Towards User-Centric Sensor Designs for Addressing Privacy Concerns with Shared Smart Devices. Website.

  • Dr. Swapna Joshi ('22)

    Robots For, By and As Community: Investigating Socio-Technical Challenges and Facilitators. Now at UMass Amherst/Cornell University. Website.

  • Dr. Alexis Peirce Caudell ('21)

    Advisee. A Lively Boundary: Children’s Perspectives on Nature and Technology and How They Relate. Now at IU Bloomington. Website.

  • Dr. Yasmeen Rashidi ('21)

    How Young Adults manage Privacy and Maintain Social Norms in the Era of Pervasive Photography and Social Media. Now at Umm Al Qura University. LinkedIn.

  • Dr. Sanchari Das ('20)

    Towards Human-Centered Multi-Factor Authentication Through a Risk Reduction-Based Incentivization Model For Creating Positive Decision-Making In Tool Adoption. Now at Denver University. Website.

  • Dr. Paula Mate ('19)

    A Qualitative Analysis of the Functioning of the Health Information System in Mozambique. LinkedIn.

  • Dr. Nancy Smith ('19)

    Decentering Design: Bees, Biomimicry, and the Sixth Mass Extinction. Now at Pratt Institute. Website

More favorite former students, with whom I shared intensive learning or research experiences – and where they are as of June 2023

This list is a work in progress.  Please get in touch with me if I haven’t tracked you down yet; I would love to reconnect!

  • Petra Ahde-Deal

    Docent (~“Professor”), Copenhagen School of Design and Technology (DK)

  • Saad Alghamdi

    Strategic Planning and Performance Advisor, [Confidential Government] (SA)

  • Jorge Angarita

    Product Designer, MainStreet

  • Kristine Angell

    User Experience Researcher, Amazon

  • Ashley Bochner

    Previously at Indiana University

  • Suzan Boztepe

    Senior Lecturer, Malmo University (SE)

  • Simon Brauer

    Research Area Specialist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

  • Lauren Braun

    Apple Watch Product Manager, Apple

  • Kay Burnett

    Chair, Board of Directors, Hedwig Dances

  • Meghan A. Gonnissen

    Trial Attorney, Ford and Britton PC

  • Julie Casenave

    User Experience Designer and Design Manager, Sapient

  • Mary Chayko

    Distinguished Teaching Prof of Communication and Information, Rutgers Univ

  • Yu-Ting Cheng

    Previously at Eindhoven and NTUST.

  • Janghee Cho

    National Singapore University.

  • Kelly Costello

    Co-founder, Panorama Innovation; Chief Innovation Officer, MH3

  • John Dominski

    Private Fin Tech

  • Ric Edinburg

    US President, The Evolved Group

  • Alia Fadel

    Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, Leeds Beckett University (UK)

  • Lynne Ferguson

    Customer Experience Senior Design Researcher, Kohl’s

  • Caroline Franz

    Systems Designer, Kaiser Permanente

  • Adriano Braun Galvao

    VP Research and Business Operations, Sylver Consulting

  • Amanda Geppert

    Director, Ci3 Design Lab, University of Chicago

  • Javon Goard

    Academic Program Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Univ School of Education

  • Betina De Gorordo

    Principal Service Designer, Intuit

  • Fred Grier

    Project Architect, Napleton Automotive Group

  • Frank Gruger

    User Experience Leadership, Enterprise Design Team, Walgreens

  • Karma Hallmark

    Independent User Experience Researcher

  • Roberto Holguin

    Director, in/situm; Senior Manager, Fjord (MX)

  • Jim Hornor

    Senior Product Designer, Cvent

  • Maryam Heidaripour

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington

  • J. Melanie Joh

    VP and CMO, HomePlus (KO)

  • Gitte Jonsdatter

    Service Design, Sampension (DK)

  • JoEllen Kames

    Director of User Experience Design, Tableau

  • Daniya Kamran-Morley

    Doctoral Candidate, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

  • Lucas Kempe-Cook

    Team Lead, Catalent

  • Bill Kern

    Professor of Art and Design, Dominican University, River Forest; Co-founder, Modern Quilt Studio

  • Yu Ra Kim

    Aspiring Full Stack Software Engineer

  • Helen Wills King

    Principal, Research and Strategy, Everyday Industries

  • Karolina Kohler

    Head of UX Research, Zeiss Vision Care (DE)

  • Nalini Kotamraju

    Vice President of User Research and Analytics, Salesforce

  • Mike Lamanna

    Senior Manager of Customer Experience, Strategy and Engagement, M&T Bank

  • David LaPorte

    Senior Product Designer, Amount

  • Jun Lee

    Partner, Gemic

  • Eugene Limb

    Product Design Lead, Google

  • Sally Limb

    Product Designer, Google

  • Benjamin Lynerd

    Associate Professor of Political Science, Christopher Newport University

  • Simona Maschi

    CEO and Co-founder, Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design (DK)

  • Lucas McCann

    Innovation Director, Salesforce Ignite

  • Jay Melican

    Principal and Founder, Design IQ

  • Nick Nimchuk

    Principal Statistician, Boston Scientific

  • Sarah Norell

    Lead UX Researcher, Cisco Meraki

  • Matthew Otten

    Scientist, Quantum Computing, HRL Laboratories

  • Darren Gene Peterson

    Design Strategist, Piece and Whole (CN)

  • Ryan Pikkel

    Innovation Leader, Evernorth

  • Ryan Powell

    Head of UX and Research, Waymo

  • Carolyn Purnell

    Historian, Writer, and Ghostwriter

  • Melody Roberts

    Senior Director of Experience Design Innovation, McDonald’s

  • Jessica Rowe

    Assoc Dir of Instructional Design, Columbia Univ Ctr for Teaching and Learning

  • Chiho Sasaki

    Founder, Infield Design (JN)

  • Jennifer Sculley

    Senior Design Analyst, UIC Institute for Healthcare Delivery

  • Stephanie Smith

    Design Strategy Leader, Thrivent

  • Mark Supert

    Design Lead, Airbnb

  • Eric Swanson

    Independent User Experience Researcher

  • Mike Szakaly

    Previously at Indiana University

  • Jake Teitelbaum

    Senior Service Designer, Amazon AWS

  • Jose Carlos Teixiera

    Charles T. Owen Professor of Design, IIT Institute of Design

  • Jeff Turkelson

    Design Lead, Artefact

  • Wojtek Tusz

    Senior Researcher and Research Team Lead, Booking.com (NL)

  • Janice Wong

    Senior Design Researcher, Amazon UX Lab

 Always in my heart.

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