Director Jacob O. Wobbrock iSchool CSE adjunct		Current Ph.D. Students Lisa Elkin CSE 🎓 NSERC Graduate Fellowship Co-advised by Shwetak N. Patel Mingyuan (Jason) Zhong CSE Co-advised by James Fogarty Junhan (Judy) Kong iSchool Zhuohao (Jerry) Zhang iSchool 🎓 Apple AI/ML Ph.D. Fellowship Claire Mitchell iSchool 🎓 NSF Graduate Fellowship
		Arnavi Chheda-Kothary CSE Co-advised by Jon E. Froehlich Melanie Kneitmix CSE Yumeng Ma CSE 🎓 NSF Graduate Fellowship Seokhyun (Shawn) Hwang iSchool 🎓 DeLuca Foundation Award Xiyuan (Alan) Shen CSE Co-advised by Shwetak N. Patel

Ph.D. / Postdoc Alumni
See thesis statements for all Ph.D. alumni...

Rachel Franz, Ph.D. iSchool 2024 🎓 Apple AI/ML Ph.D. Fellowship "Supporting the Design, Selection, and Evaluation of Accessible Interaction Techniques for Virtual Reality" Currently at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology—Guangzhou Ather Sharif, Ph.D. CSE 2024 🎓 Google CMD-IT LEAP Dissertation Fellowship "Improving the Accessibility of Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users and Visualization Creators" Currently at EvoXLabs Mingrui (Ray) Zhang, Ph.D. iSchool 2022 "Towards More Intelligent, Intuitive, and Inclusive Communication with Computers in Text and Images" Currently at Meta (NYC) Anne Spencer Ross, Ph.D. CSE 2021 Co-advised by James Fogarty "A Large-Scale, Multi-Factor Approach to Understanding and Improving Mobile Application Accessibility" Currently at Bucknell University Abdullah X. Ali, Ph.D. iSchool 2020 "Distributed Interaction Design" Currently at 3rd Brain Alex Mariakakis, Ph.D. CSE 2019 Co-advised by Shwetak N. Patel "Making Medical Assessments Available and Objective Using Smartphone Sensors" Currently at University of Toronto Martez Mott, Ph.D. iSchool 2018 🎓 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant "Improving Touch Accuracy for People with Motor Impairments" Currently at Microsoft Research Abigail Evans, Ph.D. iSchool 2018 Co-advised by Katie Davis "Adaptive Support for Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning at Tabletop Computers" Currently at University of York, England Katie O'Leary, Ph.D. iSchool 2017 Co-advised by Wanda Pratt "Designing Chat Guidance for Positive Psychological Change" Currently at Google

Kristen Shinohara, Ph.D. iSchool 2017 Co-advised by Wanda Pratt "Design for Social Accessibility: Incorporating Social Factors in the Design of Accessible Technologies" Currently at Rochester Institute of Technology Shiri Azenkot, Ph.D. CSE 2014 🎓 NSF Graduate Fellowship 🎓 AT&T Labs Research Fellowship 🎓 Google Lime Fellowship Co-advised by Richard E. Ladner "Eyes-Free Input on Mobile Devices" Currently at Cornell Tech Jessica J. Tran, Ph.D. ECE 2014 Co-advised by Eve A. Riskin and Richard E. Ladner "Human-Centered Optimization of Mobile Sign Language Video Communication" Currently at Apple Parmit K. Chilana, Ph.D. iSchool 2013 🎓 Facebook Ph.D. Fellowship 🎓 SSHRC Graduate Fellowship Co-advised by Amy J. Ko "Supporting Users After Software Deployment through Selection-Based Crowdsourced Contextual Help" Currently at Simon Fraser University Jeff Huang, Ph.D. iSchool 2013 🎓 Facebook Ph.D. Fellowship Co-advised by Susan Dumais "Modeling User Behavior and Attention in Search" Currently at Brown University Leah Findlater, Ph.D. Information School postdoctoral researcher 2009-2011 🎓 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Research on adaptive touch keyboards and accessible pointing techniques. Currently at University of Washington Shaun K. Kane, Ph.D. iSchool 2011 🎓 Google Lime Fellowship Co-advised by Richard E. Ladner "Understanding and Creating Accessible Touch Screen Interactions for Blind People" Currently at Google Research Susumu Harada, Ph.D. CSE 2010 Co-advised by James A. Landay "Harnessing the Capacity of the Human Voice for Fluidly Controlling Computer Interfaces" Currently at Apple Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Ph.D. CSE 2008 🎓 Microsoft Graduate Research Fellowship Co-advised by Daniel S. Weld "Automatically Generating Personalized User Interfaces" Currently at Harvard University

Other Research Advising

• Ali Askari Rizvi, MHCI+D student
• Melanie Wells, M.Des. student
• Anastasia Schaadhardt, iSchool Ph.D. student
• Lara Hattatoglu, HCDE major
• Ying-Chao "Tony" Tung, CSE Ph.D. student
• Erin McAweeney, MSIM student
• Anya K. Hsu, Informatics major
• Marijn A. Burger, CSS major, UW Bothell
• Michael J. Magee, Informatics major
• Sayna Parsi, Informatics & HCDE major
• Mayank Goel, CSE Ph.D. student
• Phillip Pasqual, Informatics major
• Alex Jansen, iSchool Ph.D. student
• Eun Kyoung Choe, iSchool Ph.D. student
• Morgan Dixon, CSE Ph.D. student
• Jeffrey Bigham, CSE Ph.D. student
• Jon Froehlich, CSE Ph.D. student
• Nelson Nogales, iSchool research assistant
• Tressa Johnson, MLIS student
• Ben Q. Lee, Informatics major
• Peter Kamb, Informatics major
• Fernando Santamarina, ACMS major
• Chinmay Nirkhe, Lakeside Upper School
• Dominik Zmuda, Liberty High School

Prospective Ph.D. students: We are always looking for talented new students who want to pursue an ambitious research-driven Ph.D. in HCI. You should have strong skills in at least two of the following: software prototyping, hardware prototyping, design (e.g., product, interface, interaction), quantitative research methods (e.g., experiment design, statistics), or qualitative research methods (e.g., ethnography, content analysis). Being a great HCI researcher is about having creative original ideas—you must produce new knowledge, not just be good at exams and assignments. To come join us, please apply to the Ph.D. in Information Science and/or the Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering.

Masters students and undergraduates: Want to work with us? If you are interested in joining one of our HCI research projects, please contact me. (Please read some of our research papers first.) Note that if you are a working member of our research team, co-authorship and funded travel are possibilities. However, you should expect to join our team for at least two quarters, and you must be willing to put in at least 10 hours/week. Independent study credits may also be arranged.