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faculty [top]

Batya Friedman	Professor, The Information School, University of Washington batya [at] u.washington.edu Batya Friedman is a Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington where she Co-Directs the Value Sensitive Design Research Laboratory. She received both her BA (1979) and Ph.D. (1988) from the University of California, Berkeley. Batya’s research interests include human-computer interaction, especially human values in design, social and cultural aspects of information systems, and design methodology. Her 1997 edited volume (Cambridge University Press) is titled Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology. Her work on Value Sensitive Design has focused on the values of informed consent, privacy in public, trust, freedom from bias, moral agency, and human dignity, and engaged such technologies as web browsers, large displays, urban simulation, robotics, open-source code bases, and location-enhanced computing. She is also Co-Director for The Mina Institute (Covelo, CA).

Alan Borning	Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington borning [at] cs.washington.edu http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/borning/ Alan Borning is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, and an Adjunct Professor in the Information School. He received a BA degree from Reed College in mathematics 1971, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Computer Science in 1979. After spending a year in Edinburgh, he moved to the University of Washington in 1980, and (except for various sabbaticals) has been there since. His current research interests are in human-computer interaction, particularly as applied to land use, transportation, and environmental modeling, and in using and extending Value Sensitive Design in this work. He has also done work in constraint-based languages and systems, other aspects of human-computer interaction, and in object-oriented programming.

Brian Gill	Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Seattle Pacific University bgill [at] spu.edu http://myhome.spu.edu/bgill/ Brian Gill is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Department at Seattle Pacific University. In 1999, he received a Ph.D. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Biometry and Statistics from the State University of New York at Albany. His research in pure mathematics is in geometric function theory, a branch of complex analysis. He also has interests in issues in undergraduate mathematics education, with a particular focus on the impact of classroom technology on student learning. Brian has been PI or co-PI on three grants supporting changes in the calculus sequence, and he was selected in 1999 as a Fellow in Project NExT, a program of the Mathematical Association of America for new Ph.D.’s who are dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. More recently, his interest in educational technology has expanded into a more general concern with issues related to the impact of technology on its users. Combined with his interest in applications of statistics in social and health sciences, this led Brian in 2003 to become the statistician for the Value Sensitive Design Research Lab.

David Hendry	Assistant Professor, The Information School, University of Washington dhendry [at] u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/dhendry David Hendry, Assistant Professor in the Information School, received his PhD in Computer Science from the Robert Gordon University in 1996. For his dissertation, he developed a user-interface architecture for implementing diverse families of information retrieval applications. He received his BA in 1986 and a MSc in 1989 in Computing and Information Science from the University of Guelph. He joined the dot.com movement in 1997, spending two years at a start-up that commercialized collaborative filtering. Over the next three years, as Manager of User Interface Research at Terra Lycos, he studied consumer web applications and helped teams create better user experiences. His research and teaching interests are human-computer interaction, development and evaluation of systems for information access, end-user programming, and cross-functional design.

students [top]

Shaun Kane	Ph.D. Student, The Information School, University of Washington skane [at] u.washington.edu Shaun Kane is a PhD student at the Information School. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Shaun's research interests are in the construction and use of assistive and adaptive technologies, and in the personal and interpersonal effects of assistive technology use.

Predrag (Pedja) Klasnja	Ph.D. Student, The Information School, University of Washington klasnja [at] u.washington.edu Predrag Klasnja is a doctoral student at the Information School. Predrag is interested in designing systems that can help people make and sustain behavior and lifestyle changes needed to support their long term goals, particularly in the domain of health.

Travis Kriplean	Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington travis [at] cs.washington.edu Travis Kriplean is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Prior to moving to Seattle, he received a B.S. in Computer Science and Sociology from the University of Wisconsin. His primary research interests lie in the field of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) trying to find ways to support work when conflict is endemic and it is necessary for participants to build consensus in order for the collaboration to move forward. He has been doing research in two specific domains where these conditions hold: urban planning (UrbanSim) and collaborative encyclopedia authoring (Wikipedia).

Jessica K. Miller	Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington jkmiller [at] cs.washington.edu http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/jessica/ Jessica K. Miller is a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington where she works with Batya Friedman and Alan Borning in the Value Sensitive Design Research Laboratory. Ms. Miller is principally interested in human-computer interaction, and specifically how user-centered design methodologies can be used to develop technologies that impact social relationships such as the Internet, wearable computing devices, and pervasive computing. Her most recent work has focused on how Value Sensitive Design can aid the adoption of a groupware tool she is designing and building for Microsoft Research engineers.

Lisa Nathan	Ph.D. Student, The Information School, University of Washington lpn [at] u.washington.edu Dissertation Title (thesis in progress): Adaptation and information technology: An ethnography of values, choice, and tension in two ecovillages Lisa Nathan is a doctoral candidate in the Information School at the University of Washington. She received a B.A. in Education from Eckerd College and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. Lisa's research agenda is focused on investigating the adaptive process that occurs through our interactions with information technology. In particular, she is interested in how value tensions are negotiated during interactions with information technology. Other research interests include: a) sustainable use of information technology, b) the socio-technical history of information technology, and c) methods for envisioning the systemic effects of new technology to guide design and policy decisions. Lisa's dissertation proposal is entitled: Adaptation and Information Technology: An ethnography of values, choice, and tension in two ecovillages.

Alice Neels	Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington Alice Neels is a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.

Braden Pellett	Ph.D. Student, The Information School, University of Washington Braden Pellett is a doctoral student in the Information School at the University of Washington.

Jill Woelfer	M.S. Student, The Information School, University of Washington woelfj [at] u.washington.edu Jill Woelfer is pursuing an Executive Masters in Information Management at the University of Washington. Jill holds a BA Honors degree in Applied Music from the University of Wisconsin. She has performed as a vocalist, pianist and improvisational actor. Jill works as a Knowledge Engineer for Philips Healthcare, specializing in the areas of Document Control and Configuration Management. Her research is currently focused on the information needs of homeless young people and service providers in the University District.

friends & collaborators [top]

Nell Carden Grey

Documentary Filmmaker &aml; Videographer

Nell Carden Grey is a documentary filmmaker and videographer who recently produced the award-winning feature length film "The Chances of the World Changing," which premiered nationally on the PBS documentary series POV in the summer of 2007. In addition to filmmaking, she has worked in all aspects of the theatre from directing to designing, and was the co-founder of an avant-garde theatre company in New York City for three years. She also formally managed and trained actors for the film and television industry in New York City before moving to Seattle, where she continues to pursue her documentary film work.

Alan Beck, Purdue University
Markus Bylund, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Sybil Carrère, University of Washington
Sunny Consolvo, Intel Research Seattle
Nancy Edwards, Purdue University
Edward Felten, Princeton University
Nell Carden Grey, Pigeon Post Pictures
Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research
Kristina Höök, Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University (Japan)
Gavin Jancke, Microsoft Research
Takayuki Kanda, Advanced Telecommunications Research (Japan)
Peter H. Kahn, Jr., University of Washington — homepage
Gail Melson, Purdue University
Gene Myers, Western Washington University
Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University
Carol Saunders, Brookfield Zoo
Ian Smith, Intel Research Seattle
Paul Waddell, University of Washington

graduate alumni [top]

Irene S. Alexander
Kathleen Crosman
Janet Davis — homepage, dissertation
Erika Feldman
Nathan G. Freier — homepage, dissertation
Nicole Gustine
Daniel C. Howe
David Hurley
Peyina Lin
Charles Naumer
Jolina Ruckert
Rachel Severson — homepage
Valerie Wonder

undergraduate alumni [top]

Jeffrey Anderson
Annie Jo Cain
Louise Wun Choi
Stephanie L. Collett
Dan Dethloff
Joseph Goldberg
Jennifer Hagman
Ann Hendrickson
Sze Ying Kong
Karen Magnuson
Jesse McPherron
Grace Preyapongpisan
Alex Quinn
Brandon Rich
Jonathan Sabo
Scott Santens
Ari Serim
Robin Sodeman
Cady Stanton
Anna Stolyar
Tyler Stevens