Doctoral Students
Shruthi is a PhD candidate in Technology. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Design from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Before coming to Purdue, she worked as UX researcher and designer in Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore-India for two years. She is working as a research assistant on an NSF-funded project regarding Everyday Ethics in UX Design. Ike is a Ph.D. student in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. His research interests are broadly at the intersection of human-computer interaction, fairness in AI/data-driven systems, and ethics. He is currently working as a research assistant on the NSF funded project on Improving Everyday Ethics in Socio-technical Practice. Before joining the lab, he was a Research Associate at the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab at Indiana University. He holds a master's degree from Ball State University and has worked as an ERP software developer for about four years.
Undergraduate and Graduate Researchers
Christopher Wolford is a graduate student at Purdue University studying User Experience Design. He holds a bachelors degree in Religious Studies with a minor in Creative Writing from Ball State University and has worked in publishing and marketing for the past eight years. He is currently working on a project focused on building and supporting critique environments across project-based disciplinary contexts.
Anne Pivonka is a Sophomore at Purdue University majoring in User Experience Design with a minor in Psychology and a Certificate in Collaborative Leadership. She is working as a research assistant on an NSF-funded project regarding Everyday Ethics in UX Design.
Laura Makary is a student at Purdue University studying User Experience Design with a certificate in Collaborative Leadership and minors in Anthropology and Art and Design. She has interned at the American Graphics Institute in the past and is currently working as a research assistant on an NSF-funded project regarding Everyday Ethics in UX Design.
Shantanu Kashyap is a Junior at Purdue University majoring in user experience design, minoring in Psychology and a certificate course in Collaborative Leadership. He works as a Research Assistant at Purdue’s UX Design lab and as a Graphic Designer for Purdue Student Life Marketing. He is currently working on a project focused on building and supporting critique environments across project-based disciplinary contexts.
Kaitlin Groothuis is a junior at Purdue majoring in User Experience Design. She hopes to be a metaphorical mushroom: digesting information to leave her surroundings richer than where she started. She is working as a research assistant on a project centered around resources to support human trafficking survivors.
Liyang Qu is a Senior at Purdue University. He is majoring in UX design and is taking minors in Innovation in Design and Communication to strengthen his career path. After finishing his middle school in China, His family moved to Fairfax, Virginia and he attended high school there. He is working on a project relating to student conceptions of ethics, and the way these conceptions influence future practice.
Yue Zhao is a graduate student at Purdue University studying User Experience Design. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Technology and a minor in Psychology from Purdue University and then worked as a User Interface Designer at a software development company for almost three years. She is working on a project to define social media discourses about design.
Aiza Hasib is a masters student in User Experience Design at Purdue. She received a bachelors in Computer Science with a minor in Psychology from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan. She is working as a research assistant on an NSF-funded project regarding Everyday Ethics in UX Design.
Jingle Chen was born and raised in Beijing, China for 18 years, and now attends Purdue University. He is a senior pursuing a degree in User Experience Design with minors in Psychology, Communication, and Mathematics.
Lab Alumni
Postdoc
- Ahreum Lee, PhD (2018-2020) – Postdoc, University of Eastern Finland
- Yubo Kou, PhD (2016-2018) – Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
MS
- Jingning Chen (2020)
- Chris Rhys Watkins (2017-2019) – UX/UI Designer, Floify
- Shreya Randive (2019) – iOS Engineer, Expedia Group
BS
- Kassandra Melkey (2018-2020) – Designer, DMI
- Ilayda Karagoel (2019) – Masters Student, San Jose State University
- Min Gyeong (Emma) Kang (2019)
- Hunter Hollinger (2019)
- Simran Bansal (2018-2019) – Salesforce
- Lucca McKay (2018-2019) – Designer, Charles Schwab
- Rhea Manocha (2018-2019) – Designer, Microsoft
- Zexi (Jessie) Zhou (2018-2019) – Masters Student, University of Michigan
- Bryan Battles (2018) – Associate Software Engineer, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Joseph Hoggatt (2018)
- Jason Brier (2016-2018) – Designer, Deloitte Digital
- Madison Fansher (2017-2018) – Doctoral Student, University of Michigan
- Abilene Perez (2016-2017) – Designer, HP Enterprise