Lab DirectorColin M. Gray is an Associate Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, where they are Director of the Human-Computer Interaction design (HCI/d) program. They hold appointments as Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University and Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University. Colin’s research focuses on the ways in which the pedagogy and practice of designers informs the development of design ability, particularly in relation to ethics, design knowledge, and learning experience. They have consulted on multiple legal cases relating to dark patterns and data protection and work with regulatory bodies and non-profit organizations to increase awareness and action relating to deceptive and manipulative design practices. Colin’s research and engagement activities cross multiple disciplines, including human-computer interaction, instructional design and technology, law and policy, design theory and education, and engineering and technology education. |
Doctoral Students
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.
Affiliated Researchers
Lab Alumni
Postdoc
- Ahreum Lee, PhD (2018-2020) – Senior Product Manager, Samsung Electronics, South Korea
- Yubo Kou, PhD (2016-2018) – Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
PhD
- Sai Shruthi Chivukula (2021) – Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
MS
- Thomas Carlock (2022-2023)
- Ziqing (Nicole) Li (2020-2023) – UX Researcher, Cisco
- Aiza Hasib (2020) – UX Design Researcher, Cisco
- Jingning Chen (2020) – UX Researcher, Microsoft
- Chris Rhys Watkins (2017-2019) – UX/UI Designer, Floify
- Shreya Randive (2019) – iOS Engineer, Expedia Group
BS
- Anne Pivonka (2020-2023) – UX Designer, Nationwide
- Brookley Risgsbee (2022) – UX/UI Designer, BraunAbility
- Matthew Will (2021-2022) – Associate UX Designer, CentralSquare Technologies
- Janna Johns (2021-2023) – Exhibit Experience Designer
- Laura Makary (2020-2021)
- Liyang (Leo) Qu (2019-2021)
- Kassandra Melkey (2018-2020) – Designer, DMI
- Ilayda Karagoel (2019) – Masters Student, San Jose State University
- Min Gyeong (Emma) Kang (2019)
- Hunter Hollinger (2019) – UX Designer, AgencyRoot
- Jingle Chen (2018-2020)
- Simran Bansal (2018-2019) – Product Designer, Salesforce
- Lucca McKay (2018-2019) – Designer, Charles Schwab
- Rhea Manocha (2018-2019) – Designer, Microsoft
- Zexi (Jessie) Zhou (2018-2019) – UX Designer, 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) – Experience Strategist, Slalom