HCI / UX Researcher with 5+ years of experience in translating personal and social experiences into actionable design strategy and PhD Candidate in Computational Media (HCI) at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), working with Dr. Christina Chung
Using mixed methods to design and develop systems to solve complex problems with detailed-oriented and data-driven approach
Recent Questions:
1. How can systems support and augment individuals' adaptive coping mechanisms personally and socially during life events (e.g., relocation, pandemic)?
2. What novel HCI research methods are needed to capture, interpret, and unfold compressed data in interactions between human and other entities (e.g., other people, personal informatics, AI)?
2025 Jul
Awarded Dissertation Fellowship at UC, Santa Cruz
2025 Mar
Paper, "Preparing and Experiencing Food During Life Events: Implications for Technology Supporting Social and Value Changes" has been accepted to CHI 2025
2024 Aug
Passed PhD qualifying exam!
2024 May
Workshop "Forms of Fraudulence in Human-Centered Design: Collected Strategies and Future Agenda for Qualitative HCI Research" held at CHI in Honolulu, HI
2024 Jan
Paper, "Understanding fraudulence in online qualitative studies: From the researcher’s perspective” has been accepted to CHI 2024
2023 Aug
Transferred to Department of Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz with Dr. Christina Chung
2023 Aug
Participated in the workshop "Surfacing Structural Barriers to Community-Collaborative Approaches in Human-Computer Interaction" at CSCW in Minneapolis, MN,
2023 May
Received Master's in Informatics at Indiana University - Bloomington
2022 Apr
Presented a poster "Understanding healthy eating and food-related activities during life events" at Annals of Behavioral Medicine in Baltimore, MD
2022 Mar
Participated in 2022 CRA-WP in San Diego, CA
2021 Mar
Participated in 2021 CRA-WP (Virtual)
Preparing and Experiencing Food During Life Events: Implications for Technology Supporting Social and Value Changes
ACM CHI 25'
Understanding healthy eating and food-related activities during life events
Understanding fraudulence in online qualitative studies: From the researcher’s perspective
ACM CHI 24'
Forms of Fraudulence in Human-Centered Design: Collective Strategies and Future Agenda for Qualitative HCI Research
ACM CHI
Designing a scalable, accessible, and effective mobile app based solution for common mental health problems
I-Portrait: An Interactive Photograph System for Enhancing Social Presence
Email @ sha81 (at) ucsc.edu
