I am a 4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz, working with Dr. Christina Chung.
My research lies in the intersections of Personal Informatics, everyday practices (e.g., food practices), and life events (e.g., relocation, pandemic) in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and Health Informatics.
As a researcher, I am interested in new ways that allow people to extend one’s range of understanding. My goal is to research these ways to foster better human-to-others (such as robots, virtual avatars, and other people) understanding and to enhance the relationship between humans and others. I am also interested in technology that allows individuals to extend their understanding of others and support one’s challenges in everyday activities.
If you want to talk more, feel free to reach out to me via email, LinkedIn, or X (Twitter)
Interest: Personal Informatics, Everyday Practices, Life events
2024 August
Passed PhD qualifying exam
2024 May
Our Workshop 'Forms of Fraudulence in Human-Centered Design: Collected Strategies and Future Agenda for Qualitative HCI Research' will be held at CHI in Honolulu, HI
2024 Jan
Our Paper, "Understanding fraudulence in online qualitative studies: From the researcher’s perspective” has been accepted to CHI
2023 Aug
Transferred to Department of Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz with Dr. Christina Chung
2023 Aug
Accepted to participate 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)
Understanding healthy eating and food-related activities during life events
Understanding fraudulence in online qualitative studies: From the researcher’s perspective
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
A Comparative Study of Immersiveness in< Monet's Impressionism Exhibition> and< Van Gogh Inside: Festival of Light and Music> through an Empirical Approach
Email: sha81 (at) ucsc.edu
