Teaching
Instructor, UMass Amherst
Advanced Methods in HCI, Spring 2023
Intro to HCI, Fall 2022
Advanced Methods in HCI, Spring 2022
Advanced Methods in HCI, Spring 2021
Intro to HCI, Fall 2020
Computing for the Common Good, Spring 2020
Intro to HCI, Fall 2019
Advanced Methods in HCI, Spring 2019
Digital Civics, Fall 2018
Co-Instructor and Guest Lecturer
Civic Design (Cogs 160), Co-taught along with Steven Dow, UCSD, Fall 2017
Graduate Research Colloquium (IAT 805), Simon Fraser University, School of Arts and Interactive Technology, Spring 2016
Human-Computer Interaction (SENG 310), University of Victoria, Summer 2014
Advanced Methods for Human-Computer Interaction (CSC 578C), University of Victoria, Spring 2014
Human-Computer Interaction (SENG 310), University of Victoria, Summer 2013
Object-Oriented Software Development (SENG 330), University of Victoria, Fall 2008
Supervision and Mentorship
Postdoctoral Supervision, UMass Amherst
2 – Swapna Joshi, NSF CI Fellow, May 2022 – May 2023
1 – Zhiqiu Jiang, Fall 2021 – August 2022
Ph.D. Student Supervision
9 – Sarmistha Sarna Gomasta, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2023 – present
8 – Amit Sarker, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 – present
* Co-Advise with Ali Sarvghad
7 – Mashrur Rashik, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2021 – Present
* Co-Advise with Ali Sarvghad
6 – Mahmood Jasim, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2018 – Present
* Incoming Tenure Track Faculty at Louisiana State University
5 – Alyx Burns, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2019 – Fall 2022
* Now Lecturer at Mount Holyoke College
4 – Tamanna Motahar, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2019 – 2020
* Now Ph.D. Student at University of Utah.
3 – Pooya Khaloo, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
* Now Senior Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Engineer at Nvidia
2 – Sarmad Mehrbod, PhD, Civil Engineering, UBC, 2014 – 2016
* Co-advised with Sheryl Staub-French
1 – Kelly J. Burke, PhD, iSchool, UBC, Summer 2016
* Co-advised with Kellogg Booth
Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member
3 – Uzma Haque Syeda, PhD, Computer Science at Northeastern University, Committee Member, 2023
2 – Abe Handler, PhD, Computer Science at UMass Amherst, Committee Member, 2021
* Now Assistant Professor at the Leeds School of Business, UC Boulder
1 – Hee-Tae Jung, PhD, Computer Science at UMass Amherst, Committee Member, UMass Amherst, 2019
* Now Assistant Professor at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Synthesis Project Supervision, UMass Amherst
2 – Tu Vu, PhD. Computer Science, Fall 2019
1 – Youngwoo Kim, PhD. Computer Science, Fall 2019
Graduate Student (Msc.) Supervision
9 – Lekha Harishchandra, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Spring 2023- Present
8 – Nishtha Agrawal, Msc, Computer Science, NYU, Fall 2023 – Present
7 – Shilpa Sweth, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2022- present
6 – Haoru Song, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2022- Fall 2023
5 – Julian Killingback, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020-Fall 2021
4 – Somin Wadhwa, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020-Fall 2021
* Now Ph.D. Student at Northeastern University
3 – Yueying Liu, MSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020-Fall 2021
2 – Weichen Liu, MSc. Computer Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-June 2017
1 – Dangyi Liu, MSc. Computer Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-June 2017
Undergraduate Supervision (Honors Thesis), UMass Amherst
6 – Abigail Elliott, BSc. CS, Honors Thesis Advisor, Fall 2021-Fall 2022
5 – Preston Yee, BSc. CS, Honors Thesis Advisor, Fall 2020-Fall 2021
4 – Thai On, BSc. CS, Honors Thesis Advisor, Fall 2020-Fall 2022
3 – Matt Rossman, BSc. Cs, Honors Thesis Advisor
* Now MS student at Georgia Tech University
2 – Emily Goroza, BSc. Computer Science, Honors Thesis Committee, 2019
* Now Frontend Software Engineer II at Wayfair
1 – Anjali Devakumar, BSc. Computer Science, Honors Thesis Committee, 2019
* Now MS HCI student at Georgia Tech University
Undergraduate Supervision (Research Assistants)
40 – Yaojia Lu, Computer Science (Holyoke College), Spring 2023 – Present
39 – Luke Geel, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 – Present
38 – Saiyyam Kochar, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 – Present
37 – Niya Sharoff, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 – Present
36 – Nikhil Gautam, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 – Present
35 – Mumtaz Fatima, BSc. Computer Science and Economics, UMass Amherst, Summer 2022 -Present
34 – Hallie Liu, BSc. Computer Science and Economics, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 -Present
33 – Angelika Ladia, BSc, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022- present
32 – Maanas Pari, BSc, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022- present
31 – Dylan Landman, BSc, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022- present
30 – Arshnoor Chadha, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022- present
29 – Rachel Gupta, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022 -Fall 2023
28 – Jason Jermany, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022-Fall 2023
27 – Jason Cheung, BSc, Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2022- Fall 2023
26 – Ria Chawla, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020-Fall 2023
25 – Christiana Lee, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020- Fall 2022
24 – Nikhil Rajkumar, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Spring 2022- Summer 2022
23 – Emily Chen, BSc. Arts in User Experience Design, UMass Amherst, Spring 2022-Summer 2022
22 – Tiffany Wang, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2021- Summer 2022
21 – Yasmeen Mekky, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2021- Summer 2022
20 – Rolando Franqui Nadal, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Fall 2020- 2021
19 – Lucy Cousins, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Spring 2020
* Now MS Student in GIS, UMass
18 – Andrew Cunningham, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2020
17 – Arushi Ahmed, BSc. Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Summer 2019
16 – Nancy Zheng, BSc., Cognitive Science, UCSD, Summer 17-Spring 18
15 – Diana Nguyen, BSc. Cognitive Science, UCSD, Winter18-Spring 18
14 – Maggie Chan, BSc. Cognitive Science, UCSD, Winter 18-Spring 18
13 – Reggie Wu, BSc. Cognitive Science, UCSD, Summer 2017
12 – Michelle Ng, BSc., Visual and Environmental Studies and Computer Science, Harvard University, Summer 2017
11 – Michael James, BSc. Human-Computer Interaction, Drama, Media, and Design, Carnegie Melon University, Summer 2017
10 – Lauren Liu, BSc., Computer Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-June 2017
9 – Joanne Cho, BSc., Cognitive Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-June 2017
8 – Sanika Moharana, BSc., Cognitive Science, UCSD, Winter 2016-Summer 2017
* Now PhD student at CMU HCII
7 – Alejandro Panduro, BSc., Cognitive Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-Summer 2017
6 – Eric Richards, BSc., Cognitive Science, UCSD, Fall 2016-June 2017
5 – Yabo Shi, BSc. Cognitive Science, UCSD, Winter 2018-Spring 2018
4 – Andres Baez, BSc. Cognitive Science, UCSD, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
3 – Siyi (Cathy) Meng, BSc. Computer Science, UBC, Summer 2015
2 – Jialiang Xiang, BSc. Computer Science, UBC, Summer 2015.
1 – Tyler Weeres, BSc. Computer Science, UVic, Summer 2010