Daily Doilies

Why Pokemon Go is Popular: Maybe Not The Reasons You Think

Attending Grace Hopper and Thinking Beyond “Lean In”

One of my undergraduate research assistants and I had a great time at the 2015 Grace Hopper conference for women in computing. This was the first time for both of us, and we were a part of a larger group of students and faculty from NJIT…

When you’re not at CHI

What to see in Korea

Powerful Black Female Bosses Dominating TV

I would like to dedicate this post to the celebration of powerful Black women on TV. There have always been a lot of strong Black female characters, but these days, it seems like so many programs have a strong Black woman as the boss or person in charge.

Spring 2014- iConference, CSCW, CHI, ICA

The main conferences that I go to are all in the spring semester, which makes it a very busy semester. This year, I kicked off with CSCW in Baltimore, which was a very short stay, but great opportunity to catch up with old friends and present a poster on…

Soft Sustainability

My research focus is understanding long-term use of technology through a lens I call “soft sustainability.” While sustainability research in HCI has mainly been on the hardware aspects of environmentally-friendly technology, my focus is on the human, or social component of sustainability. Much…

Giggling for no apparent reason: definitely non-conscious, perhaps cultural?

I’ve been working with a new boss for about half a year now, and every time we have a group meeting or a private conversation, I apparently laugh (not laughing out loud, but more of a tiny giggle) a…