Research

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TASCHA, the Technology and Social Change Group

In 1999, TASCHA (then the Center for Internet Studies) was founded to unite and mobilize a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and policy experts to explore the design, use, and effects of information and communication...

Value Sensitive Design

Value Sensitive Design (VSD) is a theoretically grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and comprehensive manner throughout the design process. Pioneered by UW professors with landmark studies on...

Contemplative Practices

A technologist by training, David Levy’s scholarship examines how individuals can live healthy, creative, reflective, and productive lives in an always-on, information-saturated world. His body of work includes two books — Scrolling...

Research

Sandy Littletree and iSchool alumni Nicky Andrews, were recognized by the Library Journal as Change Agents in their 2025 Movers and Shakers, which represents the best of the creative, inspiring, visionary, and committed individuals who are advancing the library field.

Bingbing Wen (PhD Student) and co-authors Jihan Yao, Shangbin Feng, Chenjun Xu (MSIM Student), Yulia Tsvetkov, Bill Howe, and Lucy Lu Wang’s paper titled “Know Your Limits: A Survey of Abstention in Large Language Models” is to appear in Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics.

Maryam Amirizaniani (PhD Student) and co-authors Shawon Sarkar (former PhD Student), and Chirag Shah’s paper titled “Towards More Personalized recommendations by Modeling Users’ Temporal Behaviors with Task-Based Graph Neural Network (TGNN).” was published in ACM Transactions on the Web (TWeb).

Lucy Lu Wang and co-authors Jihan Yao, Wenxuan Ding, Shangbin Feng, and Yulia Tsvetkov’s paper titled “Varying Shades of Wrong: Aligning LLMs with Wrong Answers Only” was accepted to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).

Lisa Dirks (PhD Student) and co-authors Miranda Belarde-Lewis, and Wanda Pratt’s paper titled “Amplifying Cultural Values with Collaborative Photo Elicitation: Strengths-Focused Co-Design with Alaska Native People” was accepted to the ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’ 25).

Lucy Lu Wang and co-authors Varich Boonsanong, Vidhisha Balachandran, Xiaochuang Han, Shangbin Feng, and Yulia Tsvetkov’s paper titled “FACTS&EVIDENCE: An Interactive Tool for Transparent Fine-Grained Factual Verification of Machine-Generated Text,” was accepted to NAACL System Demonstrations 2025.

Shahan Ali Memon (PhD Student) had 3 papers accepted to 2025 International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI) for oral presentation:

· “Are Widely Known Findings Easier to Retract?" with Jevin D. West and Cailin O' Connor

· "Can LLM-based AI agents automate science communication?" with Jevin. D. West, Jimmy Koppel, and Tom Hope

· "Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success" with Petter Holme, Bedoor AlShebli, Yueran Duan, Qing Guan, and Talal Rahwan

Hyeyoung Ryu and co-authors J. Kim, S. Kang, and Wanda Pratt’s paper titled “Improving Online Communities for Stigmatized Healthcare: Countering In-Group Microaggressions and Fostering Supportive Connection” was accepted to ACM Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference (CSCW 2025).

Nicole Kuhn presented her capstone research project to earn her Graduate Certificate in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Her talk was titled, “Indigenous Health Communication on Social Media: Leveraging a Deeper Analysis of U.S. Tribal Research Review Boards to Develop Research Methodologies and Ethics to Support This Essential Work.” This presentation was given at the annual Indigenous Studies Spring Symposium that is hosted by the Department of American Indian Studies in collaboration with the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

Lucy Lu Wang gave an invited talk titled “Language Technologies to Improve Access to and Use of Medical Knowledge” at the Center for Research on Computation and Society, at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

Tessa Rose Campbell was invited to present a session titled “Indigenizing the Field of Librarianship” at the Sno-Isle Libraries Convention (SILCON) 2025.

Lucy Lu Wang was an invited panelist for “AI and Metascience: Current State of Play” held at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University.

Chirag Shah was quoted in an article titled “US Judge to Break Up Google, Force Sale of Chrome: Here’s What to Know,” published on CNET.

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Research Centers and Groups

ACE Lab

Jacob O. Wobbrock, Director

ACE (Accessible Computing Experiences) Lab is a group of human-computer interaction (HCI) researchers interested in mobile and accessible design.

Center for an Informed Public

Jevin West, Director

Resisting strategic misinformation, promoting an informed society, and strengthening democratic discourse.

Code & Cognition Lab

Amy J. Ko, Director

The C&C Lab studies the human aspects of programming.

DataLab

Multiple iSchool Faculty

The DataLab is the nexus for research on Data Science and Analytics at the UW iSchool.

Digital Youth Lab

Katie Davis, Director

Digital Youth explores the interactions of young people with digital information and technology.

DUB Group (design:use:build)

Multiple Departments

DUB is an alliance of faculty and students across the UW exploring Human-Computer Interaction and Design.

Gamer Group

Jin Ha Lee, Director

The GAMER Group explores new ideas and approaches for organizing and accessing to video games and interactive media.

iMed

Wanda Pratt, Director

iMed develops and evaluates IT to help people find, share, manage, and use information as it relates to healthcare.

Indigenous Information Research Group

Cheryl Metoyer, Director

IIRG research lies at the intersection of technology, information policy, and Indigenous issues.

Knowledge Organization

Joseph T. Tennis, Director

KO is concerned with the processes of organizing and representing documents that societies see as worthy of preserving.

Social Media Lab

Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird, Co-Directors

SoMe Lab at UW is a nexus for research and collaboration on social media issues.

Technology & Social Change Group

Christopher Coward, Director

TASCHA explores the design, use and effects of ICTs in communities facing social and economic challenges.

The User Empowerment Lab

Alexis Hiniker, Director

The User Empowerment Lab studies the ways in which digital technologies make life worse for their users.

Value Sensitive Design Lab

Batya Friedman and David Hendry, Co-Directors

VSD is an approach to technology design that accounts for human values in a principled and systematic manner.

News

Convocation celebrates iSchool's largest class of graduates

Friday, June 13, 2025

More than 700 graduates crossed the stage to be recognized at the University of Washington Information School’s 2025 Convocation ceremony on June 7 at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.It was the iSchool’s largest class yet, honoring graduates of the Ph.D., Master of Library and Information Science, Master of Science in...

Annual iSchool Showcase celebrates student achievements

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The Information School gathered on June 4 to celebrate student milestones from the academic year with more than 100 projects on display at the 2025 iSchool Showcase. Students from all five iSchool degree programs had the opportunity to present their work to family, friends, colleagues, employers and industry partners in the HUB ballroom.Judge John...

MSIM team helps client improve health-care data

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Effective data management can be a challenge for any organization. In the health-care industry, the complexity of the information and critical need for privacy make it even harder. A group of Master of Science in Information Management students used the skills they’ve gained at the iSchool to help a company that works with health-care...

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