Michelle H. Martin and Nadia Mansour published an article in the online journal Barnboken titled, “What Can Danish Multicultural Children’s Literature and African American Children’s Literature Learn from Each Other?: Literary Histories in Dialogue.” Barnboken is an international open access journal published by the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books.

Chris Jowaisas, Stacey Wedlake, Matthew Houghton (City of Seattle), Meghan Sebold (City of Seattle), David Keyes (City of Seattle), and Ryan Davis (Seattle Jobs Initiative) were awarded a UW Population Health Initiative COVID-19 economic recovery research grant of $18,699 for their project “Exploring Physically Distant Technology Access and Assistance to Support Workers in a New Economy.”

Laura Schildkraut was interviewed by the UW Daily for an article titled, “Hiring freeze in tech industry leaves graduates unemployed

Jason Yip and Jin Ha Lee received a $116,205 gift from Pivotal Ventures through Connected Camps to support their work on a collaborative project with the Connected Learning Lab, the National Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF), and the Seattle Public Library. The proposed work aims to develop a mental, social, and emotional wellness intervention program for esports players ages 13-24.

A hearty congratulations to all iSchool Ph.D. students who achieved the following during Academic Year 2019-20!:

​Passed General Exams:

• Saba Kawas (Co-Chairs: Katie Davis and Julie Kientz, GSR: Jon Froehlich, Member: Alexis Hiniker)
• Mina Tari (Chair: Hala Annabi, GSR: Eve Riskin, Members: Negin Dahya and Amy J. Ko)
• Luke Rodriquez (Chair: William Howe, GSR: Xuegang Ban, Members: Nicholas Weber and Jevin West)
• Kung Jin Lee (Co-Chairs: Jin Ha Lee and Jason Yip, GSR: Gail Joseph, Member: Katie Davis)
• Alex Kale (Co-Chairs: Amy J. Ko and Jessica Hullman, GSR: Katharina Reinecke, Member: Jevin West) 
• Chris Holstrom (Chair: Joseph T. Tennis, GSR: John Gennari, Members: Nicholas Weber and Jevin West)
• Stephanie Ballard (Chair: Batya Friedman, GSR: Audrey Desjardins, Members: Ryan Calo, Megan Finn, and Ron Wakkary)
• Mingrui Zhang (Chair: Jacob O. Wobbrock, GSR: James Fogarty, Members: Leah Findlater and Alexis Hiniker)
• Orson Xu (Chair: Anind Dey, GSR: James Fogarty, Members: Christopher Althoff and Jennifer Mankoff)
• Milly Romeijn-Stout (Co-Chairs: Hala Annabi and Michelle H. Martin, GSR: Margaret Beneke, Members: Marika Cifor and Katie Davis)
• Lisa Dirks (Chair: Wanda Pratt, GSR: Dian Million, Members: Miranda Belarde-Lewis and Carmen Gonzalez)

Passed Dissertation Proposal Defense:

• Yea-Seul Kim: Understanding Visualization Interaction In Light of Beliefs
  • Supervisory Committee:
  • Co-Chair: Amy J. Ko
  • Co-Chair: Jessica Hullman
  • GSR: Gary Hsieh
  • Jeffrey Heer
  • Jevin West
• Dastyni Loksa: Investigating Programming Process Instruction for Computing Education
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Amy J. Ko
    • GSR: Katie Hendrick Taylor
    • Katie Davis
    • Jason Yip
• Wan-Chen Lee: Operationalizing Cultural Warrant in Knowledge Organization
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Joseph T. Tennis
    • GSR: Sarah Westcott McCoy
    • Carole Palmer
    • Nicholas Weber
• Marc Schmalz: The I in Team: IT Identity and Project Behavior
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Co-Chair: Jin Ha Lee
    • Co-Chair: Michelle Carter
    • GSR: William W. Erdly
    • Joseph Janes
    • Hala Annabi
• Mx WE King: A Match Made in Heaven?: Dating Apps and Queer Christians
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Co-Chair: Anna Lauren Hoffmann
    • Co-Chair: Negin Dahya
    • GSR: David Ribes
    • Marika Cifor
    • Jodi O'Brien
• Abdullah Ali: Distributed Interaction Design
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Jacob O. Wobbrock
    • GSR: Katharina Reinecke
    • Alexis Hiniker
    • Meredith Ringel Morris
• Erin Beneteau: Effects of Creative Engagement on Adults with Acquired Disabilities who use Assistive Technologies
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Wanda Pratt
    • GSR: Audrey Desjardins
    • Alexis Hiniker
    • Heather Feldner
    • Kathryn Yorkston
• Rose Paquet: Cultivating Inclusion in U.S. Museums: Investigating Practitioners’ Perspectives and Experiences via The Incluseum
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: David Hendry
    • GSR: Leilani Nishime
    • Jessica Luke
    • Elena Gonzales
• Katya Yefimova: Exploring the public library as a site of civic engagement for immigrant and refugee communities
  • Supervisory committee:
    • Co-Chair: Ricardo Gomez
    • Co-Chair: Negin Dahya
    • GSR: Jose Antonio Lucero, Jackson School
    • Michelle H. Martin
• Beck Tench: The Restorative Potential of Participatory Design in the Attention Economy
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: David Levy
    • GSR: Jennifer Turns
    • David Hendry
    • Cheryl Metoyer

Passed Dissertation Defense:

• Lovenoor Singh Aulck: Leveraging large-scale educational data to examine the freshman experience using machine learning and causal inference methods
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Jevin West
    • GSR: Min Sun
    • Emma Spiro
    • Joshua Blumenstock
• Sonali Mishra: Designing Technologies to Support Patient Engagement in the Hospital
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Wanda Pratt
    • GSR: Julie Kientz
    • Predrag Klasnja
    • Ari Pollack
    • Jaime Snyder
• Lassana Magassa: ’I Am Not Computer Savvy’: A Look Into the Everyday Digital Literacy Levels of Formerly Incarcerated People Using A Novel Holistic Digital Literacy Framework
  • Supervisory Committee
    • Co-Chair: Allyson Carlyle, in memoriam
    • Co-Chair: Ricardo Gomez
    • Co-Chair: Karine Nahon 
    • GSR: Alexes Harris
    • Michael Eisenberg
• Dastyni Loksa: Explicitly Training Metacognition and Self-Regulation for Computer Programming
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Amy J. Ko
    • GSR: Katherine Taylor
    • Katie Davis
    • Jason Yip
• Yea-Seul Kim: Designing Beliefs-driven Interactions with Data
  • Supervisory Committee:
    • Chair: Amy J. Ko
    • GSR: Katharina Reinecke
    • Jessica Hullman
    • Jeffrey Heer
    • Jevin West