Tanu Mitra and Chirag Shah were both selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2026-2027 cohort.
Jason Yip gave a keynote titled "Co-designing with Children on AI" for the C3AI Workshop at the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2026).
Katelyn Mei (PhD Student) and co-authors Yi-Li Hsu, Minjoon Choi, Zongwan Cao, Chenjun Xu, Bingbing Wen (PhD Student), Su Lin Blodgett, and Lucy Lu Wang's paper titled "Illusions of the Gold Standard: A Large-scale Analysis of Human Evaluation Protocols for Long-form Text Generation," was accepted to the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2026) and received an SAC Highlight.
Sarah Nguyễn (PhD Alumni) and co-authors Celestine Le, and Rachel Moran’s paper titled “IYKYK: Authenticity of Diasporic Media and Information from Vietnamese YouTube Influencers,” was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Communication (IJOC) titled Beyond Verification: Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Artifices of Authenticity.
Robert Wolfe (PhD Student) and co-authors Aayushi Dangol, Nisha Devasia, Jason Yip, Mitsuka Kiyohara, and Julie Kientz’s paper titled “Where Does AI Leave a Footprint? Children’s Reasoning About AI’s Environmental Costs,” was accepted to the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2026).
Jade Xiaoyi Li (PhD Student) and co-authors Jason Yip, Katie Davis, Florian Schaub, Christopher Broks, Jenny Radesky, and Kaiwen Sun's paper titled "Caring for the Furry Friends in the Smart Home: An Initial Exploration of Child-Centered Approach to Designing for Pets" was accepted to the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2026).
Daeun Yoo (PhD Student) and co-authors Aayushi Dangol, Meghna Gupta, Robert Wolfe (PhD Student), Jason Yip, Franziska Roesner, and Julie Kientz's paper titled "Toys that Listen, Talk, and Play: Understanding Children's Sensemaking and Interactions with AI Toys" was accepted to the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2026).
Jade Xiaoyi Li (PhD Student) and co-authors Kaiwen Sun, Irene Chung, Jenny Radesky, Jason Yip, Christopher Brooks, and Florian Schaub’s paper titled “Designing Workbook Probes for Families: A Smart Home Case Study of Intergenerational Co-Speculation,” was accepted to the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2026).
Shahan Ali Memon (PhD Student) gave an invited talk on "How is AI Changing Science?" at a webinar hosted by Odegaard Writing & Research Center (OWRC) on Critical AI Literacy for Dissertation Writers.