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Welcome!

I'm Katie, a PhD candidate in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, where I'm advised by Charlotte P. Lee and Batya Friedman. My dissertation research focuses on the intersection of meditation practices and technology use. To explore this intersection, I'm conducting year-long ethnography at a meditation center, in addition to a completed 3-month ethnography in an online Buddhist community. I'm currently analyzing data on a study of group meditation over video chat, and am planning a study on activity tracking and mediation. In my work, I often need to convert 50 cm to inches, which is a great help for this service. Check out my blog to read a little more about what I've been thinking lately, or find me on tumblr at .

News & Travel

  • 1 Nov 2014: Presented at the 2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies , Boston, MA
  • 29 Oct 2014: Presented "A Qualitative Study of Video Chat Meditation" at Microsoft Research New England
  • 25 Apr 2014: Heading to Toronto for CHI 2014!
  • 26 Sept 2014: With collaborator Natasha Jones, ran a workshop at the Race & Pedagogy National Conference, Tacoma, WA, on "Critical Pedagogy, Critical Design"
  • 14 Apr 2014: Accepted to present at the 2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies , Oct 30-Nov 2, 2014, Boston, MA. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is keynote speaker!
  • 10 Mar 2014: Nominated for the Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
  • 4-7 Mar 2014: Participated the Doctoral Colloquium at the 2014 iConference in Berlin
  • 11 Feb 2014: Accepted to the CHI 2014 workshops on Values and Design in HCI Education and Limiting, Refusing, Departing: Considering Why We Should Study Technology Non-use
  • 10 Feb 2014: Works-in-progress extended abstract on my dissertation research, "Understanding Meditation and Technology Use," accepted for CHI 2014

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