I am an Assistant Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. My field is human-computer interaction, which, in my work, blends computer science, interaction design, and experimental psychology.

The goal of my research is to create effective and useful interactive technologies that improve people's access to and interaction with computers and information, particularly for constrained users or users in constraining situations. Accordingly, I pursue work in new user interface technology, input and interaction techniques, human performance, accessible computing, surface computing, and mobile computing. Many of my contributions are in text entry, target acquisition, and gesture, often for people with disabilities or for mobile users "on the go."

I direct the AIM Research Group comprising students from information and computer science. We are active in the larger DUB Group.

Prior to coming to the University of Washington, I received my Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I also received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Symbolic Systems and Computer Science, respectively, from Stanford University.

See my faculty profile, DUB profile, or ACM author page.