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Julie A. Kientz<\/a>\"Photo<\/a><\/strong> (pronounced like “Keentz”) is a Professor and Chair of the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Washington.\u00a0She directs the\u00a0Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab<\/a>,\u00a0is active in the Design, Use, Build (dub)\u00a0alliance<\/a>, and has adjunct appointments in\u00a0The Information School<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Computer Science & Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kientz’s primary research areas are in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Health Informatics, Ubiquitous Computing, and Interaction Design & Children. Her research focuses on understanding and reducing the user burdens of interactive technologies for health, education, and families through the design of future applications. Her primary research methods involve human-centered design, technology development, and a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. She has designed, developed, and evaluated mobile, sensor, and social applications for numerous areas in the health, education, and family domains. The populations she has designed with in her research include individuals and families managing sleep health, parents of young children monitoring developmental progress, families managing screen time and remote learning, adolescents managing stress, and inclusive education teachers and therapists working with neurodiverse children.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kientz received her Ph.D. in Computer Science<\/a> from the Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a> in 2008. She was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, named an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 award, named an ACM Distinguished Member, inducted to the CHI Academy, and is the only faculty member in the UW College of Engineering to receive both the Faculty Research Innovator and Teaching Innovator awards. Her research has been featured in a number of media outlets, including the NY Times, Parent magazine, the Atlantic, Geekwire, Time magazine, ABC News, and USA Today.<\/p>\n

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