(andrea grimes)

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Centered Computing program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. My advisor is Dr. Rebecca Grinter and I am a part of the Work2Play lab. I received a B.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University in April, 2005.

My research lies within the field of Human-Computer Interaction, and I am specifically interested in exploring how technologies can be designed to fit within specific sociocultural contexts. For example, I am interested in how technology can be used to empower urban, low-income communities. To this end, my research involves studying aspects of human life in an effort to create technology that resonates with the existing sociocultural landscape.

For more information, please contact me: agrimes[AT]cc.gatech.edu.

News

• I am co-organizing a workshop with Drs. Beki Grinter & Katie Siek at CHI 2010 called Wellness Informatics.
• In September 2009, I attended & presented my research at the Yahoo! Key Technical Challenges Summit.
• Our paper, "Characteristics of Shared Health Reflections in a Local Community" (with Brian Landry & Beki Grinter), was accepted to CSCW 2010. Here is a [PDF] copy.
• In June 2009, I presented my research to the Assistant Surgeon General & her staff at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Region IV office.
• In April 2009, I successfully defended my thesis proposal.
• My book chapter, "Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally" is forthcoming in 2009. It will be a part of the book, Shared Encounters: Content Sharing as Social Glue in Public Places in the Springer CSCW book series.
• Our paper, "Technological Support for Family Reflections on Health" (with Desney S. Tan and Dan Morris from Microsoft Research) was accepted to GROUP 2009.
• In February 2009 I gave a talk at the Office of Minority Health's Summit on Health Disparities. The talk was entitled,"Addressing Health Disparities through Partnerships Between Community Health Organizations & Technology Researchers".