Shaowen
Bardzell

General Information

Email:
shaowen@cc.gatech.edu
Phone:
(404) 894-2000
Location - Building:
TSRB
Location - Room:
211B
Roles:
Professor (any rank)
Primary Unit:
School of Interactive Computing

Details

Degrees with subject and Postdoc Experience:
Degree Type
Ph.D.
Subject
Comparative Literature
Year
2004
Institution
Indiana University
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Statement of Research Interests:

Professor Bardzell’s research centers on human-computer interaction, social computing, and responsible computing, with interests in computational and sustainable agriculture, women's health, and bottom-up IT innovation. 

Statement of Teaching Interests:

Professor Bardzell’s teaching interests include the theory and history of Human-Computer Interaction, qualitative research methods and methodologies as well as interaction design and practice, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 

Selection of recent research, scholarly, and creative activities:

Catherine Wieczorek-Berkes, Heidi Biggs, Kamala PT, and Shaowen Bardzell (2025). Architecting Utopias: How AI in Healthcare Envisions Societal Ideals and Human Flourishing. Proc. Of ACM CHI2025

 

Cindy Lin, Lynn Dombrowski, and Shaowen Bardzell (2025). Whose, Which, and What Crisis? A Critical Analysis of Crisis in Computing Supply Chains. Proc. of Aarhus 2015 on Computing (X) Crisis.

 

Gisela Reyes-Cruz, Velvet Spors, Michael Muller, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Shaowen Bardzell, Rua Mae Williams, Karin Hansson, Ivana Feldfeber. (2025). Resisting AI Solutionism: Where Do We Go from Here? ACM CHI2025

 

Alina Lushnikova, Michael Muller, Shaowen Bardzell, Toby Jia-Jun Li, and Saigh Savage. (2025). CSCW Contributions to Critical Futures of Work. ACM CSCW2025

 

Heidi Biggs and Shaowen Bardzell (2024). Thrown from Normative Ground: Exploring the Potential of Disorientation as a Critical Methodological Strategy in HCI. Proc. of ACM CHI2024