Scholar
Julie A. Kientz
Google Scholar ID: GvpuYB4AAAAJ
Professor, University of Washington
Citations & Impact
Citations
8,229
H-index
51
i10-index
100
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the NSF CAREER Award
- Named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35
- ACM Distinguished Member
- Inducted into the CHI Academy (2024)
- Only UW College of Engineering faculty member to receive both Faculty Research Innovator and Teaching Innovator awards
- Research featured in The New York Times, Time, ABC News, The Atlantic, GeekWire, Parent magazine, and USA Today
Background
- Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington
- Directs the Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab
- Active member of the Design, Use, Build (dub) alliance
- Holds adjunct appointments in The Information School and Computer Science & Engineering
- Primary research areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Health Informatics, Ubiquitous Computing, and Interaction Design & Children
- Focuses on understanding and reducing user burdens of interactive technologies in health, education, and families through future application design
- Employs human-centered design, technology development, and mixed qualitative/quantitative methods
- Has designed, developed, and evaluated mobile, sensor-based, and social applications in health, education, and family contexts
- Collaborates with populations including individuals/families managing sleep health, parents monitoring child development, families managing screen time and remote learning, adolescents managing stress, and educators/therapists supporting neurodiverse children