I have had an affiliate faculty appointment at the University of Washington since 2008. I have affiliate faculty status in both The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and in The Information School. My appointment was at the Assistant Professor level from 2008 - 2012, the Associate Professor level from 2012 - 2017, and has been at the full Professor level since 2017. In addition to advising doctoral students and conducting joint research with UW faculty, I give frequent guest lectures and occasionally teach full courses. I co-taught INFO463 ("Input & Interaction") in the Information School in 2012, and CS590W ("Accessibility Research Seminar") in the School of Computer Science & Engineering in 2017.

Advancing the state of the art in human-AI interaction and human-centered AI.

Leading a fifty-person interdisciplinary research and engineering team at the intersection of explainable AI, human-AI interaction, and AI ethics. Helping establish Google's approach to foundational and applied research within its nascent Responsible AI organization.

I am a Sr. Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, where I am Research Area Manager for the Interaction, Accessibility, and Mixed Reality research teams. I am a member of the MSR Redmond Lab Leadership Team. Additionally, I am an affiliate Professor in the School of Computer Science & Engineering and in the Information School at the University of Washington. My background is in computer science, and my research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, information retrieval (IR), and accessible technology/inclusive design. My current research focus is on accessible technologies for people with disabilities. In the past, I have conducted extensive research on social and collaborative web search as well as on gesture input for tabletop and surface computing systems. I am Research Manager of the Ability team, which conducts research aimed at developing innovative technologies that extend the capabilities of and enhance quality of life for people with disabilities (long-term, temporary, or situational). Our mission is to conduct foundational, user-oriented research to understand the tech-related challenges and needs of people with disabilities, and to invent novel, inclusive technologies with an accessibility-first design philosophy that combine advances in HCI and AI. I have published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier HCI conferences and journals, many of which have been recognized with "Best Paper" awards. My research has also been recognized with the "Lasting Impact" awards from the ACM's UIST and Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces conferences, and on Technology Review's "35 under 35" list. I am a member of the TOCHI editorial board and a past member of the ACM CSCW and CHI steering committees. I have served as the Technical Program Chair of the ACM CHI, CSCW, ASSETS, and Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces conferences.

I worked as a research and teaching assistant in Stanford's Computer Science Department during my graduate studies. I was the primary course instructor for Introduction to Databases (CS145) during the 2005 summer quarter. I was also a teaching assistant for Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (CS147) and Human-Computer Interaction Design Studio (CS247).