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Dr. Kai Lukoff is an incoming Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He uses human centered methods to research, design, and develop technologies for digital wellbeing.
His work explores how digital interfaces can lead to meaningful or meaningless experiences and support or undermine user sense of agency. He has redesigned features of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter and tested their effects on digital wellbeing in field experiments.
His research has been published at CHI, CSCW, IMWUT, DIS, and in Mindfulness Journal. He recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in Human Centered Design & Engineering, where he was co-advised by Drs. Sean Munson and Alexis Hiniker. He completed his undergraduate degree at Stanford University. He also previously lived in China for 6 years and worked as a product manager at mobile internet startups.