I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Information School at the University of Washington. My research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Design. In particular, I am interested in designing computing applications to support people's healthy behaviors and evaluating those through real world deployment studies.
My advisor is Prof. Julie A. Kientz who is the director of the Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab (CHiLL). I am also a member of DUB (Design, Use, and Build) group, which is UW's cross-campus human-computer interaction research and education coalition.
Aside from being a graduate student, I am a passing pianist and I like reading, walking, running, Frutiger, and hand-drip coffee. Arabian Mocha-Java from Peets and Dolce from Vivace are my two favorite kinds. "Eun Kyoung" altogether is my first name. It is a common Korean name yet difficult to pronouce without practice if you have grown up in non-Asian countries.
Prior to coming to the University of Washington, I received my MIMS degree from the School of Information at U.C. Berkeley and B.S. degree in Industrial Design from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).