The HCDE Graduate Student Association (GSA) is a registered student organization founded and operated by HCDE graduate students. The GSA's mission is to support learning, socializing, volunteering, and career-path opportunities for HCDE graduate students, and engage with the student body.
2024-2025 HCDE GSA Officers
President
Carolyn Chen (she/they)
Second-year Master's student
carchen@uw.edu | LinkedIn
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- Point person for communication for students, faculty, and department administrators
- Oversees and facilitates meetings
- Sets vision and priorities for the GSA
- Liaison to the HCDESA (Undergraduate Student Association)
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Knitting (cardigans, hats, and sweaters)
- Painting (trying to be a mural artist one day)
- Reading (we can swap recommendations)
- Language Learning (I'm learning Spanish and Chinese)
- City Exploring (I love public art and cafes)
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- Career Pivoting (I pivoted into UX from food science)
- Intersectional Identities & DEI
- Climate Anxiety
Vice President
Kshitij Chhabra (he/him)
Second-year master's student
kshitijc@uw.edu | LinkedIn
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- Assists and coordinates volunteer, recruitment, and social events
- Responsible for communicating with the department and discussing any concerns or ideas from community members
- Takes proactive steps to increase and develop HCDE representation and awareness on and off campus
- Maintains relationship with RSO
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Experimental Cooking
- Recreational Drone Flying
- Café Hopping
- Running and Hiking
- Chat with me about »
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- Navigating Life as an International Student
- UX Research
- AI and Technology
- Planes, Planes, and planes!
Community Outreach Officer; Graduate Ambassador; Spectrum Affinity Group Lead
Flynn Robinson (they/them)
Second-year Master's student
flynnro@uw.edu | LinkedIn
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- The main point of contact with people outside of GSA and HCDE, and maintain relationships that GSA has already built
- Build new relationships with professionals in the UX field
- Coordinate marketing efforts for GSA events, including maintaining email lists, social media accounts, and print advertising
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Video Games 🎮
- Journaling & Calligraphy 📝
- Eastern European & Queer/Indie Cinema
- Visiting Museums & Parks
- Roller skating 🛼 & Fencing 🤺
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- Being queer in Seattle 🏳️🌈
- Living & things to do in Seattle
- User/UX Research
MS Curriculum Representative
Victoria Amoroso (she/her)
Second-year Master's student
hello@victoriaamoroso.com | LinkedIn
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Representing HCDE Master's students on the HCDE MS Curriculum Committee.
- About »
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By day, I’m a lead UX/UI researcher and designer in the gov. tech space. Catch me in finishing a pilates class at Studio45 (join me!). Practicing film photography, binging on TV shows and cooking up new recipes by night. Living in Fremont with my husband, Colin. If you are in the area, let’s grab a coffee or tea at Aroom. My treat!
- Chat with me about »
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- All things food and travel
- All things design (my background is in graphic design + psych)
- Navigating tech and male dominated spaces as a womxn
International Student Representative
Ayush Choudhary (he/him)
Second-year master's student
ayush14@uw.edu | LinkedIn
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- Representing and advocating for the international student body for GSA
- Talking to people from different cultures and see how GSA can better serve our international students
- Getting more international students involved in GSA and help them get connected to the broader UX community in Seattle
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Watching movies 🎞️
- FPS Games 🎮
- Playing Basketball 🏀
- Making Shortfilms 📹
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- Speculative Design
- Street Art
- Sports
- Filmography
International Student Representative
Raghav Sharma (Any pronouns)
Second-year Master's student
raghav98@uw.edu | LinkedIn
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- Representing and advocating for the international student body for GSA
- Talking to people from different cultures and see how GSA can better serve our international students
- Getting more international students involved in GSA and help them get connected to the broader UX community in Seattle
- About »
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Pivoting from a past (rather boring?) background in tech consulting, I'm interested in the speculative, make-believe and the critical. In my free time, I'm exploring the city, pursuing good vegetarian food and binging video essays on YouTube.
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- Internet Culture
- South-Asian Queer movement
- Indie-Cinema
Affinity Group Lead
Motolani (Mo) Shenbanjo (he/him)
Second-year master's student
mobanjo@uw.edu | LinkedIn
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Watching anime and movies
- Reading manga
- Video games
- Making art
- Hip-hop and open choreography dance classes
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- Being an underrepresented minority in HCDE and tech
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Inclusive design
- Career pivoting from a non-UX background
Social Media Manager
Bijisa Pyakurel (she/her)
Second-year Master's student
bijisa@uw.edu | LinkedIn
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Making art 🎨
- Cooking 🧑🍳
- Trying out different restaurants 🍱
- Getting lost 🚙
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- Cognitive Science 🧠
- HCI Research 🧐
- Art 🎨
- Nepal 🇳🇵
- The human experience 💕
Graphics Co-Lead
Srushti Sardeshmukh (she/her)
Second-year Master's student
srushtis@uw.edu | LinkedIn
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Doodling
- Going to new cafés
- Playing games on my Switch
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- Any of your crafty hobbies!
- Mental health
- Food
PhD Student Representative
Sourojit Ghosh (G) (he/him)
Fifth-year PhD Student | Human-Centered Data Science | Natural Language Processing | Machine Learning
Website | ghosh100@uw.edu
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- Connects HCDE Master's students with HCDE PhD students
- Identifies relevant areas of collaboration between the entire HCDE graduate student body
- Free Time & Passions »
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- Playing soccer
- Writing fanfictions and poetry
- Watching horror/suspense TV shows or movies
- Model UN conferences
- Chat with me about »
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- Anything about soccer
- International student life
- Politics (US, Indian, or international!)