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2018

Selected media coverage featuring faculty, researchers, and students from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.

Note that links to media stories occasionally expire. Some may no longer be operational.

WBUR

October 31, 2018 | WBUR
Remember Life Before Social Media? Maybe It's Time For A Reminder
Kate Starbird, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

BuzzFeed

October 27, 2018 | Buzzfeed News
The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing In Real Life
Kate Starbird, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

October 4, 2018 | Daily Beast
Russia Is Exploiting American White Supremacy Over and Over Again
Ahmer Arif, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering

KUOW

September 18, 2018 | KUOW
'Why are you working so hard in math? You should be getting a boyfriend.'
Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

Mashable

September 6, 2018 | Mashable
Latinas hold only 2% of STEM jobs. These 5 women are working to fix that
Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

August 22, 2018 | GeekWire
Teens turn to robots in University of Washington study aimed at measuring stress levels
Elin Björling, research scientist, Human Centered Design & Engineering

July 29, 2018 | BuzzFeed News
The FBI Set Up A Task Force To Counter Russian Trolls. So Far, It's Been Silent.
Kate Starbird, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

July 23, 2018 | Seattle Times
‘Parallel universe’: Residents and artists imagine Africatown in Seattle’s Central District
Daniela Rosner, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

July 18, 2018 | Crosscut
Imagining Black architecture in the Central District
Daniela Rosner, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

King 5

June 5, 2018 | King 5
Addicted to your phone? New features could help limit use
Kai Lukoff, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering

Today Logo

April 13, 2018 | Today
Video: Stressed-out teens: Schools take new approaches to avert tragedy
Elin Björling, research scientist, Human Centered Design & Engineering

KIRO News

March 2, 2018 | KIRO 7 News
Video: UW Study on Traffic
Mark Haselkorn, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

Washington Post

February 21, 2018 | The Washington Post
How a survivor of the Florida school shooting became the victim of an online conspiracy
Kate Starbird, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering