Hi, I'm Adinawa.

I'm a 4th Year PhD Student at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. I am advised by Geoff Kaufman in the eheart Lab. My research is supported by the NSF GRFP Fellowship. I graduated from Harvard University with my BA in Economics with a Computer Science minor.

My research uses mixed methods and a research-through-design approach to understand how emerging AI technologies can be intentionally designed and evaluated to center the needs of minoritized users. I contribute both novel design artifacts and empirical understanding of users.

In my current research, I develop a framework for contextualizing AI evaluations. In my past work, I designed and evaluated social Virtual Reality experiences for enriching group-based communication through targeted affective and psychological interventions using participatory and co-design methods. Some of my recent work has centered around mixed-reality design, computer-supported collaborative work, equitable NLP/ASR, personalization, education, and algorithmic fairness.

Email me at aadjagbo@andrew.cmu.edu

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Envisioning Support-Centered Technologies for Language Practice and Use: Needs and Design Opportunities for Immigrant English Language Learners (ELLs) Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Geoff Kaufman. CHI '24. [Paper]. Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 🎗️

Flourishing in the Everyday: Moving Beyond Damage-Centered Design in HCI for BIPOC Communities

Alexandra To, Angela D. R. Smith, Dilruba Showkat, Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Christina Harrington. DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference July 2023 (Pages 917–933) [Paper]. Best Paper Award 🏆

Posters, Workshops, and Extended Abstracts

Designing Interactive and Immersive Socio-Technical Tools to Support Communication and Empowerment for Immigrant Communities. Adinawa D. Adjagbodjou. In Companion of the 2024 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. [Extended Abstract]

Decolonizing Tech: Interrogating the Impacts of Generative AI on BIPOC Communities. Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Lisa Egede. Panel Workshop. Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. [Link]

Opportunities for Mitigating Toxic Behavior in Virtual Social Spaces

Adinawa Adjagbodjou

CHI 23 Workshop on Combating Toxicity, Harassment, and Abuse in Online Social Spaces. Hamburg, Germany April 23, 2023 [Position Paper]

QuVis: A Quantum Visualization Tool for Novices

Milan Williams, Elisa Zhao Hang, Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Robert Krueger and Johanna Beyer, Harvard University, USA. Poster, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE20). October 12-16, 2020 [Poster] [Proceedings Abstract]

Articles

DEI in Computing: Centering the Margins

Jordan Taylor, Adinawa Adjagbodjou

XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Volume 28 Issue 4, Summer 2022 (Pages 6-7) [Article]

Machine Learning Fairness in Big Tech

Adinawa Adjagbodjou

XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Volume 28 Issue 4, Summer 2022 (Pages 30-31) [Article]

Research Projects

My research broadly asks: "What are equitable and context-driven approaches for

designing and evaluating emerging AI technologies that support minoritized communities?"

A Framework for Contextualizing AI Evaluations for Applied Organizational Use Cases

Beyond static model properties, what dynamic metrics can enable contextually-driven evaluation of Generative AI systems?

Equitable and Responsible NLP/ASR to Support AAVE

What the current approaches practitioners and researchers utilize for NLP and ASR that are inclusive of AAVE?

Virtual-Reality Mediated Interventions to Support Emotional Needs of New Language Learners

What features in social-VR can be designed to promote a positive emotional state for learners in high-stress communication exchanges

Examining a Speculative Afrofuturist Design Toolkit

How do communities think about the potential ways existing technologies affect their daily lives and in what ways can a speculative design toolkit help communities envision safer futures?

Recent Activities and News

November 2024: Presented a Poster and participated in the CSCW Doctoral Consortium
September 2024: Completed a summer internship with Sina Fazelpour at the AI Ethics Institute
September 2024: Invited to present a panel on "Decolonizing Generative AI" with Lisa Egede
Accepted into the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Doctoral Consortium
May 2024: Received my Masters of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University
May 2024: Presented my CHI 2024 Best Paper Honorable Mention Paper at NortheastCHI
Completed Teaching Fellowship for Prototyping Algorithmic Experiences, with Prof. Ken Holstein, Dec 2023
Invited as for a guest with the UNCF Stem Scholars Podcast, Nov 2023
July 2023: Awarded Best Paper Award at DIS 2023
July 2023: Featured on CBS Mission Unstoppable TV show hosted by Miranda Cosgrove, July 2023
Paper accepted to DIS 2023
May 2023: Attended CHI 2023 in Hamburg, Germany
Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Position Paper accepted for CHI 2023 Workshop on Combatting Toxicity, Harrassment, and Abuse in Online Social Spaces
Teaching Fellow for the HCI Institute User Centered Research and Evaluation course, Spring 2023
Guest Speaker for User Experience Association Flavors of HCI Conference,
Guest Panelist for OurCS Workshop for Undergraduates in Computer Science, October 2022
Published ACM's XRDS Magazine, Co-edited with Jordan Taylor, July 2022
Awarded Student Scholarship to attend AfroTech World 2021
I was featured as the Ron Brown Scholar Alumni of the Month
Graduated with my Bachelors of Arts from Harvard University

Speaking Engagements

Some of my recent talks, presentations, panels, and invited appearances, including a guest interview with the UNCF STEM podcast, a panelist for the OurCS Conference for Undergraduates in Computer Science, and guest lectures for courses at Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University. If you think I could be a good fit for an event you or your organization are hosting, I am available for a variety of speaking engagements!

Recent highlights and other cool things I'm up to!

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