Postdoctoral Scholar in HCI and Health

Dr. Christina Chung in the Computational Media Department at the University of California Santa Cruz invites applications for the position, Postdoctoral Scholar in HCI and Health. In collaboration with Dr. Chung and her collaborators, the postdoctoral scholar will contribute to research projects in the community-based personal informatics research, including an NSF-funded project on routine transition in personal informatics technologies and other projects the selected candidate may be interested in exploring.

The postdoctoral scholar will also be part of Dr. Chung's lab at the Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara and work closely with the graduate and undergraduate students. The successful candidate is expected to independently lead and collaborate on research, including conducting fieldwork, system design/development/evaluation, and lead and publish work in peer-reviewed HCI or related discipline conferences or journals. The candidate will have the opportunity to mentor students and gain experience with grant writing. Additionally, the position could be an opportunity to learn new methodologies or approaches.

Please note that the postdoctoral scholar is expected to be based in the Silicon Valley Campus, located in Santa Clara, California but the selected candidate will have opportunities to collaborate and interact with the main UCSC campus.

Applicants with knowledge and interest in personal informatics, health/wellbeing, community-based research, and/or expertise in qualitative, quantitative, design research methods in HCI/CSCW/Ubicomp are encouraged to apply.

Computational Media Department: https://engineering.ucsc.edu/departments/comp

HCI Program: https://hci.ucsc.edu/

Ph.D. (or equivalent foreign degree) in HCI, informatics, information science, science and technology studies, computer science, or related field. It is expected that the degree requirement will be completed by September 1, 2025.

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