- May 16, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving
Human connection and collaboration are common threads for faculty and students presenting at CHI
Faculty and students from the Department of Human Centered Design presented research, posters and prototypes at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) CHI conference, April 23-28, in Hamburg, Germany. It is the oldest and largest conference in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), bringing together researchers and practitioners from around the globe who have an overarching goal to make the world a better place with interactive digital technologies.
“This conference is enormous,” said Armin
Nancy M. Wells
Nancy Wells is an environmental psychologist who studies people's relationship to the built and natural environment through the life course. Her studies have focused on residential environments -- housing and neighborhoods -- and more recently schools. Dr. Wells completed a joint PhD in Psychology and Architecture at the University of Michigan; and then NIMH post-doctoral training at the University of California, Irvine.
Angela Odoms-Young
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD (she/her/hers)
- The Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition
- Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program (FNEC) and New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Critical Issue Lead for Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Security, and Obesity Prevention
Dr. Odoms-Young's research explores how social and structural factors shape dietary behaviors and contribute to disparities in diet-related chronic diseases. Using
