Director of the Human-Centered Design Lab. Research focuses on methods, techniques, and tools to support diverse stakeholders in engaging in collaborative user-centered design activities.
If you’re interested in joining our lab, please send me an email with the following materials: (1) your CV or résumé, (2) a cover letter describing your interests and motivation, and (3) any writing samples and/or your portfolio.
Services
I recently served as an Associate Chair for CHI, CSCW, and DIS and have reviewed for journals like ToCHI, IJHCI, and IJHCS.
Full details can be found on my CV (updated 2026/02).
Teaching
- LOG6406E — graduate-level course focusing on Human-Computer Interaction research methods
- LOG3000 — third-year undergraduate course focusing on software engineering process
Research Projects
Playful Interactions with AI
People, not only children but adults, as well, play to explore, experiment, observe, and learn about the unfamiliar world around them. This is not different with the new and quickly evolving AI technologies.
Cultivating Creativity in UI/UX Design
UI/UX designers constantly navigate the challenge of creating innovative, standout designs while keeping users oriented and meeting client needs. We tackle these challenges by addressing design fixation, concept drift, and other obstacles to help UI/UX designers find their creativity flow.
Empowering Open Source Software Communities
Open-source software (OSS) thrives on community collaboration, yet the dynamics of discussion often dominated by a small group of contributors. Our research unpacks how developers, designers, and end-users interact in OSS projects and aims to make OSS communities more inclusive and user-centered.
Decision Making Support
Effective group decision-making is critical but group decisions are often slow, biased, or dominated by a few voices. Our research focuses on decision-making support tools that enhance collaboration, reduce bias, and ensure every perspective is heard.
Supporting Usable Privacy Calculus
The emerging data economy has prompted the invasive data practices of many app and service providers. Data privacy, therefore, now concerns almost every types of technology and their users. However, those concerns are often competing with users' utility-driven adoption and usage decisions and companies' data collection and monetization incentives. How do we support users in navigating in this landscape and technology designers in creating systems that align with users' privacy values?
Recent Publications
View all publicationsPutting a Face to the Issue: Fostering User Empathy of Open Source Software Developers With PersonaFlow
Boniface Bahati Tadjuidje , Jin L.C. Guo , Jinghui Cheng
Proceedings of the 2026 designing interactive systems conference
Beyond Privacy Labels: How Users Perceive Different Information Sources for Understanding App's Privacy Practices
Varun Shiri , Charles Liu , Keyu Yao , Jin L.C. Guo , Jinghui Cheng
Proceedings of the extended abstracts of the 2026 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems
What Pulls the Strings? Understanding the Characteristics and Role of Argumentation in Open-Source Software Usability Discussions
Arghavan Sanei , Chaima Amiri , Atefeh Shokrizadeh , Jinghui Cheng
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
'Ohhh, he's the boss!': Unpacking Power Dynamics Among Developers, Designers, and End-Users in FLOSS Usability
Jazlyn Hellman , Itai Epstein , Jinghui Cheng , Jin L.C. Guo
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Democratizing Game Modding with GenAI: A Case Study of StarCharM, a Stardew Valley Character Maker
Hamid Zand Miralvand , Mohammad Ronagh Nikghalb , Mohammad Darandeh , Abidullah Khan , Ian Arawjo , Jinghui Cheng
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
A Mobile App (Joint Effort) to Support Cannabis Use Self-Management and Reinforce the Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies: Development Process and Usability Testing
José Côté , Patricia Auger , Gabrielle Chicoine , Jinghui Cheng , Sylvie Cossette , Guillaume Fontaine , Christine Genest , Shalini Lal , Judith Lapierre , M Gabrielle Pagé , Marc-André Maheu-Cadotte , Geneviève Rouleau , Billy Vinette , Didier Jutras-Aswad
JMIR Form Res
Interrogating AI: Characterizing Emergent Playful Interactions with ChatGPT
Mohammad Ronagh Nikghalb , Jinghui Cheng
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Who is to Blame: A Comprehensive Review of Challenges and Opportunities in Designer-Developer Collaboration
Shutong Zhang , Tianyu Zhang , Jinghui Cheng , Shurui Zhou
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Untold Stories: Unveiling the Scarce Contributions of UX Professionals to Usability Issue Discussions of Open Source Software Projects
Arghavan Sanei , Jinghui Cheng
Proceedings of the extended abstracts of the CHI conference on human factors in computing systems
Beyond Automation: How Designers Perceive AI as a Creative Partner in the Divergent Thinking Stages of UI/UX Design
Abidullah Khan , Atefeh Shokrizadeh , Jinghui Cheng
Proceedings of the 2025 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems