Joon Jang/about

About Me

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JiWoong Jang (장지웅)

(I usually go by Joon)

phd student @ CMU HCII
research in A11y & HCI
affiliations
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AXLE Lab @ CMUVariAbility Lab @ CMU

I'm a fourth-year Ph.D. student at the Human Computer Interaction Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. I'm advised by Patrick Carrington and Andrew Begel and currently am a member of AXLE Lab and VariAbility Lab.

I conduct research at the intersection of accessibility (A11y), disability studies, AI (vision & NLP) applications, and IxD for computer and robotic systems.

Outside of research, I am passionate about issues of equitable access for persons with disabilities, particularly with education. If you identify as a person with a disability and are thinking about issues of academic access or starting research, please reach out!


In my off time, I freelance as a creative director/producer and play a mix of drums and piano.

If you have any questions, please reach me using the various links around the page/site. (If you notice that this website is inaccessible, please do ping! TIA)

Short Curriculum Vitae

Education

Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science

Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction

Advised by Patrick Carrington and Andrew Begel

08/2022 - current

Carnegie Mellon University

B.S. in Artificial Intelligence, Minor in HCI

Phi Beta Kappa (2022) and Senior Leadership Recognition Award

05/2022

Research and Work History

Graduate Research Assistant - VariAbility Lab

Carnegie Mellon University with Dr. Andrew Begel

S2022 - Current

Graduate Research Assistant - AXLE Lab

Carnegie Mellon University with Dr. Patrick Carrington

F2021 - Current

Research Assistant - MIT Visualization Group

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - CSAIL with Dr. Arvind Satyanarayan

Summer 2021

REU Research Assistant

Carnegie Mellon University - HCII Summer Research Program with Dr. Vincent Aleven

Summer 2020 - F2020

Research Assistant - Big Lab

Carnegie Mellon University with Drs. Amy Pavel and Jeffrey P. Bigham

S2020 - F2020

Web Backend / Frontend / Design Intern

CREATE Lab (EarthTime / AI & Humanity Archive) - Supervised by Dr. Illah Nourbakhsh

Summer 2019

Special Task Force (Advisory to the Minister on Accessible Technology)

Ministry of Health and Welfare - Republic of South Korea

Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

Team Lead / Social Worker for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Causes

Community Chest of Korea

Mar 2013 - May 2016

Teaching and Service

Dean's Undergraduate Research Recruitment Working Group

F2022 - current

SCS4Accessibility, co-Lead + co-Founder

F2021 - current

ABLE CMU (Disability Advocacy), Founding Member

F2019 - F2021

CMU Graduate Application Support Program

F2022, F2023, F2024

Head Teaching Assistant

05-431 / 05-631 (SSUI - Software Structures for User Interfaces)

F2023

Head Teaching Assistant

05-499 / 05-899 (Accessibility)

F2021

Teaching Assistant

15-122 (Principles of Imperative Computation)

F2019, S2020