I am a full professor in Informatics and the  Chair of Informatics at Indiana University – Bloomington.  I am part of the ProHealth group where I integrate pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. My research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. Prior to returning to IU, I led the Wellness Innovation and Interaction Lab. (Formal Bio, CV). Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Office Hours:

• Chair office hours: Fridays from 4:00pm-5:00pm. First come, first served; max 15 minutes per person.

Study and Research Opportunities

• Funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) for AY 2022-2023.

Current and Recent Activities

• Co-organized Accessible Technology for All
• Moderating two panels at AAAS Annual Meeting: (1)Health Equity: How can algorithms and data mitigate, not exacerbate, harms? with Melanie Moses (UNM), Mona Singh (Princeton), and Amaka Eneanya (Penn) and (2) Surveillance, Assistance, or Hinderance? Technology for Older Adults Caregiving with George Demiris (Penn), Robin Brewer (Michigan), and Anne Turner (Washington)
• Invited to Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium Executive Committee (press release)
• Named an Association of Computing Machinery Distinguished Member
• Awarded the IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Bloomington Dr. James E. Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award (June 2021)
• Elected to the Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (2021-2024) (press release)
• Selected as a Council member for the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (press release) (2019-2023)
• Awarded as a Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation supported Research Experience for Undergraduates ProHealth Site (2016-2018; renewed 2019-2022 [no cost to 2023])

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2006
• M.S., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2004
• B.S., Computer Science, Eckerd College, 2000

Professional

• CV (Last Update: 2/2023)
• Publications
• Need a letter of recommendation?
• Note to Incoming Students

Current Student Collaborators

• Michaela Krawczyk (IU B.S. Student, Reproductive Justice Storytelling)
• Zaidat Ibrahim (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)
• Novia Nurain (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)

Past Research Collaborators

• Ben Jelen, Ph.D. (IU Ph.D. Student, TAIPOR, Now at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)
• Emily Rhoades (Grinnell B.S. Student, Reproductive Justice Storytelling)
• Pallabi Bhowmick (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Madeline Athanasiou (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Lisa Warren (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Nongfeng Wang (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
• Vaishnavi Meda (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
• Susan Monsey (IU B.S. Student, TAIPOR, Northrop Grumman)
• Briana Hollins (IU B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Madison Hallowell (Bates College Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Adileah Smith (U. Indy Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Cassie Kresnye (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Yuxing Wu (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Carla Cobb (DePauw University B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Vanessa Pereira, B.S. (2019, IU B.S. Student, Yours is Better Project)
• Haley MacLeod, Ph.D. (2018, Rare Disease Project, Wealthfront)
• Shayan Khokar, B.S. (2018, IU B.S. Student, Computer Science, Muscle Memory Project, Amazon)
• Olivia Richards, B.S. (Penn State 2019, U. Michigan PhD)
• Samantha Whitman, B.S, M.S. (Arizona State University B.S. 2016, ASU Ph.D. Student)
• Anne Freeman, B.S. (Georgetown University 2019,  Applied Predictive Technologies (APT))
• Mina Narayanan, B.S. (Auburn University 2019)
• Leslie Liu, Ph.D. (PhD U. of Washington 2015, Facebook)
• Majdah Alshehri (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Health)
• Annu Prabhakar (IU Ph.D. Student, Mothers Information Technology Project)
• Christopher Schaefbauer, Ph.D. (2016, Health Bridge Project, Amazon)
• Swaminathan Ananthanarayan, Ph.D. (2015, Health Sense Project, Monash University)
• Danish U. Khan, Ph.D. (2013, Health Bridge Project, InCorta)
• Kimberly Oakes, M.S. (2015, Muscle Memory Project,Adpearance)
• Allison Brown (Ph.D. Student)
• Halley Profita (Ph.D. Student)
• Gerald Pulver (Ph.D. Student, Wardenburg EMR Project, U. of Colorado Anschutz)
• Tuong An (Amy) Le (B.S. 2014)
• Noelle Beaujon (B.S. 2014, Microsoft)
• Mackenzie Miller (B.S. 2013; Raytheon)
• Maryam Gooyabadi (B.S., 2010)
• Alice Chien (B.S. 2015 – Deloitte Digital)
• Miranda Sheh (B.S. 2015 – Ambi Labs)
• Nate Lapinski (B.S. 2014 – SpotXchange)
• Sara Zhang (IU B.S. Student – RightRez, Inc.)
• Erin Leonhard (IU B.S. Student – Qualtrics)

Contact Information

Katie A. Siek, Ph.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Full Professor
Indiana University
Informatics
919 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

twitter: @katiesiek
email as faculty member: ksiek – at – indiana.edu
email as chair: ichair – at – indiana.edu
office: (812) 856-0598
fax: (812) 856-5754

Need to speak with me? Come to my Chair office hours – Fridays 4:00-5:00p https://iu.zoom.us/my/ichair .

My office is located at Informatics East (Connector), Room 260.