Editing People (section)

== Alumni ==

{{note}} As some of these folks have moved on, some of these biographies are a bit of date!

=== Stefania Druga ===

[[File:Stef2019.jpg|thumb|200px|Stef in Summer of 2019, [//anoxic.me/huli Fancy].]]

I'm a first-year Ph.D. student in the Information School at the University of Washington, co-advised by Jason Yip and Alexis Hiniker. I am the co-founder of Cognimates and HacKIDemia. My research focuses on how children interact with and make sense of the growing collection of “smart” inter-connected playthings in the world around them together with their parents. I am exploring how families, as they play with these new smart assistants and applications, develop new ways of thinking about intelligence, emotion, and social interaction. Based on these studies, I am designing new tools and activities to introduce families to machine learning and data science in a playful way. 

Outside research, I like climbing, dogs, reading, dancing and learning new languages. 
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=== Wm Salt Hale (University of Washington) ===
[[File:Salt_Xmas.jpg|thumb|200px|Salt shedding the holiday cheer (2016)]]

Growing up in Seattle during the early 90s offered many technological opportunities, most of which I took advantage of. As an avid GNU/Linux user for over 20 years, I have been exposed to numerous technology orientated communities on various levels.

During high school I entered the Running Start program, completing an Associate's degree in Computer Science from South Seattle College. After which I transfered to the University of Washington, pursuing the same major. It was not a fit, instead I developed a number of businesses, traveled, and spoke at various conferences, conventions, events, faires, and festivals.

Upon returning to the University of Washington to complete my Bachelor's degree in Communication, I connected with [[Mako]] and was shown a world of academia previously unimagined. After another year of traveling, I have decided to return to the UW Department of Comm yet again and am just beginning to delve deeper into the intersection of Technology and Society in the MA/PhD program.

I am extremely interested in: Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) and Culture; Hackers, Makers, and Breakers; and Computer-Mediated Communication using real-time synchronous systems. Along with numerous hobbies including: urban hiking (walking), dancing (folk, east coast swing, lindy, blues), windsports (windsurfing, kiteboarding, sailing), bicycling, boffering, cooking, driving, event planning, gaming, programming, public speaking, reading, robotics, skiing, and travel.

Up to date information and links to various profiles around the web can be found on ''my'' IndieWeb presence, [http://www.altsalt.net/ The Alt World of Salt].
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=== Sejal Khatri ===

[[File:Sejal_Khatri.jpg|thumb|200px|Sejal]]

I recently graduated from the Information School at the University of Washington, Seattle. My specialization was in User Experience Research and Design in the Information Management program at iSchool. I did my undergrad in Computer Science at SPPU in Pune, India, and then interned for Wikimedia Foundation as a UX Engineer. My current research interests revolve around online communities, peer-production, and open source software. When I'm not working, I participate in design jams and hackathons where I get the opportunity to turn curiosities and concerns into design interventions. 
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=== Jim Maddock (Northwestern) ===
[[File:maddock_cheese_sandwhich.jpg|thumb|200px|Jim eats a cheese sandwich while riding a cow in the Swiss Alps]]

I'm a PhD Student in the Computer Science and Communications departments at Northwestern University. I currently work with Darren Gergle and Aaron Shaw, studying collaboration and coordination dynamics within social computing systems, such as Wikipedia and Zooniverse.  Throughout my tenure as a graduate student I've also interned at MSR India, Google, and Mozilla.


I first became interested in HCI during my undergraduate degree at the University of Washington.  I earned a degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering, where I worked with Professor Kate Starbird to understand rumoring behavior in crisis situations.  I also studied Medieval European history.

When I'm not working on research, I'm probably riding my bike or planning a backpacking trip.  You can find more about my research at my [http://jmaddock.net/ website].
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=== Sneha Narayan (Carleton College) ===

[[File:Snehaphoto.jpg|thumb|200px|Sneha hanging out by Lake Michigan]]
I'm an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at [https://www.carleton.edu/ Carleton College]. Before that, I did my PhD in the Technology and Social Behavior program at Northwestern University, advised by Aaron Shaw (whose bio you can find by scrolling up a couple of sections). I grew up in Bangalore, India, studied mathematics at Oberlin College, and received a masters degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Central European University, Budapest.

I've spent many years living in housing co-ops, and volunteering on the boards of co-operative organizations. My involvement in the co-op movement led to my interest in learning more (and producing knowledge) about participatory, volunteer-run endeavors such as peer production projects and online collaboration communities. My research focuses on understanding how newcomers join and become embedded in volunteer-run organizations, and what kinds of technological interventions might affect their continued participation in these communities. For (slightly) more information about all this, you can check out my [http://www.snehanarayan.com/ homepage].
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