Research Overview

Our information Technology Ethics and Accessibility (iTEA) Lab explores and addresses emerging ethics and accessibility challenges of information technologies, particularly software and AI systems.

We currently focus on:
(1) Resolving fairness, privacy, and security issues in generative AI through technical, educational, and policy interventions;
(2) Designing accessible software and assistive technologies for people with disabilities; and
(3) Teaching AI ethics, cybersecurity, and computer accessibility in a wide range of contexts (K-12, college, professional training).

Please reach out if you are interested in working with us!

Current Members (Alphabetical)

• Mohammed Galib Hasan Abir, PhD Student at Hokkaido University
  [ITEL ’25, TPRC ’25]

• Shrikar Bhatta, High School Student at Stevenson High School

• Justin Eric Chen, Master's Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  -> PhD Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  [CSCWD ’25, TPRC ’25, HICSS ’26]

• Xinyu Hu, Independent Researcher

• Cayden Hutcheson, Undergraduate Student at University of Texas at San Antonio

• Alex Ireebanije, Independent Researcher

• Jingtian Jia, Undergraduate Student at Northwest University
  -> Master's Student at University of Porto
  [Information Matters ’24, Forging Ahead Symposium @ ASIS&T ’25]

• Wensi Jiang, Master's Student at UNSW Canberra

• Bingqing Liu, Master's Student at Dalian Ocean University
  -> Product Manager at DiDi
  [NLP4DH ’23]

• Hrishitva Patel, PhD Student at Universitty of Texas at San Antonio

• Yaoyao Qian, Master's Student at Northeastern University
  [Social Simulation with LLMs @ COLM ’25]

• Soni Rahul, Independent Researcher

• Veronica Rammouz, PhD Student at University of Texas at San Antonio

• Haiqi Shen, Undergraduate Student at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

• Shreya Shetty, Independent Researcher

• Allison Sinnott, High School Student at East Meadow High School
  -> Undergraduate Student at Long Island University
  [Information Matters ’23, TPRC ’24]

• Sarah Wheeler, Undergraduate Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Ming Yi, JSD Student at New York University

Alumni (Chronological)

• Luke Emano, Undergraduate Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  -> Artist
  [SOUPS ’23]

• Yunpeng Xiao, Master's Student at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  -> PhD Student at Emory University
  [CSCW ’24, UIUC iSchool Research Showcase ’24, ASIS&T ’25]

• Jiamu Xie, Undergraduate Student at Wuhan University
  -> Master's Student at UC San Diego
  [iConference ’23]

• Yilin Zhu, Undergraduate Student at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  -> Master's Student at Carnegie Mellon University

• Zhixin Shi, Undergraduate Student at Macau University of Science and Technology
  -> Master's Student at Nanyang Technological University
  [HCI International ’23]

• Lyumanshan Ye, Master's Student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  [IDC Workshop ’23]

• Xiaowen Yuan, Undergraduate Student at UC Berkeley
  -> Software Engineer at TikTok
  [UIUC iSchool Research Showcase ’23, ASIS&T ’25]

• Weirui Peng, Master's Student at Columbia University
  -> PhD Student at University of Michigan
  [CSCW Workshop ’23, CSCW ’25]

• Yuhan Liu, Master's Student at Tsinghua University
  -> PhD student at Boston University
  [CSCW ’25]

• Chunyu Liu, Master's Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  -> PhD student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  [ASIS&T ’24, SIGCSE ’25, ASEE ’25, CHI-LBW ’25]

• Royta Iftakher, Undergraduate Student at Brooklyn College
  [CSCW ’25]

• Yunqi Li, Master's Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  [ASEE ’25]

• Yuhan Yuan, Independent Researcher

• Diego Jose Marquez, Undergraduate Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  [UIUC iSchool Research Showcase ’24, ASIS&T ’25]

• Aaron Wang, Undergraduate Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  [HICSS ’26]