Sean A. Munson
I am a Professor at the University of Washington's Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. I design and evaluate technologies that support people in collecting and using their personal data to understand themselves and the world around them, such as for managing complex health conditions. I also co-direct the UW ALACRITY Center, which redesigns psychosocial mental health interventions for uptake and sustainment.
In addition to my research and teaching, I am HCDE's Associate Chair for Faculty & Research Development, a member of the DUB group, and SIGCHI Interactive Health steering committee member.
I have many great collaborators, including PhD students Neilly Tan, Carla Castillo, Shengzhi Wang, Tricia Aung, Shaan Chopra, Tae Jones, Georgia Kenderova, Sam So, Claire Weizenegger, Hyeonjeong Byeon, and Nichole Sams.
Alumni include Christina Chung, Daniel Epstein, Elena Agapie, Jessica Schroeder, Lucas Colusso, Arpita, Kai Lukoff, Sam Kolovson, and Calvin Liang.
select recent papers All
- “It’s Always in the Back of My Mind”: Navigating sensitive health data amid reduced abortion rights in the United States. . ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare 2026.
- Engagements with Generative AI and Personal Health Informatics: Opportunities for Planning, Tracking, Reflecting, and Acting around Personal Health Data. . PACM Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies 2025; 9(3).
- Deploying and Examining Beacon for At-Home Patient Self-Monitoring with Critical Flicker Frequency. . CHI 2025.
- What's In Your Kit? Mental Health Technology Kits for Depression Self-Management. . CHI 2025.
- The Cruel Optimism of Tech Work: Tech Workers’ Affective Attachments in the Aftermath of 2022-23 Tech Layoffs. . CHI 2025.
- Micro-narratives: A Scalable Method for Eliciting Stories of People’s Lived Experience. . CHI 2025.
- Human-Centered Design to Enhance Implementation and Impact in Health. . Annual Review of Public Health 2025; 46.
- HCI Contributions in Mental Health: A Modular Framework to Guide Psychosocial Intervention Design. . CHI 2024.
- MigraineTracker: Examining Patient Experiences with Goal-Directed Self-Tracking for a Chronic Health Condition. . CHI 2024.
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