publications

Publications prior to 2019 are from the PI’s previous work, which exemplify the community and care threads on which the C-CI Lab focuses.

2024

Austin L. Toombs; Kyle Montague; Richmond Y. Wong; Robin N. Brewer; Suchismita Naik; Paul C. Parsons; Selma Sabanovic; Derek Whitley

Future Dialogues: Personal AI Assistants and Their Interactions with Us and Each Other Proceedings Article

In: Companion Publication of the 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, pp. 675–678, Association for Computing Machinery, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2024, ISBN: 9798400711145.

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Claire A. Rosenberger; Cezanne Elias; Yumary Ruiz; Austin Toombs; Sohee Lee; Kristine Marceau; Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth; Carly Kimiecik; Lillian Millspaugh; Chloe Cloutier; Lauren Rutherford; Liying Che; Carolyn E. B. McCormick

Community members as design partners: Codesign workshops of the families tackling tough times together program Journal Article

In: Family Relations, pp. 1-21, 2024.

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Ike Obi; Suchismita Naik; Colin M. Gray; Paul C. Parsons; Austin L. Toombs; Moonyung Jo; Prateek Mondan

Metacognitive Strategies to Foster Interculturally-Aware Design Competency Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2024, ISBN: 9798400716591.

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Austin L. Toombs; Paul C. Parsons

Navigating Complexity: Implementing a Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2024, ISBN: 9798400716591.

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Colin M. Gray; Austin L. Toombs

Themes, Lenses, and Materials: Three Perspectives on HCI Program Development Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2024, ISBN: 9798400716591.

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Robert Soden; Austin Toombs; Michaelanne Thomas

Evaluating Interpretive Research in HCI Journal Article

In: Interactions, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 38–42, 2024, ISSN: 1072-5520.

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2023

Colin M Gray; Rua M Williams; Paul C Parsons; Austin L Toombs; Abbee Westbrook

Trajectories of Student Engagement with Social Justice-Informed Design Work Book Section

In: Toward Inclusive Learning Design: Social Justice, Equity, and Community, pp. 289–301, Springer, 2023.

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Kristine Marceau; Carlyn Kimiecik; Yumary Ruiz; Carolyn McCormick; Austin Toombs; Cezanne Elias; Nasreen Lalani; Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

Emerging Ideas. Families Together: Supporting family resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal Article

In: Family Relations, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 665–679, 2023.

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2022

Austin L Toombs; Ahreum Lee; Zhuang Guo; Jared Buls; Abbee Westbrook; Ian Carr; Yuqing Wu; Michael LaPeter

" We're so much more than the in-game clan": Gaming Experiences and Group Management in Multi-Space Online Communities Journal Article

In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 6, no. CSCW2, pp. 1–29, 2022.

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Di Zhu; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Chunrong Liu; Wei Liu

Building a cross-cultural UX design dual degree Proceedings Article

In: [] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021), pp. 1128–1134, Springer 2022.

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2021

Ziqing Li; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Kevin McDonald; Lukas Marinovic; Wei Liu

Cross-cultural UX pedagogy: a China--US partnership Journal Article

In: 2021.

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Louis Goffe; Shruthi Sai Chivukula; Alex Bowyer; Simon Bowen; Austin L Toombs; Colin M Gray

Appetite for Disruption: Designing Human-Centred Augmentations to an Online Food Ordering Platform Proceedings Article

In: 34th British HCI Conference 34, pp. 155–167, 2021.

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Naveena Karusala; Azra Ismail; Karthik S Bhat; Aakash Gautam; Sachin R Pendse; Neha Kumar; Richard Anderson; Madeline Balaam; Shaowen Bardzell; Nicola J Bidwell; others

The future of care work: towards a radical politics of care in CSCW research and practice Proceedings Article

In: Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, pp. 338–342, 2021.

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Wei Liu; Kun-Pyo Lee; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Kuo-Hsiang Chen; Larry Leifer

Transdisciplinary teaching and learning in UX design: A program review and AR case studies Journal Article

In: Applied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 22, pp. 10648, 2021.

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Colin M Gray; Rua M Williams; Paul Parsons; Austin L Toombs; Abbee Westbrook

Frames for Justice Consciousness Journal Article

In: 2021.

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Zhu Di; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Wei Liu

Building a Cross-Cultural UX Design Dual Degree Miscellaneous

2021.

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Louis Goffe; Shruthi Sai Chivukula; Alex Bowyer; Simon Bowen; Austin L Toombs; Colin M Gray

Web augmentation for well-being: The human-centred design of a takeaway food ordering digital platform Journal Article

In: Interacting with Computers, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 335–352, 2021.

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2020

Eunkyung Jo; Austin L. Toombs; Colin M. Gray; Hwajung Hong

Understanding Parenting Stress through Co-designed Self-Trackers Proceedings Article

In: 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020.

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Austin L. Toombs; Derek Whitley; Colin M. Gray

Autono-preneurial Agents in theCommunity: Developing a SociallyAware API for Autonomous Entrepreneurial Lawn Mowers Proceedings Article

In: Autono-preneurial Agents in theCommunity: Developing a SociallyAware API for Autonomous Entrepreneurial Lawn Mowers, 2020.

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Christopher Rhys Watkins; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Paul Parsons

Tensions in Enacting a Design Philosophy in UX Practice Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 2107–2118, 2020.

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Ahreum Lee; Austin L Toombs

Robots on campus: understanding public perception of robots using social media Proceedings Article

In: Conference Companion Publication of the 2020 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, pp. 305–309, 2020.

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2019

Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Marlo Owczarzak; Christopher Watkins (Ed.)

Digital Civics Goes Abroad Periodical

vol. 26, no. 2, 2019, ISSN: 1072-5520, (Those listed as editors are the authors. Teach press doesn't display authors of periodicals correctly, for some reason.).

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Ahreum Lee; Austin L Toombs; Ingrid Erickson

Infrastructure vs. Community: Co-spaces Confront Digital Nomads' Paradoxical Needs Proceedings Article

In: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. LBW2419:1–LBW2419:6, ACM, Glasgow, Scotland Uk, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5971-9.

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Austin L Toombs; Michael A Davidge; Jeongjin Park; Gregory Sirko; Michael LaPeter

Algorithmically-Generated Communities: A Case Study Proceedings Article

In: Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, pp. 387–391, ACM, Austin, TX, USA, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-6692-2.

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Ahreum Lee; Austin L Toombs; Ingrid Erickson; David Nemer; Yu-shen Ho; Eunkyung Jo; Zhuang Guo

The Social Infrastructure of Co-Spaces: Home, Work, and Sociable Places for Digital Nomads Journal Article

In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., vol. 3, no. CSCW, 2019.

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2018

Yubo Kou; Colin M Gray; Austin L Toombs; Robin S Adams

Understanding Social Roles in an Online Community of Volatile Practice: A Study of User Experience Practitioners on Reddit Journal Article

In: Trans. Soc. Comput., vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 17:1–17:22, 2018.

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Austin L Toombs; Kellie Morrissey; Emma Simpson; Colin M Gray; John Vines; Madeline Balaam

Supporting the Complex Social Lives of New Parents Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 420:1–420:13, ÄCM", Montreal QC, Canada, 2018.

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Amanda Lazar; Austin L Toombs; Kellie Morrissey; Gail Kenning; Jennifer Boger; Rens Brankaert

HCIxDementia Workshop: Engaging People Living with Dementia Proceedings Article

In: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. W01:1–W01:7, ÄCM", Montreal QC, Canada, 2018.

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Jennifer Townshend; Louise Hayes; Sally Hails; Austin Toombs; Madeline Balaam

Development of an online resource to support paedaitric asthma management: www.beatasthma.co.uk Proceedings Article

In: pp. PA3134, European Respiratory Society, 2018.

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A Toombs; L Devendorf; P Shih; E Kaziunas; others

Sociotechnical Systems of Care Proceedings Article

In: dl.acm.org, 2018.

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Y Kou; C Gray; A Toombs; R Adams

Knowledge Production and Social Roles in an Online Community of Emerging Occupation: A Study of User Experience Practitioners on Reddit Journal Article

In: 2018.

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Austin Toombs; Colin Gray; Guoyang Zhou; Ann Light

Appropriated or Inauthentic Care in Gig-Economy Platforms: A Psycho-linguistic Analysis of Uber and Lyft Proceedings Article

In: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. LBW532:1–LBW532:6, Montreal QC, Canada, 2018.

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Austin L Toombs; Andy Dow; John Vines; Colin M Gray; Barbara Dennis; Rachel Clarke; Ann Light

Designing for Everyday Care in Communities Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 391–394, Hong Kong, China, 2018.

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2017

Austin L Toombs

Hackerspace Tropes, Identities, and Community Values Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 1079–1091, dl.acm.org, New York, New York, USA, 2017.

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Kellie Morrissey; Amanda Lazar; Jennifer Boger; Austin Toombs

HCIxDementia workshop: the role of technology and design in dementia Proceedings Article

In: dl.acm.org, 2017.

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Jeffrey Bardzell; Shaowen Bardzell; Cindy Lin; Silvia Lindtner; Austin Toombs

HCI's Making Agendas Journal Article

In: Found. Trends Hum.-Comput. Interact., vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 126–200, 2017, ISSN: 1551-3955.

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2016

Austin Toombs; Shad Gross; Shaowen Bardzell; Jeffrey Bardzell

From empathy to care: a feminist care ethics perspective on long-term researcher--participant relations Journal Article

In: Interact. Comput., vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 45–57, 2016.

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Austin L Toombs; Gabriele Ferri; Shannon Grimme; Shad Gross; Michael D Stallings; Jeffrey Bardzell; Shaowen Bardzell (Ed.)

Making a critical playshop Periodical

vol. 24, no. 1, 2016, (Those listed as editors are the authors. Teach press doesn't display authors of periodicals correctly, for some reason.).

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A L Toombs

Care and the construction of hacker identities, communities, and society PhD Thesis

2016.

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2015

Austin L Toombs; Shaowen Bardzell; Jeffrey Bardzell

The Proper Care and Feeding of Hackerspaces: Care Ethics and Cultures of Making Proceedings Article

In: CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 629–638, New York, New York, USA, 2015.

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Austin Toombs

Enacting Care Through Collaboration in Communities of Makers Proceedings Article

In: CSCW'15 Companion: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, pp. 81–84, dl.acm.org, New York, New York, USA, 2015.

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2014

Jeffrey Bardzell; Shaowen Bardzell; Austin Toombs

"Now that's definitely a proper hack'': Self-made tools in hackerspaces Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 473-476, ACM, New York, New York, USA, 2014.

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Austin Toombs; Shaowen Bardzell; Jeffrey Bardzell

Becoming makers: Hackerspace member habits, values, and identities Journal Article

In: Journal of Peer Production, 2014.

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2011

Shaowen Bardzell; Shad Gross; Jeffrey Wain; Austin Toombs; Jeffrey Bardzell

The significant screwdriver: care, domestic masculinity, and interaction design Proceedings Article

In: BCS-HCI '11: Proceedings of the 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 371–377, British Computer Society, 2011.

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Shad Gross; Austin Toombs; Jeff Wain; Kevin Walorski

Foodmunity: designing community interactions over food Proceedings Article

In: pp. 1019, dl.acm.org, New York, New York, USA, 2011.

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miscellaneous publications

We wrote about our experience trying to generate a robot-facilitated social picnic on medium here. This was a quick pilot project to see if we would be interested in using the Starship delivery robots as a way to help people gather.

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