I am a third-year PhD student working with Daniel A. Epstein in Informatics at University of California, Irvine. 

I study care infrastructures of technology-driven mental health services. I examine how mental health technology can be better designed to ensure all stakeholders' needs are recognized in mental health care. 

I completed a MS in Computer Graphics Technology (Thesis advisor: Austin Toombs) at Purdue University, a BA in Information Science & Culture,
​and a BA in Consumer and Child Studies at Seoul National University.

Outside school, I have worked as a research intern with Young-Ho Kim at NAVER AI Lab and a researcher at the National Center for Mental Health in South Korea with Hwajung Hong. 

Publications

Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Deploying Conversational AI Leveraging Large Language Models for Public Health Intervention

Eunkyung Jo, Daniel A. Epstein, Hyunhoon Jung, Young-Ho Kim
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) [PDF]
Best Paper Award (Top 1%)

Understanding Cultural Influence on Perspectives Around Contact Tracing Strategies

Xi Lu, Eunkyung Jo, Seora Park, Hwajung Hong, Yunan Chen, Daniel A. Epstein
Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction 6 (CSCW2), November 2022 [DOI] [PDF] 

Designing Flexible Longitudinal Regimens: Supporting Clinician Planning for Discontinuation of Psychiatric Drugs 

Eunkyung Jo, Myeonghan Ryu, Georgia Kenderova, Samuel So, Bryan Shapiro, Alexandra Papoutsaki,        Daniel A. Epstein
Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22) [DOI] [PDF]

GeniAuti: Toward Data-Driven Interventions to Challenging Behaviors of Autistic Children through Caregivers' Tracking  

Eunkyung Jo, Seora Park, Hyeonseok Bang, Youngeun Hong, Yeni Kim, Jungwon Choi, Bung Nyun Kim, 
​Daniel A. Epstein, Hwajung Hong
Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction 6 (CSCW1), April 2022 [DOI] [PDF]
Comparing Perspectives around Human and Technology Support for Contact Tracing 
Xi Lu, Tera L. Reynolds, Eunkyung Jo, Hwajung Hong, Xinru Page, Yunan Chen, Daniel A. Epstein. 2021. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21) [DOI] [PDF]
MAMAS: Supporting Parent--Child Mealtime Interactions Using Automated Tracking and Speech Recognition 
Eunkyung Jo, Hyeonseok Bang, Myeonghan Ryu, Eun Jee Sung, Sungmook Leem, Hwajung Hong
Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction 4 (CSCW1), May 2020 [DOI] [PDF]

Understanding Parenting Stress through Co-designed Self-Trackers 

Eunkyung Jo, Austin L. Toombs, Colin M. Gray, Hwajung Hong
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20) [DOI] [PDF]
The Social Infrastructure of Co-Spaces: Home, Work, and Sociable Places for Digital Nomads
Ahreum Lee, Austin L. Toombs, Ingrid Erickson, David Nemer, Eunkyung Jo, Yushen Ho, Zhaung Guo
Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction 3 (CSCW1), Nov 2019 [DOI] [PDF]
Toward Becoming a Better Self: Understanding Self-Tracking Experiences of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Custom Trackers
Sung-In Kim, Eunkyung Jo, Myeonghan Ryu, Inha Cha, Young-Ho Kim, Heejeong Yoo, and Hwajung Hong
Pervasive Health 2019 [DOI] [PDF]