Dr. Susan Wyche | HCI, Speculative, and Human-Centered Approaches to Design

Dr. Susan Wyche | HCI, Speculative, and Human-Centered Approaches to Design | Kenya

The goals of my research include providing researchers and practitioners in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) with an understanding of technology use (primarily mobile phones and social media) in Sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this goal, I conduct fieldwork in rural Kenya and use human-centered methods. This research has been featured in the popular press, including articles in New Scientist and MIT Technology Review. My research has also been featured in MSU's Engaged Scholar magazine.

Our NIH-funded project investigating human-centered design, and Kenyan youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) was recently featured on the local news channel in Western Kenya. You can learn more about this project here.

Current projects, talks, etc...

August 12, 2024: New Publication: Wyche,S., Olson,J., Karanu,M.,Omondi,E. and Olonyo, M. 2024. Limitations of Using Mobile Phones for Managing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Among Youth in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Implications for mHealth. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction , Vol. 8, CSCW2, Article 506.

October 30, 2023: I received Mozilla Responsible Computing Challenge award to center African perspectives in technology course/curriculum redesign.

October 14-18, 2023: CSCW (Minneapolis, MN)

October 25-26, 2023: National Institutes of Health (NIH) mHealth Network Meeting 2023 (Bethesda, MD)

April 27, 2022: Video Presentation at Global Digital Development Forum

March 30, 2022: Received John K. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Programs Award for contributions to international studies at MSU.

November 10, 2022: New Publication "Reimagining the Mobile Phone: Investigating Speculative Approaches to Design in Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D)" at The 25th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW'23)

September 15, 2022: Speaking at Microsoft Africa Research Institute (MARI)

June 15, 2022: Video Presentation at USAID's Higher Education Global Evidence Summit-Innovation Sessions

About me

Susan Wyche is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University and has a courtesy appointment in MSU's African Studies Center. Her research focuses on human computer interaction (HCI) and information and communication technologies and development (ICTD). Her work has been supported by Google, Facebook, the Mozilla Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Wyche is a 2015 recipient of an NSF CAREER Award. Wyche received her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech, an MS from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University.