Inha Cha
Download PDFResearch Interests
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Responsible AI, Science & Technology Studies (STS), Tech Policy
Education
Ph.D. in Digital Media
Minor in Public Policy
Advisor: Dr. Richmond Y. WongM.S. in Industrial Design
Advisor: Dr. Youn-kyung LimExchange Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
B.A. in Aesthetics and B.A. in Information Science and Culture
Graduated Cum LaudeEmployment
Research Intern, Human-centric AI, Harmonious Communities
AI Product UX Designer
HRI Design Intern
Grants
Principal investigator, $1,000
Principal investigator, $5,000
Teaching
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Awards & Honors
Invited Talks and Panels
“AI, Art & IP”
Panel with Patrick McGranaghan and Haneen Alkenany“AI Adoption as a Site of Sociotechnical Negotiation”
“Understanding the Value(s) of AI Adoption in UX Practice”
“Exploring AI Non-use and UX Practice”
“Untangling a Loaded Concept of AI Sovereignty”
“Atlanta Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Network Fall Kickoff Event”
“AI Sovereignty: Untangling a Loaded Concept in France, South Korea, and New Zealand”
“Navigating Ethical Pathways in HCI Research”
“Understanding the Issues of Addressing Fairness in Designing AI Agents”
“Who Is the User of User-centered Design?”
Publications
The Acceleration Trap: “Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall” When Integrating GenAI into Legacy Products
A Systematic Review of AI-at-Work Research in HCI: What We Study, How We Study It, and What Should Come Next
Navigating Organizational Infrastructures: Addressing Ethics Uncertainty Experienced by Middle Managers in AI Development
Ajit Pillai*, *, and Richmond Y. Wong
ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency 2026 (FAccT 2026)The Values of Value in AI Adoption: Rethinking Efficiency in UX Designers' Workplaces
, Catherine Wieczorek, and Richmond Y. Wong
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System 2026 (CHI 2026)Beyond Claiming Sovereign AI: Motivations, Challenges, and Contradictions in Developing and Deploying Local Foundation Models in South Korea
and Richmond Y. Wong
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System 2026 (CHI 2026)“My Body is Not Your Porn”: Identifying Trends of Harm and Oppression through a Sociotechnical Genealogy of Digital Sexual Violence in South Korea
*, Yeonju Jang*, Haesoo Kim*, Seora Park*, Joo Young Park*, and EunJeong Cheon
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing 2026 (CSCW 2026)Culture is Everywhere: A Call for Intentionally Cultural Evaluation
Juhyun Oh, , Michael Saxon, Hyunseung Lim, Shaily Bhatt, Alice Oh
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing 2025 (EMNLP 2025 Findings)Discovering Factor Level Preferences to Improve Human-Model Alignment
Juhyun Oh, Eunsu Kim, Jiseon Kim, Wenda Xu, , William Yang Wang, Alice Oh
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing 2025 (EMNLP 2025 Findings)Understanding Socio-technical Factors Configuring AI Non-Use in UX Work Practices
and Richmond Wong
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System 2025 (CHI 2025)Ethics Pathways: A Design Activity for Reflecting on Ethical Engagement in HCI Research
*, Ajit Pillai*, Richmond Wong
ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2024 (DIS 2024)Investigating the Potential of Group Recommendation Systems As a Medium of Social Interactions: A Case of Experiences Between Two Users
Daehyun Kwak, Soobin Park, , Hankyung Kim, Youn-kyung Lim
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024 (CHI 2024)Unlocking the Tacit Knowledge of Data Work in Machine Learning
*, Juhyun Oh*, Cheul Young Park*, Jiyoon Han, Hwalsuk Lee
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023 (CHI LBW 2023)Exploring the Use of a Voice-based Conversational Agent to Empower Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
, Sung-In Kim, Hwajung Hong, Heejeong Yoo, Youn-kyung Lim
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021 (CHI 2021)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, , Young-Ho Kim, Heejung Yoo, Hwajung Hong
EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2019 (Pervasive Health 2019)A Study for Specializing a Chatbot-based Self-Management Program for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sung-In Kim, Myeonghan Ryu, Eunkyung Jo, , Young-Ho Kim, Heejung Yoo, Hwajung Hong
Proceedings of HCI KOREA 2019 (HCI Korea 2019)