ABOUT Jazette
HCI Researcher
Championing Inclusivity & Trust in Supportive Online Spaces for Vulnerable Communities
Current: 2024 – 2025 CREATE Post Doctoral Fellow
**Seeking tenure-track Assistant Professor positions**
Interests: HCI; Accessibility; AI + Care; Social Support; Misinformation; GenAI
Education:
- Spelman College – B.S. – 2015 -> Computer Science
- Vanderbilt University – M.S. – 2018 -> Human Computer Interaction
- UC Irvine – Ph.D. – 2023 -> Informatics
- Funding: 2020 Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellow
Internships:
- 2021 & 2022 Meta UX Research
- 2017 & 2020 Microsoft Research
Jazette’s research explores the design needs of online social support for vulnerable communities.
Recent Research Publications
Exploring Audio Support Spaces for Caregivers of People Living with Dementia
Under Construction ….. More soon
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Roles in the Discussion: An Analysis of Social Support in an Online Forum for People with Dementia
Jazette Johnson, Rebecca W. Black, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2020. Roles in the Discussion: An Analysis of Social…
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“It’s a lonely disease”: Cultivating Online Spaces for Social Support among People Living with Dementia and Dementia Caregivers
Understand people living with dementia and dementia caregivers experience online social technologies.
Methods: Semi-Structured Interviews; Qualitative Analysis
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