I am a full professor in Informatics at Indiana University – Bloomington.  I am part of the ProHealth group where I integrate pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. My research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. (Formal Bio, CV). Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Office Hours for Fall 2024:

• Fridays 11:30a-12:30p in-person in Myles Brand Hall Room E260 (the connector space between the two buildings that create Myles Brand Hall)

Current and Recent Activities

• Named vice chair of the Computing Community Consortium
• Elected secretary of the Computing Research Association Board
• Organizing a panel at AAAS Annual Meeting 2025 – Untold Stories: Technology’s Role in Gendered Reproductive Care highlighting work by Wanda Pratt (U Washington), Nazanin Andalibi (U Michigan), and Noémie Elhadad (Columbia)
• Appointed to the IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching Leadership Institute (2023-2025)
• Co-organizing Caring for Reproductive Justice: Design in Response to Adversity at CSCW 2024
• Co-organized the Future of Pandemic Prevention and Response
• Co-organized Accessible Technology for All
• Named an Association of Computing Machinery Distinguished Member

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2006
• M.S., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2004
• B.S., Computer Science, Eckerd College, 2000

Professional

• CV (Last Update: 07/2024)
• Publications
• Need a letter of recommendation?
• Note to Incoming Students

Current Student Collaborators

• Michaela Krawczyk (IU B.S. Student, Reproductive Justice Storytelling)
• Zaidat Ibrahim (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)
• Sathivca Kothapalli (IU Ph.D. Student, Older Adult Smart Home Use)
• Arash Zakeresfahani (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)
• Colin LeFevre (UC Irvine Ph.D. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)
• Lily Witte (B.S. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)
• Mary Davids (B.S. Student, Women’s Reproductive Health)

Past Research Collaborators

• Novia Nurain (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Ben Jelen, Ph.D. (IU Ph.D. Student, TAIPOR, Now at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)
• Emily Rhoades (Grinnell B.S. Student, Reproductive Justice Storytelling)
• Pallabi Bhowmick (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Madeline Athanasiou (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Lisa Warren (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Nongfeng Wang (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
• Vaishnavi Meda (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
• Susan Monsey (IU B.S. Student, TAIPOR, Northrop Grumman)
• Briana Hollins (IU B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Madison Hallowell (Bates College Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Adileah Smith (U. Indy Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Cassie Kresnye (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Yuxing Wu (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Carla Cobb (DePauw University B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Vanessa Pereira, B.S. (2019, IU B.S. Student, Yours is Better Project)
• Haley MacLeod, Ph.D. (2018, Rare Disease Project, Wealthfront)
• Shayan Khokar, B.S. (2018, IU B.S. Student, Computer Science, Muscle Memory Project, Amazon)
• Olivia Richards, B.S. (Penn State 2019, U. Michigan PhD)
• Samantha Whitman, B.S, M.S. (Arizona State University B.S. 2016, ASU Ph.D. Student)
• Anne Freeman, B.S. (Georgetown University 2019,  Applied Predictive Technologies (APT))
• Mina Narayanan, B.S. (Auburn University 2019)
• Leslie Liu, Ph.D. (PhD U. of Washington 2015, Facebook)
• Majdah Alshehri (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Health)
• Annu Prabhakar (IU Ph.D. Student, Mothers Information Technology Project)
• Christopher Schaefbauer, Ph.D. (2016, Health Bridge Project, Amazon)
• Swaminathan Ananthanarayan, Ph.D. (2015, Health Sense Project, Monash University)
• Danish U. Khan, Ph.D. (2013, Health Bridge Project, InCorta)
• Kimberly Oakes, M.S. (2015, Muscle Memory Project,Adpearance)
• Beenish Chaudry, Ph.D. (2012, Dietary Intake Monitoring Application (DIMA), University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
• Allison Brown (Ph.D. Student)
• Halley Profita (Ph.D. Student)
• Gerald Pulver (Ph.D. Student, Wardenburg EMR Project, U. of Colorado Anschutz)
• Tuong An (Amy) Le (B.S. 2014)
• Noelle Beaujon (B.S. 2014, Microsoft)
• Mackenzie Miller (B.S. 2013; Raytheon)
• Maryam Gooyabadi (B.S., 2010)
• Alice Chien (B.S. 2015 – Deloitte Digital)
• Miranda Sheh (B.S. 2015 – Ambi Labs)
• Nate Lapinski (B.S. 2014 – SpotXchange)
• Sara Zhang (IU B.S. Student – RightRez, Inc.)
• Erin Leonhard (IU B.S. Student – Qualtrics)

Contact Information

Katie A. Siek, Ph.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Full Professor
Indiana University
Informatics
919 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

email: ksiek@iu.edu

office: (812) 856-0598
fax: (812) 856-5754

My office is located in Myles Brand Hall, Informatics East (Connector), Room 260.