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Jennifer Mankoff is the Richard E. Ladner Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on giving disabled people a voice and the tools to advocate for themselves, striving to bring both structural and personal perspectives to her work. Mankoff tackles the technical challenges necessary for individuals and communities to solve real-world problems in domains such as higher education, health, and DIY solutions. She employs technologies like generative AI, data science, 3D printing, and computational knitting in her research. Jennifer received her PhD from Georgia Tech, where she was advised by Gregory Abowd and Scott Hudson, and holds a B.A. from Oberlin College. She has held faculty positions at UC Berkeley’s EECS department and Carnegie Mellon’s HCI Institute. Mankoff is a member of the CHI Academy and has been recognized with several awards, including the SIGCHI Social Impact Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the IBM Faculty Fellowship, and the ASSETS 10-year impact award.
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