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Haoqi Zhang

Haoqi Zhang

  • Associate Professor of Computer Science and Design

Contact

hq@northwestern.edu
Mudd 3531, Mudd Library, 2233 Tech Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Website
Curriculum Vitae

Organization or Lab

Design, Technology, and Research (DTR)

Delta Lab

Academic Area

Learning Sciences
Computer Science and Learning Sciences
Teaching, Learning, and Education

Research Interests

The goal of my research is to advance the design of integrative socio-technical models that promote core human values. My personal research focuses on fostering self-direction through research.

Biography

Haoqi Zhang is an associate professor in Computer Science and Design at Northwestern University. His work advances the design of integrative socio-technical models that solve complex problems and advance human values. His research work bridges across Computer Science, Design, Learning Science, Psychology, and Philosophy, and is generously supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.

Haoqi received his PhD in Computer Science and BA in Computer Science and Economics from Harvard University. At Northwestern he founded and directs the Design, Technology, and Research (DTR) program, which provides an original model for learning and growing through research for over 170 students (read the DTR annual letters and watch the DTR documentary, Forward). Haoqi also co-directs the Delta Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab and design studio across computer science, learning science, and design.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Harvard University, 2012.
  • A.B. in Computer Science and Economics, Harvard College, 2007.

Select Publications

  • DTR annual letters. dtr.northwestern.edu/letters
  • Forward: A Story about Learning and Growth, 2022. http://forward.movie
  • Haoqi Zhang. Searching for the Non-Consequential: Dialectical Activities in HCI and the Limits of Computers. Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), 2024.
  • Haoqi Zhang, Matthew W. Easterday, Elizabeth Gerber, Daniel Rees Lewis, and Leesha Maliakal. Agile Research Studios: Orchestrating Communities of Practice to Advance Research Training at Scale. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’17), 2017.
  • Josh Hibschman, Darren Gergle, Eleanor O’Rourke, and Haoqi Zhang. Isopleth: Supporting Sensemaking in Professional Web Applications to Create Readily Available Learning Experiences. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 2019.
  • Yinmiao Li, Melissa Chen, Ayse Hunt, Haoqi Zhang, and Eleanor O’Rourke. Exploring the Interplay of Metacognition, Affect, and Behaviors in an Introductory Computer Science Course for Non-Majors. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2024), 2024.