ANNA M. FANG

I am recruiting PhD students for the University of Melbourne in the School of Computing and Information Systems in 2026! Learn more →

Hi, I'm Anna! My research focuses on human-computer interaction for mental, emotional, and social well-being.

Currently, I am finishing up my Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Interaction Institute where I have been fortunate to be advised by Haiyi Zhu in the Social AI Group. I received my B.S. in Computer Science at Cornell University, and spent a bit of time working as a software engineer at Amazon in Seattle, Washington.

Email me at amfang [at] andrew [dot] cmu [dot] edu.

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teaching

I am not currently teaching.

Previously, I have taught:

  • Graduate TA for “Human-AI Interaction”, Carnegie Mellon University - 2025
  • Graduate TA for “User Centered Research and Evaluation”, Carnegie Mellon University - 2024
  • Undergraduate and Head TA for “Functional Programming & Data Structures”, Cornell University - 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Undergraduate TA for “Introduction to Programming Using Python”, Cornell University - 2016

students

I am currently recruiting PhD students for my new group at Melbourne! Undergraduates and masters students interested in doing research with me are also welcome to contact me, although I may take a bit longer to get back to you.

Past mentees:

  • Jasmine (Jiayang) Shi, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Bosi Li, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Chris (Wenjie) Yang, HKUST (now at Baidu)
  • Hriday Chhabria, University of Michigan (now at Google)
  • Alekhya Maram, Barnard College, Columbia University
  • Michelle Tsang, Carnegie Mellon University