anna m. fang
I am a human-computer interaction (HCI) and social computing researcher. My research focuses on designing and developing AI, simulation, and embodied tools for well-being applications, including mental health, self-care, and value alignment.
I am currently a postdoc at the University of Washington CSE with the Social Futures Lab. I received my Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction Institute, where I was very fortunate to be advised by Haiyi Zhu in the Social AI Group.
Previously, I received my B.S. in Computer Science at Cornell University and worked as a software engineer at Amazon in Seattle. Outside of research, I love ceramics, knitting, volunteering in animal rescue, and a nice coffee+walk.
Email me at amfang [at] andrew [dot] cmu [dot] edu.
teaching
I am not currently teaching.
Previously, I have taught:
- Spring 2025: Graduate TA for “Human-AI Interaction”, Carnegie Mellon University
- Spring 2024: Graduate TA for “User Centered Research and Evaluation”, Carnegie Mellon University
- Spring 2019, Fall 2018: Head TA for “Functional Programming & Data Structures”, Cornell University
\ *Awarded Cornell Department of Computer Science Teaching Award* - Spring 2018, Fall 2017: Undergraduate TA for “Functional Programming & Data Structures”, Cornell University
\ *Awarded 2x Cornell Department of Computer Science Teaching Award* - Spring 2017, Fall 2016: Undergraduate TA for “Introduction to Programming Using Python”, Cornell University
work with me
I am always open to inquiries for collaboration or undergraduate / graduate research assistants.
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 (now at Meta)
- Michelle Tsang, Carnegie Mellon University