Fall 2025

Date	Title	Details
September 10, 2025	Introduction and Planning	No readings.
September 17, 2025	Developing research processes in HCI	Readings Research Vision Activity
September 24, 2025	Lightning round?	No readings.
October 01, 2025	Visioning	No readings.
October 08, 2025	Creating General User Models from Computer Use	Readings GUMs: Generative User Models for Human-Centered AI Pre-print on Slack (Link on Slack)
October 15, 2025	AI Overlords	Readings AI Overlords: How we Anthropomorphize the Incorporeal (Link on Slack) From Humanish
October 22, 2025	how we learn	No readings.
October 29, 2025	voice of nature / social cognitive theory	Readings "Near Data" and "Far Data" for Urban Sustainability: How Do Community Advocates Envision Data Intermediaries?
November 05, 2025	designing legal, political, and ethical interfaces	Readings Chapter 3: Legal and political interfaces (Link on Slack) Chapter 4: Ethical interfaces (Link on Slack) Slides From "Design and Digital Interfaces: Designing with Aesthetic and Ethical Awareness" by Fass et al.
November 12, 2025	Creative applications of technology	No readings.
November 19, 2025	how AI is changing HCI research	Readings I'm Categorizing LLM as a Productivity Tool: Examining Ethics of LLM Use in HCI Research Practices Unequal Scientific Recognition in the Age of LLMs
November 26, 2025	🦃 Thanksgiving	Happy Thanksgiving! No meeting this week.
December 03, 2025	No reading group	No meeting this week.