I am a third-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, advised by Dr. Yuhang Zhao.

My research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), accessibility, mixed reality (MR/AR/VR), and social computing. My recent work aims to make social VR more inclusive and safer for people with disabilities by: (1) developing design guidelines to support authentic and respectful disability representation, and (2) designing protection mechanisms to mitigate ableist harassment.

Previously, I graduated from Cornell University with a Master's degree in Information Science. Before that, I earned my Bachelor's degree with double majors in Sociology and Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Feel free to reach out via kzhang284 [at] wisc.edu!