Equityware: Designing Equitable Wearables

This research focuses on democratizing wearable technologies by developing and co-designing inclusive wearables with and for marginalized groups. I work at the intersection of hardware systems and human-computer interaction to explore how we can build equitable, efficient, and intelligent wearable systems.

Lead student: Stefany Cruz

See recent press coverage on Stefany Cruz’s JMIR Publication:

-Interview on CBS news

-Northwestern College of Engineering Magazine

Publications and Presentations

Perceptions of Wearable Health Tools Post the COVID-19 Emergency in Low-Income Latin Communities: Qualitative Study

Stefany Cruz, Claire Lu, Mara Ulloa, Alexander Redding, Josiah Hester, Maia Jacobs. JMIR mHealth and uHealth ’24.

A Design Framework for Equitable Wearables

Presentation by Stefany Cruz at the ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) in Cancún, Mexico. October 2023.

EquityWare: Co-Designing Wearables with and for Low Income Communities in the US

Stefany Cruz, Alexander Redding, Connie W. Chau, Claire Lu, Julia Persche, Josiah Hester, Maia Jacobs. CHI ’23.

Augmented Reality’s Potential for Identifying and Mitigating Home Privacy Leaks

Presentation by Stefany Cruz at the Symposium on Usable Security (USEC).February 2023.