Hi! My name is Chaeeun (pron. Chay-yoon) or 채은. Curious human who's always trying to learn something new. Trying to do good where I can, and inject design with some whimsy. („• ֊ •„)
I was born in South Korea, and raised all across the continental U.S. from Maine, Delaware, Kansas, and eventually Georgia. I am Korean, American, and a proud, queer Asian-American.  (。•̀ᴗ-)✧
I received my BS in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech in 2021. As the only design program at a tech focused institution, my product design background has always been a blend of the creative and technical, but I am at my core a people-centered researcher and designer.

I'm currently doing my Master's in Industrial Design and focusing on design research.
(Currently working in research around public health misinformation, political news consumption, and civic engagement.)
I'm passionate about social equity advocacy, public interest technology, and voting access. Outside of my design work, you can find me volunteering at the ACLU of Georgia, where I currently work as a LEAD Volunteer. I'm also a poll worker in my local county!
(My interest in civic tech began when I spent a gap semester in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic as a Civic Digital Fellow at the NIH to help with their STRIDES initiative.)
Me and all the other amazing CDF Fellows from 2020. :,)
You can find me researching at the Technologies + International Development Lab under Dr. Michael Best, where I do work in investigating health misinformation and digital outreach strategies amongst Black and Latine communities in GA.
I previously led Georgia Tech's Hack4Impact design team with the lovely Stephanie He, where we build web apps for non-profit clients. Since then, I have led 2 cohorts of our Design Bootcamp with the amazing Joyce Shen and Simon Zhang.
(We teach students the basics of digital product design and help them put together a case study for their portfolio.)
BoG Fall 2021 Design Team Intern Panel event :)
Outside of my work, I love going to museums, reading books, playing board games, and drawing.
I'm also a documentary enthusiast with a habit of rewatching mockumentary comedies. (*coughs* Parks and Rec)
What I'm Listening To

What I'm Reading

The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Experience
Georgia Tech TID Lab
Design Researcher
2021 - Present
CNN
Product Designer
Present
ServiceNow
UX Research Intern
2023
CNN
Product Design Intern
2023
CNN
UX Research Intern
2022
ACLU of GA
Voter Access Project Intern
2022
Home Depot EUX
UX Design Intern
2021 - 2023
Georgia Tech
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Design for Interactive Environments
2021 - 2022
Georgia Tech
Lab Assistant
Interactive Product Design Lab
2021 - 2022
Intel
UX Design Intern
2021
Hack4Impact
Director of Design
2021
Social Impact
Product Designer
2021
Bits of Good
Design Bootcamp Instructor
2021 - 2022
Bits of Good
Director of Design
2020 - 2021
BestFit
UX Designer
2020 - 2022
NIH
Civic Digital Design Fellow
2020
Georgia Tech
Undergraduate Researcher
Interactive Product Design Lab
2020
Bits of Good
Product Designer
2019 - 2020
Georgia Tech
Web Designer
2019 - 2020
NFANT Labs
Graphic Design Intern
2018
Honors & Speaking
2023 Global Intern Hackathon Winner
ServiceNow, Inc.
2023

Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and the Allied ArtsGeorgia Institute of Technology Rho Chapter
2023

Grace Hopper 2022 Speaker - Civic TechAnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration
2022

Research Workshop PresentationInternational Conference on Web and Social Media - Cyber Social Threats
2022
Faculty Merit Award for Best Research
GT School of Industrial Design
2022

GT Design Club Design Internship Panel Talk
GT Design Club
2021

Civic Digital Fellowship Alumni Panel
Coding It Forward
2021
Highest Honors
Georgia Institute of Technology
2021
Civic Digital Fellow
Coding It Forward
2020
President's Undergraduate Research Award
Georgia Institute of Technology
2020
Horizons Hackathon - Best in Show
HackGT
2020