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)
Designer + Researcher ✳︎
Trivia Enthusiast ❋
Artist ❤︎
#1 Leslie Knope Defender ★
Museum Frequenter⚡︎
Designer + Researcher ✳︎
Trivia Enthusiast ❋
Artist ❤︎
#1 Leslie Knope Defender ★
Museum Frequenter⚡︎
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
Georgia Tech TID Lab
Design Researcher
ServiceNow
UX Research Intern
ACLU of GA
Voter Access Project Intern
Home Depot EUX
UX Design Intern
Georgia Tech
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Design for Interactive Environments
Georgia Tech
Lab Assistant
Interactive Product Design Lab
Hack4Impact
Director of Design
Social Impact
Product Designer
Bits of Good
Design Bootcamp Instructor
Bits of Good
Director of Design
NIH
Civic Digital Design Fellow
Georgia Tech
Undergraduate Researcher
Interactive Product Design Lab
Bits of Good
Product Designer
NFANT Labs
Graphic Design Intern
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
