CV - Joice Tang
Joice Tang
Email: joice@uw.edu Website: http://joicetang.com
Research interests: labor and labor organizing; science and technology studies; human-computer interaction; community-engaged research; critical education technology; design and research justice
Education
Ph.D. Human Centered Design and Engineering 2022 - Present
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Committee: Sucheta Ghoshal (Co-Chair), Jennifer Turns (Co-Chair), Vera Khovanskaya, Erin McElroy (GSR)
M.Sc. Human Centered Design and Engineering 2022 - 2025
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B.A. Computer Science (with High Distinction) 2017 - 2022
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC GPA: 4.2 / 4.33
Publications
(*) denotes equal contribution
Works in Progress
Turns, J. and Tang, J. From Policy to Practice: Applying Street-Level Bureaucracy Theory to Engineering Education. In submission for the 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Conference Proceedings and Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Tang, J. and Ghoshal, S. (2025). Research and/as Relation: Documenting Experiences of Community-Collaborative Researchers in HCI↗. Proceedings of the ACM Human-Computer Interaction 9, 7, Article CSCW470.
Honorable Mention (Top 5% of Submitted Papers)
Tang, J.*, Seo, K.*, Roll, I., Fels, S., & Yoon, D. (2021). The impact of artificial intelligence on learner–instructor interaction in online learning↗. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 18(1), 1-23.
Workshop Papers (Lightly Peer Reviewed)
Tang, J., Andrus, M., So, S., Tandon, U., Monroy-Hernández, A., Khovanskaya, V., Munson, S., Zachry, M., and Ghoshal, S. (2023). Back to “Back to Labor”: Revisiting Political Economies of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work↗. In CSCW '23 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
Tang, J., Ma, N. F., & Yoon, D. (2021). Understanding How Customers Attribute Accountability in Food Delivery Breakdowns↗. In IUI Workshops - Transparency and Explainability in Smart Systems (TExSS).
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Tang, J.* and Andrus, M.* (2022). A Resonant Critique: A Review of Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan↗. In Reboot.
Research Experience
Graduate Researcher Jan 2026 - Present
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington
Producing a report and other worker-centered resources (e.g., draft RFIs, worker surveys, presentations) on the impacts of AI on Black workers and workers of color.
Graduate Researcher Sep 2022 - Present
Human Centered Design and Engineering Department, University of Washington
Conducting dissertation research on how teaching assistants and graduate instructors experience technological change in higher education, using action research approaches to support worker organizing.
Undergraduate Research Fellow May 2021 - May 2022
Augmented Intelligence Lab, University of Waterloo - Advised by Dr. Edith Law
Undergraduate Researcher Apr 2020 - Apr 2021
D-Lab, University of British Columbia - Advised by Dr. Dongwook Yoon and Dr. Ning Ma
Honors and Awards
Washington State Labor Research Grant ($8937 USD) 2025
Graduate School Conference Presentation Award ($300 USD) 2023
HCDE Doctoral Student Research Grant ($480 USD) 2023
UW Graduate School Fellowship ($1,500 USD) 2022
The Logic Top Prospects of 2022 2022
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science ($2,500 CAD) 2022
Dean of Arts Scholarship ($1,200 CAD) 2022
UBC Trek Excellence Scholarship ($1,500 CAD) 2021
Broadridge Award for Women in Computer Science ($1,000 CAD) 2021
VISIER Service Award in Computer Science ($1,250 CAD) 2021
UWaterloo Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($15,000 CAD) 2021
Irving K. Barber Women in Technology Scholarship ($10,000 CAD) 2020
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award ($4,500 CAD) 2020
UBC Dean's List 2018, 2021, 2022
Teaching Experience
University of Washington
Graduate Teaching Assistant
HCDE 592: MSc Capstone Planning (Wi 2026) Dec 2025 - Present
HCID 511: Ideation Studio (Au 2025) Sep 2025 - Dec 2025 INFO 490/491: Project Capstone I & II (Wi & Sp 2025) Jan 2025 - Jun 2025
HCDE 518: User-Centered Design (Au 2024) Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
HCDE 492: Capstone Planning (Wi 2023) Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
University of British Columbia
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Academic Assistant Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
CPSC 344: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Methods (2021W1, 2021W2)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
CPSC 210: Software Construction (2019S)
CPSC 110: Computation, Programs, and Programming Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
(2018W1, 2018W2, 2019S)
Workshops, Presentations, and Talks
Workshops Organized
“Back to ‘Back to Labor’: Revisiting Political Economies of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work” Oct 2023
CSCW 2023
Conference Presentations
“Navigating the Response to Corporatization & AI in Higher Education as Unionized Workers” Sep 2025
4S 2025, Seattle
Talks
“Workers vs. the Algorithm” Dec 2025
Invited Talk, Seattle DSA People’s Forum on AI (Session 2: Power, Labor, and Control)
“A perspective on design research” Apr 2023
Invited Q&A, CPSC 490, University of British Columbia
"Intro to Co-Design and Design Justice" Mar 2022
Guest Lecture, CPSC 344, University of British Columbia
"KEYNOTE: What is Design Justice?" Nov 2021
Q&A Facilitation (with Sasha Costanza-Chock), Stanford Inclusive Design Week
Professional/Academic Service
Reading Group Lead - Technology, Data, and the State DRG Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
Led and facilitated a reading group focused on social scientific literature re: technopolitics and the rule of experts.
Program Assistant - UW Community-Engaged Computing Initiative Sep 2023 - Oct 2024
Ran focus groups, assisted with event planning and organization, and wrote several grant calls to advance and promote community-engaged computing research and activities at the University of Washington.
Student Volunteering
Day captain; in-person SV CSCW 2025
Subcommittee review meeting SV; in-person SV DIS 2024
Paper Reviewing
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026
Recognized for outstanding review
ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2024
Recognized for outstanding review
Selected Community Service
UAW 4121 Recording Secretary Jun 2025 - Present
UAW 4121 ASE Trustee Jan 2023 - Jun 2025
Extras!
Industry Experience
Full-Stack Developer Co-op Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
Redbrick, Victoria BC
Selected Community Service
HCDE PhD Mentoring Program Facilitator Sep 2024 - Jun 2025
UAW 4121 Recording Secretary Jun 2025 - Present
UAW 4121 ASE Trustee Jan 2023-Jun 2025
UBC CS Committee of Diversity and Equity - Student Representative Sep 2018 - Mar 2022
Regularly contributed to a departmental committee at UBC Computer Science working to identify and respond to equity and diversity issues in the student body.
cmd-f / connect-f - Logistics Director Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Started a workshop series and mentorship program, and directed Vancouver’s largest hackathon for gender minorities to encourage the exploration of technology and celebrate gender diversity in tech.
nwHacks - Logistics Director Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Directed and organized Western Canada’s largest 24-hour hackathon, which welcomed ~1000 participants, volunteers, and mentors/sponsors in 2020.
Conferences and Workshops Attended
CSCW 2025 Oct 2025
Workshop attended: Oppositional Approaches to AI
Bergen, Norway
4S 2025 Sep 2025
Seattle, USA
Association for Asian American Studies Meeting 2024 Apr 2024
Seattle, USA
CSCW 2023 Oct 2023
Workshop attended: Structural Barriers to Community-Collaborative Approaches
Minneapolis, USA
DIS 2023 Jul 2023
Pittsburgh, USA
4S 2022 Dec 2022
Puebla, Mexico
FAccT 2022 Jul 2022
Virtual
DIS 2022 Jun 2022
Virtual
IUI 2021 Apr 2021
Workshop attended: Transparency and Explainability in Smart Systems (TExSS)
Virtual