EUN JEONG CHEON, PhD
Researcher in Human Computer Interaction Design

Welcome!
I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University. As a SU cluster hire in Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, and the Human-Technology Frontier, I am also a core faculty member at Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI). Previously, I was a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University in Denmark.
My research interests include human–computer interaction (HCI), human-robot interaction (HRI), computer–supported cooperative work (CSCW), and science & technology studies (STS). I am interested in how values can and should be incorporated into the design of future technologies. Through my research, I hope to offer alternatives to human-centered designs that contribute to building our relationship with technologies in authentic ways.
I received my Ph.D. in HCI/Design at Indiana University Bloomington where I was advised by Professor Norman Makoto Su. I was also blessed to work with amazing committee members: Erik Stolterman, Selma Šabanović, Jessica Nina Lester, and Mark Ackerman (University of Michigan). I received an M.S. degree in Information Science from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. At UNC, I worked on sociomateriality and smart/ traditional health tracking technologies users with Professor Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi. I graduated with honors from Ewha Womans University, where I began interdisciplinary studies.
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EUN JEONG CHEON, PhD
Researcher in Human Computer Interaction Design
You can find my recent publications via Google Scholar Page [here]
Conference/ Journal Papers (Full papers) --- updated in 2019
[C.7] EunJeong Cheon, Stephen Tsung-Han Sher, Selma Sabanovic, and Norman Makoto Su. (2019) "I Beg to Differ: Soft Conflicts in Collaborative Design Using Design Fictions" Full paper, To be presented at the ACM Conference on on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'19)
[J.1] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2018). “Staged for Living”: Negotiating Objects and their Values over a Porous Boundary. Full paper conditionally accepted for Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI). To be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
[C.6] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2018). The Value of Empty Space for Design. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’18), Montréal, Canada. Full paper conditionally accepted. New York: ACM.
[C.5] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2018). Futuristic Autobiographies: Weaving Participant Narratives to Elicit Values around Robots. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’18), Chicago, Illinois, Full paper conditionally accepted. New York: ACM. (Acceptance 23%)
[C.4] Norman Makoto Su and EunJeong Cheon. (2017). Reconceptualizing Fairness: The Dialectics of
Fair Chase in the Practices of Hunters. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems (CHI’17), Denver, Colorado. New York: ACM.
[C.3] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2017). Configuring the User: “Robots have Needs Too.’’
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
(CSCW’17), Portland, Oregon. New York: ACM.
[C.2] EunJeong Cheon, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, and Norman Makoto Su. (2016). “Technology isn’t
always the best’’: The Intersection of Health Tracking Technologies and Information Practices of
Digital Natives. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics
(ICHI’16), Chicago, Illinois, 207-215. New York: IEEE. (Acceptance 24%)
[C.1] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2016). Integrating Roboticist Values into a Value
Sensitive Design Framework for Humanoid Robots. Proceedings of Alt.HRI, held in conjunction with
the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Robot Interaction (Alt.HRI’16), Christchurch, New Zealand.
Extended Abstracts & Posters (Lightly Reviewed)
[E.3] EunJeong Cheon (2019). Alternative Vision of Living with IoT. To be presented at the ACM
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'19)
[E.2] EunJeong Cheon (2018). Alternative Ways of Living and Design. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI). To be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
[E.1] EunJeong Cheon and Norman Makoto Su. (2016). Integrating roboticist values into a design
framework for humanoid robots. Proceedings of ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot
Interaction (HRI) (pp. 603-604). IEEE.
[P.2] Grace Shin, EunJeong Cheon, and Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi. (2015). Understanding the
Interplay between Quantified- Selfers' Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in the Use of Activity-
Tracking Devices. iConference, Newport Beach, California, 24-27 March.
[P.1] EunJeong Cheon.(2014). Interdisciplinary Approach for Research & Development, Korean-
American Professionals South-Atlantic Regional Conference, Durham, NC (Nov 22, 2014) (Top 3 Poster)
Workshop that I Co-organized
[W.4] Hee Rin Lee, EunJeong Cheon, Maartje de Graaf, Patrícia Alves-Oliveira, Cristina Zaga, and James Young. 2019. "Robots for Social Good: Exploring Critical Design for HRI." In Proceedings of ACM HRI conference. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.475/123_4 (Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/view/robots-for-social-good-hri19)
Workshop Papers (Lightly Reviewed)
[W.3] EunJeong Cheon (2019). "Alternative Vision of Living with IoT", Proceedings of the CHI 2019 Workshop on New Directions for the IoT: Automate, Share, Build, and Care, CHI'19, Glasgow, Scotland UK
[W.2] EunJeong Cheon (2018). "Futuristic Autobiographies -- background, research approaches, and findings," An Alternative HRI Methodology: The Use of Ethnography to Identify and Address Ethical, Legal, & Societal (ELS) Issues, ACM Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’18), Chicago, Illinois.
[W.1] EunJeong Cheon, and Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi. (2014). “The Interplay Between Different
Forms of Knowledge and Use of ICTs in Knowledge Practices of Consultants,” 10th Annual Social
Informatics Research Symposium Connecting (Epistemic) Cultures and (Intellectual) Communities
(ASIS&T SIG/SI), Seattle, WA, 1 November.