Hi, I’m Ploy         

A Mindful Researcher and Designer

I’m a PhD student in Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology under Dr. Yanni Loukissas. I also work with Dr. Richmond Wong, in the Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab, and previously with Dr. Mona Slone, in the Sloane Lab.

I work in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Design. My research explores the reciprocal relationship between humans and technology: how technologies shape social practices, values, and ways of being, and how human choices, cultures, and imaginaries in turn shape the design and use of technologies. Through this work, I aim to reimagine more meaningful and responsible technological futures.
 

📍 News

Sep 2025

Presented my work on designing an affective data setting (with a live demo) at 4S Conference, Seattle, WA

Jan 2025

Selected for participation at NNCI Winter School on Emerging Technologies, Mesa, AZ

Aug 2024

Started my PhD at Georgia Tech!

👩‍💻 Past Experiences

Product Design Intern at Agoda (Booking Holdings Inc.)
June - August 2023
UX Design Intern at KLOA (An NLP Startup)
June - August 2022

👩‍🎓 Education

Ph.D. Digital Media at Georgia Institute of Technology
2024 - Present
M.S. Integrated Design & Media at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
2022 - 2024
B.S. Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington
2018 - 2022

✍️ Publication

• "What’s going on in Accessibility Research?" Frequencies and Trends of Disability Categories and Research Domains in Publications at ASSETS ’22