Publications

2021

AI in Global Health: The View from the Front Lines (Summary)
Azra Ismail and Neha Kumar
CHI 2021

“Can I Not Be Suicidal On a Sunday?”: Understanding Technology-Mediated Pathways to Mental Health Support (Summary)
Sachin Pendse, Amit Sharma, Aditya Vashistha, Munmun De Choudhury, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2021

2020

Individually Vulnerable, Collectively Safe: The Security and Privacy Practices of Households with Older Adults
Savanthi Murthy, Karthik S. Bhat, Sauvik Das, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2020

Sociocultural Dimensions of Tracking Health and Taking Care
Karthik S. Bhat and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2020
Best Paper

Menstrual (Im)Mobilities and Safe Spaces
Anupriya Tuli, Shaan Chopra, Pushpendra Singh, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2020

“Like Shock Absorbers”: Understanding Human Infrastructures of Technology-Mediated Mental Health Support
Sachin Pendse, Faisal Lalani, Amit Sharma, Munmun De Choudhury, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2020

Understanding the Care Ecologies of Veterans with PTSD
Hayley Evans, Udaya Lakshmi, Hue Watson, Azra Ismail, Neha Kumar, and Rosa Arriaga
CHI 2020

Culture in Action: Unpacking Capacities to Inform Assets-Based Design
Marisol Wong-Villacres, Carl DiSalvo, Neha Kumar, Betsy DiSalvo
CHI 2020
Best Paper Honorable Mention

Towards an AI-powered Future that Works for Vocational Workers
Divy Thakkar, Neha Kumar, and Nithya Sambasivan
CHI 2020

Taking the Long, Holistic, and Intersectional View to Women’s Wellbeing
Neha Kumar, Naveena Karusala, Azra Ismail, and Anupriya Tuli
ToCHI Special Issue on “HCI and the Body: Reimagining Women’s Health” (Forthcoming)


2019

Engaging Feminist Solidarity for Comparative Research, Design, and Practice
Neha Kumar, Naveena Karusala, Azra Ismail, Marisol Wong-Villacres, and Aditya Vishwanath
CSCW 2019

Restoration Work: Everyday Challenges in HIV Outreach
Neha Kumar, Azra Ismail, Samyukta Sherugar, and Rajesh Chandwani
CSCW 2019

Learning to Airbnb by Engaging in Online Communities of Practice
Maya Holikatti, Shagun Jhaver, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2019

If it Rains, Ask Grandma to Disconnect the Nano: Maintenance & Care in Havana’s StreetNet
Michaelanne Dye, David Nemer, Neha Kumar, and Amy Bruckman
CSCW 2019
Best Paper Honorable Mention

The Work of Bilingual Parent-Education Liaisons: Assembling Information Patchworks for Immigrant Parents
Marisol Wong-Villacres, Neha Kumar, and Betsy DiSalvo
CSCW 2019

Mental Health in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities for HCI4D
Sachin Pendse, Naveena Karusala, Divya Siddarth, Pattie Gonsalves, Seema Mehrotra, John Naslund, Mamta Sood, Neha Kumar, and Amit Sharma
COMPASS 2019

”It’s a girl thing”: Examining Challenges & Opportunities around Menstrual Health Education in India
Anupriya Tuli, Shruti Dalvi, Neha Kumar, and Pushpendra Singh
ToCHI 2019

Privacy, Patriarchy, and Participation on Social Media
Naveena Karusala, Apoorva Bhalla, and Neha Kumar
DIS 2019

Empowerment on the Margins: The Online Experiences of Community Health Workers
Azra Ismail and Neha Kumar
CHI 2019
Best Paper Honorable Mention

Engaging Lived and Virtual Realities
Aditya Vishwanath, Naveena Karusala, Marisol Wong-Villacres, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2019

Examining the “Global” Language of Emojis: Designing for Cultural Representation
Philippe Kimura-Thollander and Neha Kumar
CHI 2019

The Parenting Actor-Network of Latino Immigrants in the United States
Marisol Wong-Villacres, Neha Kumar, and Betsy DiSalvo
CHI 2019

Aspirations-Based Design
Neha Kumar, Marisol Wong-Villacres, Naveena Karusala, Aditya Vishwanath, Arkadeep Kumar, and Azra Ismail
ICTD 2019

Nurture: Assisted Pediatrics for Indian Parents
Neha Kumar, Rajesh Chandwani, and Julie Kientz
ICTD 2019


2018

Engaging Solidarity in Data Collection Practices for Community Health
Azra Ismail and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2018

Bridging Disconnected Knowledges for Community Health
Azra Ismail, Naveena Karusala, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2018

Towards Informed Practice in HCI for Development
Neha Kumar and Nicola Dell
CSCW 2018

Uber in Bangladesh: The Tangled Web of Mobility and Justice
Neha Kumar, Nassim JafariNaimi, and Mehrab Bin Morshed
CSCW 2018

Learning from and with Menstrupedia: Towards Menstrual Health Education in India
Anupriya Tuli, Shaan Chopra, Neha Kumar, and Pushpendra Singh
CSCW 2018

Knowledge, Access, and Decision-Making: Women’s Financial Inclusion In Pakistan
Samia Ibtasam, Lubna Razaq, Haider W. Anwar, Hamid Mehmood, Kushal Shah, Jennifer Webster, Neha Kumar, and Richard Anderson
COMPASS 2018

Designing for Intersections
Marisol Wong-Villacres, Arkadeep Kumar, Aditya Vishwanath, Naveena Karusala, Betsy DiSalvo, and Neha Kumar
DIS 2018

“Only if you use English you will get to more things”: Using Smartphones to Navigate Multilingualism
Naveena Karusala, Aditya Vishwanath, Aditya Vashistha, Sunita Kumar, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2018

Stitching Infrastructures to Facilitate Telemedicine in Low-Resource Environments
Rajesh Chandwani and Neha Kumar
CHI 2018

El Paquete Semanal: The Week’s Internet in Havana
Michaelanne Dye, David Nemer, Josiah Mangiameli, Amy Bruckman, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2018

Social Media for Earthquake Response: Unpacking its Limitations with Care
Marisol Wong-Villacres, Cristina Velasquez, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2018

Care as a Resource for Underserved Learning Environments
Naveena Karusala, Aditya Vishwanath, Arkadeep Kumar, Aman Mangal, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2018
Diversity and Inclusion Recognition

“Is Twitter meant for celebrities only?” A Qualitative Study of Twitter Use in India
Neha Kumar
In Abigail De Kosnik & Keith Feldman (eds.), #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sex, and Nation. University of Michigan Press. 2018

#ifafricawasabar: Participation on Twitter across African Borders
Naveena Karusala, Trevor Perrier, and Neha Kumar
In Abigail De Kosnik & Keith Feldman (eds.), #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sex, and Nation. University of Michigan Press. 2018


2017

Examining Low-Cost Virtual Reality for Low-Resource Learning Environments
Aditya Vishwanath, Matthew Kam, and Neha Kumar
DIS 2017

Examining Localization Approaches for Community Health
Aditya Vashistha, Neha Kumar, Anil Mishra, and Richard Anderson
DIS 2017

Locating the Internet in the Parks of Havana
Michaelanne Dye, David Nemer, Laura Pina, Nithya Sambasivan, Amy Bruckman, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2017
Best Paper Honorable Mention

Sidestepping the Elephant in the Classroom: Using Culturally Appropriate Software To Teach Around Taboos
Piya Sorcar, Ben Strauber, Prashant Loyalka, Neha Kumar, and Shelley Goldman
CHI 2017
Best Paper Honorable Mention

Women’s Safety in Public Spaces: Examining the Efficacy of Panic Buttons in New Delhi
Naveena Karusala and Neha Kumar
CHI 2017

Goodbye Text, Hello Emoji: Mobile Communication on WeChat in China
Rui Zhou, Jasmine Hentschel, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2017

Rice Today, Roti Tomorrow: Diets and Diabetes in Urban Indian Households
Jasmine Hentschel, Samyukta Sherugar, Rui Zhou, Vaishnav Kameswaran, Rajesh Chandwani, and Neha Kumar
CHI 2017

When the Internet Goes Down in Bangladesh
Mehrab Bin Morshed, Michaelanne Dye, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, and Neha Kumar
CSCW 2017