Summary
Sean Munson is a Professor and Associate Chair in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington who blends HCI research, implementation science, and leadership to improve health, wellbeing, and information exposure. His work designs and evaluates ways people make sense of personal and societal data, with a special focus on the multidisciplinary coordination needed to implement evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Co-director of the UW ALACRITY Center and an NSF CAREER Award recipient and Distinguished Member of ACM, he has secured funding from NSF, NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, and industry partners like Google. As PhD program director he doubled underrepresented recruitment and materially increased completion and stipend outcomes, showing a rare mix of research rigor and practical program-building. Early career experience in political blogging and conceptual aircraft interior design at Boeing gives him an unusual perspective on communication, systems thinking, and applied design.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Information, PhD, Information at University of Michigan
BS, Engineering (Systems Design), BS, Engineering (Systems Design) at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering