Jessie Chin

Jessie Chin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, holding affiliations across multiple institutions including the School of Information Sciences, Educational Psychology, Coordinated Science Lab, Beckman Institute, and National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Her research focuses on health information technology, human-computer interaction, and aging populations. She investigates how conversational agents, voice user interfaces, and smart devices can improve health literacy, behavior change, and well-being among older adults.

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Her work integrates cognitive science principles with design methodologies to create inclusive technologies. Key areas include:

• Co-designing voice interfaces for older adults
• Evaluating smart speaker feasibility in behavioral interventions
• Examining social dynamics in health peer discussions
• Exploring motivational states via large language models

Recent studies highlight metaphor-driven conversational agent design, privacy considerations in aging tech, and health belief modeling through social media analysis.

She collaborates across disciplines, leveraging computational methods and mixed-methods research to address health inequities and technology adoption barriers.

Affiliated with interdisciplinary centers like the Beckman Institute and NCSA, her work bridges health informatics, AI ethics, and aging research.