Eve He✳

PHD STUDENT · UW–MADISON

People, privacy,
and the worlds
we create.

I’m Eve (Zihan) He. I study how people make sense of their data and navigate privacy in a world shaped by AI.

INFORMATION SCIENCE × HUMAN EXPERIENCEMADISON, WISCONSIN · USA

I’m a PhD student in Information at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, advised by Prof. Emilee Rader.

My research spans usable privacy and security, human–AI interaction, and human–computer interaction. I use mixed methods to understand how people interpret personal data, manage their digital identities, and experience emerging technologies.

Before my PhD, I earned an MS in Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked as an AI product manager designing and evaluating conversational voice interfaces.

eve.he@wisc.edu ↗
Usable privacy & securityHuman–AI interactionHCI

02 / RESEARCH

Questions I’m exploring.

People at the center.
Real-world experiences as evidence.
I.

When a phone number
becomes an identity

How do people navigate account access and digital identity when their phone number changes? I lead a mixed-methods study combining surveys, interviews, and analysis of service workflows.

2025–PRESENT DIGITAL IDENTITY
II.

Making sense of
personal data

What happens when data tells people something unexpected about themselves? I analyzed interviews and driving data from a 12-week field study to inform more transparent personal-data reports.

2024–2025 PRIVACY & SENSEMAKING
III.

Exploring information
through visualization

How can interfaces make complex information easier to explore? At UNC–Chapel Hill, I designed and evaluated a geospatial dashboard for satellite trajectories and location-based data.

2022–2023 INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION

03 / PUBLICATIONS

Research, in writing.

Publication statuses follow my September 2026 CV.

04 / ACADEMIC LIFE

Beyond
the paper.

Teaching, reviewing, and contributing to the communities that make research possible.

TEACHING

Data & Algorithms: Ethics and Policy

Teaching Assistant · LIS 461, UW–Madison
Fall 2025, Spring 2026 & Summer 2026

SERVICE

Supporting the research community

Technical Program Committee, PSSEAPE workshop at UbiComp/ISWC 2026. External reviewer for CSCW 2026 Posters, ICMI 2026 Late Breaking Results, and CHI 2025 LBW.

Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews · CHI 2025

COMMUNITY & RECOGNITION

Learning and growing together

PhD Student Representative, UW–Madison · 2025–present
CRA Scholarship · 2026
GHC Scholar & Community Member · 2023–present

THERE’S ALWAYS MORE TO EXPLORE

Let’s exchange ideas.

eve.he@wisc.edu ↗