Grace Eunhye Ko

Grace (Eunhye) Ko is a Bullard Postdoctoral Fellow collaborating with Professor Earl Huff. As a learning scientist and HCI researcher, she focuses on designing ethical and practical AI-based technologies for K-16 education. Recently, her interests have expanded to using Generative AI to promote educational equity. Through participatory design and mixed methods research, she explores several key areas: using GenAI to create accessible and inclusive learning experiences, enhancing student capabilities through student-AI collaboration, and improving generative AI literacy.

Additionally, Grace collaborates with Dr. Ying Ding at the AI in Healthcare Lab to develop GenAI-based chatbots for older adults. These chatbots aim to prevent memory loss and reduce social isolation. Her research involves experimenting with these chatbots to understand how they can incorporate older adults' opinions, be effectively implemented, and ensure safe usage. She is also working on creating datasets to reduce medical hallucinations.

Grace earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin's College of Education in 2024. Her dissertation focused on the use of AI in intelligent tutoring systems, demonstrating how student-centered AI design can empower learners by enhancing transparency, trust, and agency. This research utilized a value-sensitive design framework and mixed methods approach.