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Alexis Hiniker

Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, University of Washington Information School

Alexis Hiniker is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Washington Information School. She studies the ways that technologies manipulate and exploit their users and how to design more respectful alternatives. Alexis is a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2021-2023.

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Contributions by Alexis

Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025

Opinions Technology Development Education technology

A child presses on a smart speaker.

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 1 August 2024

Interviews Technology Learning & Education Education technology

A computer scientist helps a child thrive with digital technology.

Chris Fu and Alexis Hiniker / 9 March 2023

Articles Learning & Education Education technology

A young boy intently listens to a speaker held to his ear.

Alexis Hiniker / 28 February 2018

Articles Society Technology and society

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Quality Coordinator at a primary school in the Netherlands 

Ellis Stevelink

PhD Candidate at the Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Université Paris Cité

Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro

Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam

Eddie Brummelman, photo by Sander Nieuwenhuys

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