Chorong Park / Scholarship

Publications

Selected work on human agency, aging, accessibility, and the design of emerging technologies. Entries are listed newest first within each category, with links to the published record.

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Research papers & chapters

  1. 2026Conference paper

    When Robot Pets Feel Safe: Trust, Disclosure, and Ethical Design in AI Companion Robots for Older Adults

    Chorong Park, Rua M. Williams

    IEEE ARSO 2026

  2. 2026Conference paperHonorable Mention

    Privacy is Not One-Click: Designing Robots That Adapt to Older Adults' Changing Boundaries

    Nishchal Jagadeesha, Chorong Park, Avery Kruppe, Yanfu Liu, Rua Mae Williams, Sooyeon Jeong, Anastasia Kouvaras Ostrowski

    ACM CHI 2026

  3. 2025Conference paper

    Enhancing Trust Cues in Companion Robots for Older Adults: A Pet-Like, Friendly and Nostalgia-Driven Kansei Approach

    Chorong Park

    IEEE ICCR 2025

  4. 2025Adjunct proceedings paper

    Enhancing Joy with AR Glasses: Intergenerational Engagement for Older Adults and Youth

    Chorong Park, Pedro Acevedo

    IEEE ISMAR-Adjunct 2025

  5. 2025Book chapter

    Turning Onions into Stir Fry: Kansei Engineering for Older Adults

    Chorong Park, Rua M. Williams

    Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Volume 6

  6. 2024Journal article

    The Case for Disabled-Centric User Experience Research at the Intersection of Health Sciences and Technology as a Bridge to Guiding New Policy

    Sonal Sathe, Chorong Park

    Including Disability, Volume 4

  7. 2024Conference paper

    "Not Only Annoying but Dangerous": devising an ecology of protections for photosensitive social media users

    Rua Mae Williams, Chorong Park, Laila Sameer Dodhy, Monaami Pal, Atharva Anand Dnyanmote, Luchcha Angel Lam, Sean Joo

    ACM ASSETS 2024

  8. 2023Conference paper

    Cyborg Assemblages: How autistic adults construct sociotechnical networks to support cognitive function

    Rua Mae Williams, Chorong Park

    ACM CHI 2023

  9. 2021Short paper

    Fixation and Creativity in Data Visualization Design: Experiences and Perspectives of Practitioners

    Paul Parsons, Prakash Shukla, Chorong Park

    IEEE VIS 2021, pp. 76-80

Workshops & conference abstracts

  1. 2025Workshop proposal

    Disability Intimacy in HCI: Defining a Community-Driven Research Agenda

    Ekat Osipova, Jay Rodolitz, Kirk Andrew Crawford, Kay Kender, Ana O. Henriques, Chorong Park, Patricia Piedade, Rachel E Wood, Katta Spiel

    ACM ASSETS 2025

  2. 2025Conference abstract

    Enhancing Emotional Experience in AI-Enabled Robotics for Older Adults: A Kansei Engineering Approach

    Chorong Park, Rua Williams

    Innovation in Aging, 9 (Supplement 2)

  3. 2025Conference abstract

    Why AgeTech Remains Invisible to Older Adults: Global Barriers and Integration Gaps

    Ryan Jo, Chorong Park

    Innovation in Aging, 9 (Supplement 2)

Preprints

Preprints share work before peer review and should be read in that context.

  1. 2025Preprint; not a peer-reviewed publication

    The Persistence of Technoageism: how design norms disenfranchise older adults from technological confidence

    Chorong Park, Rua M. Williams

    TechRxiv

Public writing

  1. 2023Commentary

    Bridging the Therapeutic Divide: Age and Disability Discrimination in Tech-Based Health Settings

    Chorong Park

    Bill of Health, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School

This is a selected bibliography, not a complete CV. Years refer to the publication record; conference dates may differ. Abstracts, workshop proposals, preprints, and commentary are identified separately.