Designing Everyday Family Technologies: Supporting Health and Wellbeing in Family-Food Interactions with Children

Technology is pervasive in everyday family life. However, creating meaningful sociotechnical systems that are useful for (and desired by) families remains a complex and evolving challenge. To design for families in the digital age, HCI research requires holistic understanding and in-depth investigation to unpack social dynamics and situated use beyond the individual. My dissertation applies a family-centered approach to examine how technologies might be better designed to support everyday social, health, and developmental goals and challenges. Focusing on family-food interactions, my work unpacks complexities in navigating various food-related experiences to inform design implications.