Elizabeth MurnaneLab director · Website ↗Empower Lab
We co-create inclusive technologies with communities, combining human–computer interaction, personal informatics, social computing, and AI to support health and behavior change. Through research, design, and real-world deployment, we advance health equity, accessibility, and sustainability to empower individuals and communities.
Research
Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist (COAPS)
Training and supporting certified older adult peer specialists for mental health care
Classmoji
Emoji-based grading platform for GitHub-based coding assignments in education
Healthcare sustainability
Prepping for Infant Care
Empowering expecting parents to gain essential knowledge and hands-on experience in newborn care.
People
Publications
AI-Driven Oral Examinations for Code Assessment: Evaluating Understanding Beyond the Commit
SIGCSE TS 2026: Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
Classmoji: A GitHub-Native LMS for Flexible CS Education
SIGCSE TS 2026: Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
Sprout: Using a Visual Metaphor to Support Customizable and Collaborative Health Tracking
Be part of the work
Interested in research, collaboration, or participating in a study? This section brings those pathways together.
Help shape adolescent wellbeing tools
Interested in how young people can inform our mental-health research? Contact the lab to ask about opportunities to participate.
Ask about participatingBring your perspective to health research
Our work spans doula support, physical therapy, and dementia care. Get in touch to ask which studies are welcoming participants.
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