Ken Holstein, PhD

Dr. Ken Holstein is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University where he directs the Co- Augmentation, Learning, & AI (CoALA) Lab: https://www.thecoalalab.com/. Their group creates and studies human-AI collaborative systems to support fundamentally human forms of work (i.e., ones projected to resist full automation, such as care-based, creative, and social work). In their work, they typically partner with relevant stakeholders in real-world contexts to co-design and build novel human-AI systems that draw upon complementary strengths of human and AI decision-makers. Finally, they conduct field studies to understand the dynamics and impacts of human-AI collaborations in real-world contexts. Dr. Holstein completed his BS in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and his PhD and MS in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University.