Angela D. R. Smith

Angela D. R. Smith is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Angela focuses on understanding and conceptualizing technology experiences that support ethically and socially responsible engagements among historically excluded individuals, such as individuals of color and individuals experiencing houselessness. She explores concepts of engagement and the systemic and structural barriers to successful engagement through community-based participatory design and co-creation, considering technology engagement as a sociotechnical experience. Angela explores constructs of empowerment, access, and conscientization among communities marginalized along multiple dimensions of identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, income, sexual identity).