Overworking in HCI: A Reflection on Why We Are Burned Out, Stressed, and Out of Control; and What We Can Do About It

Published in CHI ’24: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

Recommended citation: Abraham Mhaidli* and Kat Roemmich*. 2024. Overworking in HCI: A Reflection on Why We Are Burned Out, Stressed, and Out of Control; and What We Can Do About It. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24), May 11-16, 2024. Honolulu, HI, USA. 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3644052 *Co-first authors contributed equally http://kroemmich.github.io/files/CHI24_altCHI_Overwork.pdf

Our collective mission is to end overwork in academia, and nurture an academic culture that holistically values and supports every community member. We hope you join us.

Download paper here

Recommended citation: Abraham Mhaidli* and Kat Roemmich*. 2024. Overworking in HCI: A Reflection on Why We Are Burned Out, Stressed, and Out of Control; and What We Can Do About It. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ‘24), May 11-16, 2024. Honolulu, HI, USA. 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3644052 *Co-first authors contributed equally