Yang Zhao 赵阳
She/Her
Yang (pronounced “yahng,” rhymes with “song”) is a first-year Ph.D. student in Information Sciences at UIUC. Yang's research interests include digital humanities and information accessibility, with a focus on making visual cultural materials more open and usable for diverse audiences, especially people without technical backgrounds and those with different access needs.
Upcoming
I will attend the 4S 2026 Conference in Toronto during October 7-10 as part of a panel discussion.
My poster, “The Sign Before the Record: Character Formation as a Layer of Ancient Climate Information in Chinese Oracle-Bone Script,” was accepted to ASIS&T 2026.
A co-authored paper, "Good Questions, Bad Answers: Designing Black Women with AI" was accepted to ALISE 2026.
Research Interests
Education
Ph.D. Student in Information Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
M.S. in Computer Science
University of York, UK
M.A. in Art History
Heidelberg University, Germany
B.A. in Museum Studies
Fudan University, China