Catherine Wieczorek

Catherine Wieczorek (she/her) is a designer and researcher exploring how temporality shapes systemic inequities for human and non-human actors, using design methods and ethnography to surface and reimagine these entanglements.

She is currently a PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing. Her research investigates how temporality shapes socially and environmentally complex issues, generating insights for design, policy, and broader understandings of socio-technical systems. She works across domains including sexual health, water conservation, agriculture, and public libraries, and a public aquarium.

Before her doctoral studies, she worked as a researcher and designer in public health contexts, including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s D-Lab, Flip Labs, and the University of Chicago’s Ci3 Design Lab. Her design work has been featured on NPR and Design for America and recognized by Fast Company’s “World Changing Ideas” and the Core77 Design Awards. Prior to her work in research, she worked as a graphic designer in Chicago. Catherine holds an MS in Informatics from Penn State University, a Master of Design from the IIT Institute of Design, and a BA in Visual Communication from Loyola University Chicago.