Anastasia Schaadhardt

Anastasia Schaadhardt is a Ph.D. candidate at the Information School at the University of Washington, advised by Professor Wanda Pratt, and a member of the iMed research group. Her research interests span Human-Computer Interaction, Accessible Computing, and Health Informatics. Her doctoral research focuses on exploring and redesigning the patient experience in psychiatric hospitalization, in partnership with “Mad in America,” addressing the needs of psychiatric inpatients. She has conducted accessibility research with the Enable team at Microsoft Research and participated in software engineering research through the CRA-W DREU program. Additionally, she is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2021-2024). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in English from George Fox University.

• 2021-2024·Microsoft Research Enable Team·Researcher
  • Focused on accessibility research, developing technologies to support individuals with disabilities.
• 2021·CRA-W DREU Program·Researcher
  • Conducted software engineering research, exploring code examples and API usage patterns.

• 2020-Present·University of Washington·Ph.D. Candidate
  • Focused on Health Informatics and research on the psychiatric inpatient experience.
• 2016-2020·George Fox University·Bachelor's Degree
  • Dual degrees in Computer Science and English.