👋 Hi, my name is Alex! I’m a UX Researcher working to build fairer AI.

I am a Master’s student at the University of Washington in Human-Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE). I also work as a Research Associate in the Human-AI Interaction Lab and Misinformation & AI Lab at UT Austin’s School of Information.

Through my research, I have worked on building fairer and more equitable AI in diverse domains, including:

Rideshare Drivers
- Zhang, A., Boltz, A., Wang, C. W., & Lee, M. K. (2022, April). Algorithmic management reimagined for workers and by workers: Centering worker well-being in gig work. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-20).
Algorithmic and Crowdsourced Misinformation
- Jia, C., Boltz, A., Zhang, A., Chen, A., & Lee, M. K. (2022). Understanding Effects of Algorithmic vs. Community Label on Perceived Accuracy of Hyper-partisan Misinformation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), 1-27.
Creating Data Visualization Tools
- Zhang, A., Boltz, A., Lynn, J., Wang, C. W., & Lee, M. K. (2023). Stakeholder-Centered AI Design: Co-Designing Worker Tools with Gig Workers through Data Probes. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Fact-Checking Journalism (publication pending)
Social Media Toxicity Detection (publication pending)
Shift-Scheduling Algorithms (publication pending)

Projects

Contact

📧: aboltz@uw.edu

📍: Seattle, WA