Colin M Gray

Colin M. Gray is an associate professor and director of the Human-Computer Interaction design (HCI/d) program at Indiana University. In addition, Gray is a visiting researcher at Newcastle University in England and a guest professor at Beijing Normal University in China. Gray teaches user experience design at Purdue University. Gray's research focuses on design learning and practice, dark patterns, and user experience ethics. Gray is the lab director for the UXP2 Pedagogy and Practice Lab.

Education

• PhD in Instructional Systems Technology–Indiana University Bloomington)

• MEd in Educational Technology–University of South Carolina

• MA in Graphic Design–Savannah College of Art & Design

Some of their most cited work includes

• Gray, C. M., Kou, Y., Battles, B., Hoggatt, J., & Toombs, A. L. (2018). The dark (Patterns) side of ux design. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174108

• Gray, C. M. (2016). “It’s more of a mindset than a method”: Ux practitioners’ conception of design methods. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 4044–4055. https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858410

• Gray, C. M., Santos, C., Bielova, N., Toth, M., & Clifford, D. (2021). Dark patterns and the legal requirements of consent banners: An interaction criticism perspective. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445779

Video

• Colin Gray: Dark Patterns, Ethical Engagement, and the Potential for Action

Websites

• Dark Patterns

• Everyday Ethics Site

• Google Scholar: Colin M. Gray

• Professional Website: Colin M. Gray

• UXP2 Lab Site