Hi there! 😀 I'm HaeJin Lee, a PhD candidate in Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I earned my B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics from UIUC.

I study how people engage in self-regulated learning and interact with AI-powered systems that support these strategies in computer-based learning environments. The central question that guides my research is: How can we leverage AI to help humans become better self-regulated learners?

I approach this question through three complementary research goals:
1. Modeling self-regulated learning in computer-based learning environments using learning analytics
2. Designing and developing AI systems that leverage eXplainable AI to support self-regulated learning
3. Evaluating these systems to ensure fairness, particularly for neurodiverse learners (e.g., individuals diagnosed with ADHD).

News

[05/06/2025]   Officially passed my prelim exam!
[04/30/2025]   My CHI paper received Best Paper, Honorable Mention award! 🏆
[03/05/2025]   I will be presenting a paper at  LAK 2025. See you in Dublin, Ireland! 🍀
[03/05/2025]   My first-author paper has been accepted at  CHI 2025! See you in Yokohama, Japan! 🌸
[02/25/2025]   I was a guest lecturer for Causal Machine Learning (IS 590) at UIUC.
[01/30/2025]   Paper on standardizing methodological variability using Scholarly Data Analysis (SoDA) cards available at arXiv.
[12/24/2024]   My first journal paper has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of STEM Education.
[07/15/2024]   I presented my co-first author paper at an  ACL  workshop on gender bias in LLMs in Bangkok, Thailand! 🌴