Dr. Jennifer Mankoff is an Associate Professor in the Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where she joined the faculty in 2004. She earned her B.A. at Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology advised by Gregory Abowd and Scott Hudson. Her research focuses on information-based systems and their role in addressing both individual and community-wide problems. Dr. Mankoff's work combines empirical methods with technological innovation. Her goal is to construct enabling tools and processes that can generalize across domains. Application areas of her work include persuasive techniques for encouraging energy saving behavior, interfaces for supporting individuals with chronic illness, and assistive technologies. She helped found the sustainable-chi group (sustainable-chi [at] googlegroups [dot] com). Her research has been supported by Google Inc., the Intel Corporation, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, and the National Science Foundation.