ACM SIGCHI Academy Awards

The SIGCHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction, and awardees are given lifetime invitations to the annual SIGCHI award banquet. These are the principal leaders of the field, whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in human-computer interaction. Congratulations to the Googlers recognized as the new Sig CHI Academy members at CHI 2021 Awards Ceremony: Sunny Consolvo, Merrie Morris, Fernanda Viégas, and Allison Woodruff.  

 

View the 2021 SIGCHI Awards and the 2020 SIGCHI Awards

Google Inductees 

As of May 2021, 8 Googlers have been inducted into the SIGCHI Academy, as follows (in reverse chronological order by year of induction): 

2021

Allison Woodruff

Allison Woodruff

 Senior Staff UX Researcher 
Fernanda Viegas

Fernanda Viégas

Principal Scientist 

2020

Meredith Ringel Morris

Meredith Ringel Morris

Director, Principal Scientist (joined Google March 2021) 

 

 

Sunny Consolvo

Sunny Consolvo 

Senior Staff UX Researcher 

2018

Ed Chi

Ed Chi

Distinguished Scientist 

2016

Dan Russell

Dan Russell

Senior Staff UX Researcher 
Elizabeth Churchill

Elizabeth Churchill

UX Director

2010

Shumin Zhai

Shumin Zhai

Principal Scientist (joined Google January 2011)