Contents: Akanksha | Colin M. Gray | John A. Walsh | Austin Toombs | Special Thanks

Creator

Akanksha

Akanksha (she/her) is a second-year master’s student (Class of 2025) in the Human-Computer Interaction design (HCI/d) program at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. After spending way too much time searching for inspiration and past examples for her own capstone, she decided to build the kind of resource she wished she had — something to make things easier (and less stressful!) for future students.

Contributors

Colin M. Gray

Colin M. Gray (they/them) is an Associate Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, where they serve as Director of the Human-Computer Interaction design (HCI/d) program. They are also an instructor for the I695 Thesis/Project in Human-Computer Interaction course. Colin facilitated contact with past HCI/d students and provided access to the physical archives of past capstone projects, helping bring this digital archive to life.

John A. Walsh

John A. Walsh (he/him) is the Director of the HathiTrust Research Center and Associate Professor of Information and Library Science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. The HCI /depot project began as past of his Z652 Digital Libraries course. He provided valuable guidance on structuring the collection and shared insights from his own work on Comic Book Paratexts, a CollectionBuilder project that directly inspired this archive.

Austin Toombs

Austin Toombs (he/him) is an Associate Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. He came up with the name “HCI /depot” — and earned a special shoutout here for it.

Special Thanks

A huge thank-you to all the HCI/d students who gave permission to showcase their amazing capstone work in this collection. This site wouldn’t be possible without their creativity, time, and generosity.

And a heartfelt thanks to the CollectionBuilder team for developing such a powerful and user-friendly tool — and for always being there to help in GitHub discussions. You’re awesome!