Karthik Bhat

I am an Assistant Professor of Information Science at Drexel. I have a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech.

My research is situated at the intersections of health and wellbeing, care work, and human-AI interaction. I study how we can design and leverage emerging technologies to support the care work performed by doctors, nurses, community health workers, health aides, and family caregivers. I pay specific attention to how these technologies can be responsive to the sociocultural and socioeconomic factors that impact their adoption and acceptance in existing care practices.

Note (June 2025): I am not accepting any new PhD students.

Prospective PhD students: Please send me an email with your CV and a short summary of your research interests and how they might intersect with mine. Please read my past work to understand if there is a research fit and briefly describe it in your email. Finally, familiarize yourself with the application processes and deadlines for the Information Science PhD program at Drexel CCI (deadline for full consideration: Dec 15th).

If you are currently at Drexel: I am happy to take on undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in doing research for credit and research co-ops. Please send me an email with your research/project interests and your CV.

If you are not at Drexel but would like to work with me: I am happy to support and mentor students in research projects and in leading research and publications. Please send me an email with your research/project interests and your CV. Please also include your current institution and advisor(s).

You can contact me at ksbhat [ at ] drexel [ dot ] edu.