Elissa Carpio
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Elissa Carpio has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Amanda Lazar
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
1 shared publication - Beth Barnett
College of Information, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
1 shared publication - Kibron Tesfatsion
College of Information, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
1 shared publication - Ruipu Hu
College of Information, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
1 shared publication - Sheena Erete
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Vol. 2026, 1-15
Interrogating the “Us” Versus “Them” Dichotomy in Technology Research with Older Adults
Research on technology for older people focuses on older people’s experiences–and understandably so. However, the phenomena of othering, or seeing this group as different and worse off, is a persistent problem. In this project, we turned inwards through an 8-month collaborative autoethnography to understand our own experiences with technology issues and supporting others in technology use. We found that each member of our mixed age group faced pervasive and burdensome technology issues and recognized that some of the burden is associated with the evolution of technology tools. Our work contributes an expanded understanding of aging as a sociotechnical process and identifies counternarratives to implicit assumptions we held as HCI researchers working with older people. Our research also shows how reflexive positional methods can surface often unexamined experiences with technology issues and aging among researchers.
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Vol. 2026, 1-15
Open AccessInterrogating the “Us” Versus “Them” Dichotomy in Technology Research with Older Adults
Research on technology for older people focuses on older people’s experiences–and understandably so. However, the phenomena of othering, or seeing this group as different and worse off, is a persistent problem. In this project, we turned inwards through an 8-month collaborative autoethnography to understand our own experiences with technology issues and supporting others in technology use. We found that each member of our mixed age group faced pervasive and burdensome technology issues and recognized that some of the burden is associated with the evolution of technology tools. Our work contributes an expanded understanding of aging as a sociotechnical process and identifies counternarratives to implicit assumptions we held as HCI researchers working with older people. Our research also shows how reflexive positional methods can surface often unexamined experiences with technology issues and aging among researchers.