Research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human dignity, spiritual well-being, children's media, and deep design culture. 한유경 · Korina (Yoo-Kyung) Han
"AI should not just make systems faster — it should make people more whole. This lab researches how AI can reach the deepest human needs: healing, dignity, growth, and meaning."
Question: How can AI-driven UX systems support spiritual formation, emotional healing, and trauma recovery without reducing the sacred to a product?
Born from 4,000 personal letters to God. Vision: AI Companion → VR Meditation → Digital Therapeutics for Korean-American communities.
Question: How can AI UX be designed to actively protect human dignity, build trust, and embody compassion?
Grounded in AT&T and Northrop Grumman enterprise experience. Output: Compassion-Centered AI Ethics Framework.
Question: How can AI-based mentor guides help children develop critical media literacy?
Origin: MS Thesis 2012 — "Cognitive Design Principles." Now extended into the era of generative AI.
Question: How does design practiced with depth and ethics shape organizational culture in the age of AI?
Dissertation: "Deep Design: Formation of Design Culture within Organizations and Society in the Age of AI."
Personal letters, testimony, and lived experience as primary research data. The story is the method.
Faith communities, mental health professionals, and enterprise design teams as research partners.
Real organizations, real systems, real human impact at scale across 22 years of practice.
22 years of design leadership as ongoing research. The practitioner is the researcher.
Korina (Yoo-Kyung) Han · ProQuest Dissertations & Theses · December 2012 · ID: 1521427
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