Maliheh Ghajargar
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences · University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Quick answer: Maliheh Ghajargar is Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Maliheh Ghajargar shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ My research lab (plantai) is hiring highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students to work on several research projects. Topics include multi-species storytelling, more-than-human-geographies, and human-environment-AI interaction! If you are interested please email an updated CV/portfolio with a brief text describing your interests and motivation to me at maliheg@unc.edu.
Research interests
human-environment interaction, sustainability, and human-AI interaction
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2025] "Intimate Anthropocene: Attending to Land- and Soundscapes" - 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
[2025] "Tellings of the Pacific Ocean: A Landscape-based Approach for Multispecies Design and HCI" - ACM Journal of Sustainable Computing and Societies
[2025] "Alterity and kinship: co-writing posthumanist speculative nonfiction with AI" - Oxford Press's Interacting with Computers journal
[2024] "AI and Future-Making: Design, Biases and Human-Plant Interaction" - ACM Academic Mindtrek 2024
[2024] "The Words We Do Not Yet Have. A Creative Inquiry Into Human-Plant Relationships" - ACM Academic Mindtrek 2024
[2021] CHI'2021 paper co-authored with Jeffrey Bardzell
Frequently asked questions
Is Maliheh Ghajargar hiring PhD students at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Maliheh Ghajargar's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: My research lab (plantai) is hiring highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students to work on several research projects. Topics include multi-species storytelling, more-than-human-geographies, a.
What does Maliheh Ghajargar research?
human-environment interaction, sustainability, and human-AI interaction
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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