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1 <!-- end custom head snippets --></head><body> <!--[if lt IE 9]><div class="notice--danger align-center" style="margin: 0;">You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience.</div><![endif]--><div class="masthead"><div class="masthead__inner-wrap"><div class="masthead__menu"><nav id="site-nav" class="greedy-nav"> <button><div class="navicon"></div></button><ul class="visible-links"><li class="masthead__menu-item masthead__menu-item--lg"><a href="https://toby.li/">Toby Jia-Jun Li</a></li><li class="masthead__menu-item"><a href="https://toby.li/publications/">Publications</a></li><li class="masthead__menu-item"><a href="https://toby.li/teaching/" class="active">Teaching</a></li><li class="masthead__menu-item"><a href="https://toby.li/students/">SaNDwich Lab</a></li><li class="masthead__menu-item"><a href="https://toby.li/files/TobyLi_CV.pdf">CV</a></li><li class="masthead__menu-item"><a href="https://toby.li/misc/">Misc.</a></li></ul><ul class="hidden-links hidden"></ul></nav></div></div></div><div id="main" role="main"><div class="sidebar sticky"><div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><div class="author__avatar"> <img src="https://toby.li/images/toby_profile.jpg" class="author__avatar" alt="Toby Jia-Jun Li"></div><div class="author__content"><h3 class="author__name">Toby Jia-Jun Li</h3><p class="author__bio">Assistant Professor<p><a href='https://cse.nd.edu/' target='_blank'>Department of Computer Science and Engineering</a></p><p><a href='https://www.nd.edu/' target='_blank'>University of Notre Dame</a></p></p></div><div class="author__urls-wrapper"><ul class="author__urls social-icons"><li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> 214B Cushing Hall</li><li><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i> Email</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/TobyJLi"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/tobyli"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> Github</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-qCUO0kAAAAJ&hl=en"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-graduation-cap"></i> Google Scholar</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="archive"><h1 class="page__title">Teaching</h1><p>I am passionate about teaching! At Notre Dame, I mainly teach Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) courses in the <a href="https://cse.nd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</a> at both graduate and undergraduate levels.</p><p>At Carnegie Mellon, I TAâd for two core HCI courses: 05-410/610: User-Centered Research and Evaluation and 05-391/891: Designing Human-Centered Software. I have received formal training in creating inclusive classroom environments, delivering constructive feedback, delivering effective lectures, and syllabus design through <a href="https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CMU Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation</a>. I also worked in teaching roles at the University of Minnesota for two years as a teaching assistant for CSCI 2011: Discrete Structures of Computer Science and as a teaching staff for the Coursera online MOOC âFrom GPS and Google Maps to Spatial Computingâ.</p><div class=" list__item"><article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="publication_row"><div class="publication_column left"> <img src="/images/teaching5_thumbnail.png" alt="Notre Dame: Human-Centered Computing Research teaser" loading="lazy"></div><div class="publication_column right"> <a href=" https://sites.google.com/view/cse60427-fall2025 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Notre Dame: Human-Centered Computing Research </b></a><br> <i>Instructor, Fall 2021-2025</i><br> I developed a new doctoral level HCI research course for graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering at Notre Dame. This course provides an introduction to the different types of contributions, the foundational theories, and the core methods for research in HCI and human-centered research in other CS disciplines.<br> [<a href=" https://sites.google.com/view/cse60427-fall2025 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Course Homepage</a>]</div></div></article></div><div class=" list__item"><article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="publication_row"><div class="publication_column left"> <img src="/images/teaching1_thumbnail.png" alt="CMU: Designing Human-Centered Software teaser" loading="lazy"></div><div class="publication_column right"> <a href=" https://www.hcii.cmu.edu/courses/designing-human-centered-software " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>CMU: Designing Human-Centered Software </b></a><br> <i>Teaching Assistant, Spring 2019</i><br> DHCS is CMUâs main âintroduction to HCIâ course. This course introduces the skills and concepts of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that enable computer scientists to design systems that effectively meet human needs. A concrete illustration of the practice of HCI, this course covers iterative design processes, interactive prototype construction, discount evaluation techniques, and the historical context of HCI. I TAâd this course with Prof. <a href="http://www.chrisharrison.net/">Chris Harrison</a> in Spring 2019. My responsibilities included holding office hours, grading assignments, and help conducting project âbakeoffsâ.<br> [<a href=" https://www.hcii.cmu.edu/courses/designing-human-centered-software " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Course Homepage</a>]</div></div></article></div><div class=" list__item"><article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="publication_row"><div class="publication_column left"> <img src="/images/teaching2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="CMU: User-Centered Research and Evaluation teaser" loading="lazy"></div><div class="publication_column right"> <a href=" https://hcii.cmu.edu/courses/user-centered-research-and-evaluation " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>CMU: User-Centered Research and Evaluation </b></a><br> <i>Teaching Assistant, Fall 2018</i><br> As one of the core âflagshipâ courses for CMUâs Master in HCI program, this course introduces the skills and concepts of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that enable computer scientists to design systems that effectively meet human needs. A concrete illustration of the practice of HCI, this course covers iterative design processes, interactive prototype construction, discount evaluation techniques, and the historical context of HCI. I TAâd this course with Profs. <a href="https://www.amyogan.com/">Amy Ogan</a>, <a href="https://raelin.me/">Raelin Musuraca</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophermconnors">Chris Connors</a>. My responsibilities included holding weekly office hours, leading recitation sessions, and designing assignments, projects, and exams.<br> [<a href=" https://hcii.cmu.edu/courses/user-centered-research-and-evaluation " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Course Homepage</a>]</div></div></article></div><div class=" list__item"><article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="publication_row"><div class="publication_column left"> <img src="/images/teaching3_thumbnail.png" alt="Coursera: From GPS and Google Maps to Spatial Computing teaser" loading="lazy"></div><div class="publication_column right"> <a href=" https://www.coursera.org/course/spatialcomputing " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Coursera: From GPS and Google Maps to Spatial Computing </b></a><br> <i>Teaching Staff, Fall 2014</i><br> This course is a free online course that introduces the fundamental ideas underlying spatial computing services, systems and sciences co-taught by Profs. <a href="http://www.brenthecht.com/">Brent Hecht</a> and <a href="https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~shekhar/">Shashi Shekhar</a>. Topics covered include spatial database, spatial data mining, VGI analysis, positioning, web cartography and relevant algorithms. As of October 2014, this class has reached over 20,000 enrolled students. I served as a teaching staff for this course. My responsibilities included monitoring the discussion forum, providing academic supp
1ort for students, designing programming assignments and quizzes and recording assignment instruction videos.<br> [<a href=" https://www.coursera.org/course/spatialcomputing " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Course Homepage</a>]</div></div></article></div><div class=" list__item"><article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="publication_row"><div class="publication_column left"> <img src="/images/teaching4_thumbnail.png" alt="UMN: CSCI2011 Discrete Structures of Computer Science teaser" loading="lazy"></div><div class="publication_column right"> <a href=" http://www-users.cselabs.umn.edu/classes/Fall-2013/csci2011/index.php " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>UMN: CSCI2011 Discrete Structures of Computer Science </b></a><br> <i>Teaching Assistant, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014</i><br> I worked as a Teaching Assistant for this course in Fall 2013 with Prof. <a href="http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~carl/">Carl Sturtivant</a> and in Spring 2014 with Prof. <a href="http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kuang/">Rui Kuang</a>. Topics covered in CSCI2011 included intro-level set theory, number theory, combinatorics, probability, proof and graph theory. My responsibilities were leading two weekly 50-student recitation sessions, holding weekly office hour sessions and grading assignments/quizzes.<br> [<a href=" http://www-users.cselabs.umn.edu/classes/Fall-2013/csci2011/index.php " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Course Homepage</a>]</div></div></article></div></div></div><div class="page__footer"><footer> <!-- start custom footer snippets --> <!-- <a href="/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> --> <!-- end custom footer snippets --><div class="page__footer-follow"><ul class="social-icons"><li><strong>Toby Jia-Jun Li</strong> · Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame</li><li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> 214B Cushing Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556</li></ul><ul class="social-icons"><li><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i> Email</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-qCUO0kAAAAJ&hl=en"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-graduation-cap" aria-hidden="true"></i> Google Scholar</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/tobyli"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> GitHub</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/TobyJLi"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://toby.li/feed.xml"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Feed</a></li></ul></div><div class="page__footer-copyright">© 2026 Toby Jia-Jun Li. Last updated September 2026.</div></footer></div>
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