Information Visions Lab CU Boulder Information Science
member portrait Evan Peck
PI, Faculty
University of Colorado




Evan Peck is an Associate Professor of Information Science at CU Boulder, and an affiliate of the Computer Science Department. Evan’s research spans Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction, where his Information Visions Lab focuses on reimagining the processes and tools we use to share data with more diverse communities.

Prior to joining CU, Evan was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University (2014-2023) where he helped advance the integration of ethics and social responsibility into core computing curriculum at more than a dozen institutions.

Evan currently serves on the steering committee of Visualization for Social Good, the Board of Directors for the Computer Research Association’s Education Committee (CRA-E), and also acts as the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Information Science. Previously, he was a Visiting Scientist at MIT (2021-2022), and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tufts University (2014).

Projects

Values in Computing Careers
Improving Career Guidance

In a tough job market, how do computing students find careers that align with their values — and what can we learn from recent graduates who’ve navigated that tension themselves?

Experiential Data through Ceramics
Multi-Sensory Data

Can ceramics act as medium for data communication and exploration through the creation of a multi-sensorial storytelling installation?

Ecological Model of Visualization
Capturing the influence of context

How do context, culture, and lived experience shape the way people read charts? We apply an ecological framework to visualization literacy to move beyond individual decoding skills.

News

Apr 2026
Frida Mudsam’s workshop paper - From Charts to Context: An Ecological View of Visualization Literacy is presented at the ACM CHI 2026 Workshop on Data Literacy in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸. See our project page
Apr 2026
Ziptable is featured on FlowingData. Built by Evan Peck, Ziptable is a tiny tool for quickly sharing small datasets without uploading any data to a server. See the announcement.
Jan 2026
Evan Peck launches a new course at CU Boulder that translates the lab’s expertise into a project-based educational experience for both undergrads and grad students - Communicative Visualization: Designing Charts that Inform, Engage, and Persuade. Read the syllabus here
Jan 2026
In a multi-disciplinary collaboration led by Steve Voida’s TMI Lab, new paper published in Health Psychology: Situational awareness predicts self-management of type I diabetes in adolescents and young adults