Joanna McGrenere is a Canadian computer scientist specializing in human–computer interaction, adaptive user interfaces, and universal usability.
[1] Her dissertation, The Design and Evaluation of Multiple Interfaces: A Solution for Complex Software, was jointly supervised by Ronald Baecker and Kellogg S.
[1] At the University of British Columbia, her notable doctoral students have included Leah Findlater and Karyn Moffat.
[2] In 2004, McGrenere became the inaugural winner of the Borg Early Career Award of the Computing Research Association.
[5] McGrenere was elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada in 2017.