College of Engineering

Join the Department of Human Centered Design for our spring Preliminary Exam presentations.

HCDE doctoral students in their second year of the PhD program will overview their research project, discuss research methods and any results thus far, and describe how this research contributes to the field. Presentations will be about 15 minutes with time for a brief Q&A after each talk.

Presentation details coming soon

• 1:30 p.m. | Nisha Devasia, "The Role of Narrative in Misinformation Education Games"
• 2 p.m. | Nina Lutz, “'We’re not all construction workers': Algorithmic Compression of Latinidad on TikTok"
• 2:30 p.m. | Adiza Awwal, "Polarizing Black masculine on YouTube: Influencer pedestalization, information sharing and misogyny"
• 3 p.m. | Anoolia Gakhokidze, "Chokepoints in the Cloud: Generative Potential of Breakdown in Cloud Infrastructures"
• 3:30 p.m. | McKane Andrus, "From Data Activism to Activism in a Time of Dataism: Affirming Epistemological Heterogeneity in Social Movements"

• 1:30 p.m. | Adrian Rodriguez, "Towards Gamified Crafting for Blind and Low-Vision Players"    
• 2 p.m. | Claire Florence Weizenegger, "Everyday Surveillance and Consumer Smart Products: Investigating Privacy, Power, and Interpersonal Dynamics between Primary and Adjacent Users"