Active UX Research Projects
Gathering evidence on user behavior to design better interactions between people and technologies
Occupational Hearing Loss
2020-2021
Characterization and assessment of the burden of hearing and balance impairments in populations with occupational exposure to hazardous noise. Research is focused on identifying barriers to noise prevention and perceived risk and guiding future treatment of noise-induced hearing loss.
Supported by U-LINK
Hurakan: Hurricance Risk Communication
2018-2019
Designing a hurricane information provision system that communicates the minimal critical pieces of information to the maximum number of people from diverse backgrounds.
Supported by U-LINK Phase I & II
Extensions of the Congruence Association Model
2018-2019
Investigating the impact of musical multimedia on psychological, behavioral, and physiological outcomes and building an underlying framework of the effects of musical multimedia.
Supported by Provost Research Award & SOC Award
Fake News, Real Share
2018-2020
Examining factors that influence people’s judging, sharing, and commenting of fake news.
Supported by Center for Communication, Culture & Change
Firefighter Cancer Initiative
2016-2021
Exploring reporting variables, system design attributes, and information presentation priorities in designing a Personal Exposure Reporter (PER) for Firefighters.
Supported by State of Florida & FEMA
360 Video UX
2018-2020
Comparing video presentation format (360° vs 2D) on information recall and user engagement.