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

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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

2018-2019

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

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360 Video UX

2018-2020

Comparing video presentation format (360° vs 2D) on information recall and user engagement.