Team

Lab Director

Dr. Pamela Wisniewski 

Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Centered Computing, Social Computing, Privacy, and Online Safety for Youth and Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Wisniewski is an Associate Professor and Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow in the Department of Computer Science within Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering. As the Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research (STIR) Lab, her expertise in Human-Computer Interaction  (HCI) research helps her empower end users and teach students to understand the value in user-centered design and evaluation. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Systems from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has a B.S./M.S. in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida.

   Pamela.Wisniewski@Vanderbilt.edu

   Curriculum Vitae (Last updated in 2023)


  Post Docs and Ph.D. Students

Jinkyung Katie Park

Jinkyung Katie Park

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Human-centered Computing

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt …Read More

Zainab Agha

Zainab Agha

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Assistive Technology, Machine Learning

Zainab is an ORC Doctoral Fellow, pursuing her PhD in Computer Science. ..Read More

Ashwaq Soubai

Ashwaq Soubai

Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Data Science

Ashwaq is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. She is also…Read More

Mamtaj Akter

Mamtaj Akter

Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Mobile Privacy, Adolescents Online Safety

Mamtaj is pursuing her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research involves…Read More

Neeraj Chatlani

Neeraj Chatlani

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Machine Learning, Computer Science Education

Neeraj is a Ph.D. student at the University of Central Florida…Read More

Xavier Caddle

Xavier Caddle

Security, Emergent Behavior, and Multi-Agent Interaction

Xavier is a PhD student at the University of Central Florida and a Fulbright scholars recipient He is a part time…Read More

Leena Alghamdi

Leena Alghamdi

Smart Devices, privacy and security, IoT, IoT Privacy, Cybersecurity, Human computer interaction (HCI)

I am a Computer Engineering PhD student at UCF. I am a Teaching Assistant …Read More

Abdulmalik Alluhidan

Abdulmalik Alluhidan

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Social Computing

Abdulmalik is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science… Read More

Naima Samreen Ali

Naima Samreen Ali

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Assistive Technology

Naima is pursuing her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University…Read More

Sarvech Qadir

Sarvech Qadir

Human Computer Interaction, Applied Machine Learning, Data Science

I am first year Graduate Student At Vanderbilt University working with Adolescent …Read More


  Masters/Undergraduate Students

Maria Mosquera

Maria Mosquera

HCI, VR, Health IT, Software Engineering

Maria is a Master’s student at the University of Central Florida. Her interests in research…Read More

Nia Yick

Nia Yick

Nia is an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University. She is majoring in …Read More

Jiashun (Austin) Li

Jiashun (Austin) Li

Jiashun is an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University. majoring in …Read More

Syed Ali

Syed Ali

Syed is an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University. majoring in …Read More

Yiwei Wang

Yiwei Wang

Yiwei is an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University. majoring in …Read More


  STIR Lab Alumni – Post Doc/Ph.D.

Afsaneh Razi

Afsaneh Razi

HCI/UX, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Online Safety

Afsaneh is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Science at…Read More

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing, Online Safety, and Vulnerable Populations

Karla is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. She…Read More

Kevin Pfeil

Kevin Pfeil

HCI, 3DUI, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Kevin is now an Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida. He received… Read More

Arup Kumar Ghosh

Arup Kumar Ghosh

Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing, and Adolescent Online Safety

Arup is currently an Assistant Professor at Jacksonville State University. His research… Read More

Heidi Hartikainen

Heidi Hartikainen

Online safety, Web 2.0, Child-Computer Interaction, Qualitative research, Digital Fabrication

Heidi is now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oulu. She used …Read More


  STIR Lab Alumni – Masters/Undergrad

Zach Shea

Zach Shea

Mobile Application Development, UI/UX Design

Zach was in the Masters program for Modeling and Simulation at UCF. He specializes in UI/UX design and iOS…. Read More


Irina Lediaeva

Irina Lediaeva

Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, 3D User Interfaces, Virtual Reality

Irina was a master’s student and a Fulbright grantee pursuing a major in Computer Science…. Read More


Zaina Aljallad

Zaina Aljallad

Human-Computer Interaction, Privacy, and Security

Zaina was a computer science undergraduate student. She hopes to continue on to receive her PhD….Read More

Christy LaPerriere

Christy LaPerriere

UI/UX Design, Web Development, Human-Computer Interaction

Christy was an undergraduate at the University of Central Florida pursuing Digital Media Web Design… Read More

Jaclyn Abraham

Jaclyn Abraham

Adolescent Online Safety, Viral Social Media Challenges

Jaclyn was a pre-medical student at the University of Central Florida pursuing a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Psychology… Read More

Timothy Dinh

Timothy Dinh

Human-Computer Interaction, Privacy, Youth Online Safety

Timothy was an undergraduate student at the University of Central Florida pursuing a BS in… Read More

Thomas Lukas

Thomas Lukas

Privacy, Youth Online Safety, Designing Better Solutions to Protect Teens Online

Thomas was an undergraduate studying Computer Science at UCF… Read More

Hannah Main

Hannah Main

Human-Computer Interaction, Security, Machine Learning

Hannah was an undergraduate pursuing a Computer Science degree with a minor in Secure Computing…Read More

Natalie Laurent

Natalie Laurent

UX/UI Design, Web Development, Digital Media

Natalie was an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Web and Social Platforms…Read More

Pia Nelson

Pia Nelson

HCI, Human Behavior, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science

Pia was an undergraduate student at the a University of Central Florida pursuing… Read More

Salomon Pluviose

Salomon Pluviose

Mobile App Development, Software Engineering

Salomon was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Sunil Kumar Patro

Sunil Kumar Patro

Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

Sunil was a Masters student at the University of Central Florida…Read More

Tara Rutkowski

Tara Rutkowski

Machine Learning, Data Science, HCI, Statistical Learning Theory

Tara Rutkowski was an undergraduate student double majoring in Computer…. Read More

Carlson Sharpless

Carlson Sharpless

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Privacy & Security

Carlson was an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Computer Science…Read More

Max Huebler

Max Huebler

iOS/Web Development, Artificial-Intelligence

Max was an undergraduate student pursuing Computer Science… Read More

Mary McIntosh

Mary McIntosh

Human-Computer Interaction, Medical Imaging, Computer Vision

Mary was an undergraduate student pursuing Computer Science. Mary…Read More

Christian Lozano

Christian Lozano

Web Development, Human-Computer Interaction, UI/UX

Christian was an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Computer…Read More

Nafisa Chowdhury

Nafisa Chowdhury

UX/UI Design, Human-Computer Interaction, AI

Nafisa was an undergraduate student majoring in Information…Read More

Avery Reyna

Avery Reyna

Computational Social Science, HCI, Cyber Security

Avery was an undergraduate student majoring in International…Read More

Nick Kershaw

Nick Kershaw

Information Technology, Online Safety, HCI

Nick was an undergraduate student majoring in Information…Read More

Huy Pham

Huy Pham

Health Information Technology, HCI

Huy was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Camila Acevedo Carrillo

Camila Acevedo Carrillo

Online Safety, City Science, Assistive Technology, HCI

Camila was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Komila Khamidova

Komila Khamidova

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Mobile App Dev

Komila was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Olukayode Aina

Olukayode Aina

Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Mobile Dev

Olukayode was a graduate of Computer Science. He is…Read More

Sia Rajput

Sia Rajput

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Bio-Med

Sia was a high school student interested in Computer Science…Read More

Lauren Escarcha

Lauren Escarcha

Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Robotics

Lauren was a high school student interested in Computer…Read More

Lucas Lage

Lucas Lage

Web Development, Mobile app Development, Product Design

Lucas was a Computer Engineering student at UCF…Read More

Alice Zhang

Alice Zhang

Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile App Dev, UI/UX Design

Alice was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Maria Lopez

Maria Lopez

HCI, Natural Language Processing, Online Safety

Maria used to be an undergraduate student majoring in …Read More

Aimé Yelvington

Aimé Yelvington

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Social Computing

Aimé Yelvington was a student pursuing a degree in Information Technology. She is also…Read More

Luke Shirley

Luke Shirley

HCI, UI/UX Design, Product and Graphic Design

Luke was an undergraduate student pursuing Human Factors Psych… Read More

Taylor Moraguez

Taylor Moraguez

Foster Youth, LGBTQ+, HCI, Adolescent Online Safety

Taylor was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Zachary P. Miller

Zachary P. Miller

HCI, UX Research, Science and Technology Studies, Ethnography

Zachary was an undergraduate student majoring in Cultural Anthro…Read More

Naulsberry Jean Baptiste

Naulsberry Jean Baptiste

User-Interface and User-Experience Design, Online Safety

Naulsberry was an undergraduate student majoring in Information Te…Read More

Joseph Kocis

Joseph Kocis

iOS Dev, Software Engineering, UI/UX Design

Joseph was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Melanie Ehrlich

Melanie Ehrlich

HCI, UI/UX, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality

Melanie was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Jessica Medina

Jessica Medina

Machine Learning, HCI, Data Science, Online Safety

Jessica was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Emily Soto Garcia

Emily Soto Garcia

Human-Computer Interaction, Web Development, Machine Learning, and Data Science

Emily was an undergraduate student pursuing Computer…Read More

Shayne Tyrell

Shayne Tyrell

Mobile App Dev, Cybersecurity, HCI/UX, AI/Machine Learning

Shayne was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Zina Zhang

Zina Zhang

HCI, User Experience Design, Communication

Zina was an undergraduate from Ohio State University majoring in…Read More

Gianmarco Folchi

Gianmarco Folchi

HCI, Computer Science, Software Development

Gianmarco was an iOS developer for…Read More

Avery Reyna

Avery Reyna

Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, HCI, UX Design

Avery was an undergraduate majoring in Social…Read More

Ariane Avendano

Ariane Avendano

Human-Computer Interaction, App/Web Dev, Cybersecurity

Ariane was an undergraduate majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Alejandro Dominguez

Alejandro Dominguez

Online Safety, Social Computing, Educational Technologies

Alejandro was an undergraduate attending the IT program at UCF…Read More

Amanda Nisenbaum

Amanda Nisenbaum

Mobile App Dev, Machine Learning, UI/UX Design

Amanda was an undergraduate student in Computer Science. She is passionate about learning…Read More

Maggie LaFratta

Maggie LaFratta

Social Computing, Health IT, Online Adolescent Safety

Maggie was an undergraduate pursuing a second degree in Computer Science. After…Read More

Ricardo Mangandi

Ricardo Mangandi

Health Information Technology, Social Computing

Ricardo was an Android developer interested in developing beneficial apps…Read More

Alisher Sultangazin

Alisher Sultangazin

Online Safety, Technology Research

Alisher was a Computer Science student from Khazakstan interested in…Read More

Carolina Santos

Carolina Santos

Mobile App Dev, Software Engineering, Online Security

Carolina was an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelors…Read More

Marcos Cacon

Marcos Cacon

Cybersecurity, Software Development, Data Science,

Marcos was an undergraduate student involved in SHPE…Read More

Hussain Khan

Hussain Khan

Online Safety, Data Science, Research

Hussain was an undergraduate student interested in Computer Science…Read More

Grayson Cozier

Grayson Cozier

Front & Back-end Development, Database Communcation

Grayson was a computer science major eager to learn and grow…Read More

Jacob Jardines

Jacob Jardines

Computer Science, Machine-Learning, Research

Jacob was an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Computer Science…Read More

Cooper Urich

Cooper Urich

Mobile Dev, Web Development, Full Stack Dev

Cooper was an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Computer…Read More

Peter DeVita

Peter DeVita

Human-Computer interaction, Security, Social Media

Peter was a double major in Computer…Read More

Denielle Abaquita

Denielle Abaquita

Mobile Application Dev, HCI, UI/UX Design

Denielle was an undergraduate at the University of Central…Read More

Isabella Faile

Isabella Faile

Computer Science, Online Safety, Social Media

Isabella was an undergraduate at the University of Central…Read More

Ahyeon Cho

Ahyeon Cho

AI, Machine Learning

Ahyeon was a software developer dedicated to gaining a…Read More

Anisha Ranjan

Anisha Ranjan

HCI, Online Safety, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity

Anisha was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Dhruv Kapadia

Dhruv Kapadia

HCI, Information Systems, Web Development

Dhruv was an undergraduate student majoring in Information Tech…Read More

Dynie Mesoneuvre

Dynie Mesoneuvre

AI, HCI, UX/UI Design, Web Dev

Dynie is was undergraduate student majoring in Digital Media…Read More

Michael Ha

Michael Ha

Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Development App

Michael was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Prema Dev

Prema Dev

Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis

Prema was an voluntary research assistant interested in…Read More

Sairam Nalla

Sairam Nalla

Artificial Intelligence and Human Computer Interaction

Sairam was an undergraduate student interested in Artificial Intelligence…Read More

Sebastian Perez

Sebastian Perez

Cyber Security, Data and Privacy, Software Engineering, AI, Machine Learning

Sebastian was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Vatsal Nath

Vatsal Nath

Front End, Back End, Full Stack

Vatsal was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Pedro Fachetti Carvalho

Pedro Fachetti Carvalho

Computer Science, Data Science, Human Behavior, Online Safety

Pedro was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Carl Antoine

Carl Antoine

Human-Computer Interaction, App Development

Carl was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Allison Emokpae

Allison Emokpae

UX/UI, HCI, Web Development

Allison was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Camila Suarez

Camila Suarez

UX Research, Cognitive Science, Psychology

Camila was an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Naomy Noguez

Naomy Noguez

HCI, Social Computing, Web Development, UX/UI

Naomy was an undergraduate Digital Media major in the Burnett Honors…Read More

Past STIR Lab Members

  • Prateek BasavarajPhD Student
  • Rajib DeyPhD Student
  • Bo Kang, PhD Student
  • Bridget McHugh, PhD Student
  • Larry Moralez, PhD Student
  • Juan GonzalezMaster’s Student
  • Christopher GranholmMaster’s Student
  • Rajat Jain, Master’s Student
  • Rangita RajakumarMaster’s Student
  • Muhammad Safi, Master’s Student
  • Aniruddha ShindeMaster’s Student
  • Uzair Tariq, Master’s Student
  • Dave Taylor, Master’s Student
  • Blake WyattMaster’s Student
  • Jonah YonkerMaster’s Student
  • David Clay, Senior Design Team
  • Eric Howard, Senior Design Team
  • Daniel Sledd, Senior Design Team
  • Kim Chen, NSF Summer REU on IoT
  • Arielle Cohen, NSF I-Corps Program
  • Joseph Prause, NSF Summer REU on IoT
  • Michael Jolly, Flit-Path Undergraduate Student
  • Makeda Elliot, Excel Undergrad Student
  • Sulaiman Hamouda, Excel Undergrad Student
  • Richard Hyman, Excel Undergrad Student
  • Na’Kiya Russel, Excel Undergrad Student
  • Jacob Sage, Excel Undergrad Student
  • Kevin Abreu-AguilaUndergraduate Student
  • Kaley BrindisiUndergraduate Student
  • Edgar Castellanos, Undergraduate Student
  • Enelson Castro, Undergraduate Student
  • Leylane CavalcanteUndergraduate Student
  • Sahana ChandraUndergraduate Student
  • Aditi Chokshi, Undergraduate Student
  • Carolina Esteves, Undergraduate Student
  • Ben FariaUndergraduate Student
  • Krystal Folkes, Undergraduate Student
  • Amanda Forster, Undergraduate Student
  • Yash GharatUndergraduate Student
  • Kevin HackerUndergraduate Student
  • Ian Harvey, Undergraduate Student
  • Julien JoachimUndergraduate Student
  • Lawrence Chas KaneUndergraduate Student
  • Gabriel Laaroussi, Undergraduate Student
  • Elizabeth MaspochUndergraduate Student
  • Madison MaynardUndergraduate Student
  • Amanda Nisenbaum, Undergraduate Student
  • Kashish Pathak, Undergraduate Student
  • Brielle Perlingieri, Undergraduate Student
  • Saloman Pluviose, Undergraduate Student
  • Kimberly Santa, Undergraduate Student
  • Michael Setzer, Undergraduate Student
  • Kristie Stovash, Undergraduate Student