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

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

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

Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Data Science

Ashwaq is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. She is also…Read More

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

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

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

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

Online Safety and HCI

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

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

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 Lopez

HCI, Natural Language Processing, Online Safety

Maria is a fourth year undergraduate student majoring in Psych…Read More

Aimé Yelvington

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Social Computing

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

Luke Shirley

HCI, UI/UX Design, Product and Graphic Design

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

Taylor Moraguez

Foster Youth, LGBTQ+, HCI, Adolescent Online Safety

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

Zachary P. Miller

HCI, UX Research, Science and Technology Studies, Ethnography

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

Naulsberry Jean Baptiste

User-Interface and User-Experience Design, Online Safety

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

Joseph Kocis

iOS Dev, Software Engineering, UI/UX Design

Joseph is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Melanie Ehrlich

HCI, UI/UX, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality

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

Jessica Medina

Machine Learning, HCI, Data Science, Online Safety

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

Emily Soto Garcia

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

Emily is an undergraduate student pursuing Computer…Read More

Shayne Tyrell

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

Shayne is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Zina Zhang

HCI, User Experience Design, Communication

Zina is a senior from Ohio State University majoring in…Read More

Gianmarco Folchi

HCI, Computer Science, Software Development

Gianmarco is currently an iOS developer for…Read More

Avery Reyna

Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, HCI, UX Design

Avery is an undergraduate majoring in Social…Read More

Ariane Avendano

Human-Computer Interaction, App/Web Dev, Cybersecurity

Ariane is a fourth year majoring in Computer Science…Read More

Alejandro Dominguez

Online Safety, Social Computing, Educational Technologies

Alejandro is a senior currently attending the IT program at UCF…Read More

Amanda Nisenbaum

Mobile App Dev, Machine Learning, UI/UX Design

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

Maggie LaFratta

Social Computing, Health IT, Online Adolescent Safety

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

Ricardo Mangandi

Health Information Technology, Social Computing

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

Alisher Sultangazin

Online Safety, Technology Research

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

Carolina Santos

Mobile App Dev, Software Engineering, Online Security

Carolina is an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelors…Read More

Marcos Cacon

Cybersecurity, Software Development, Data Science,

Marcos is a third year undergraduate student involved in SHPE…Read More

Hussain Khan

Online Safety, Data Science, Research

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

Grayson Cozier

Front & Back-end Development, Database Communcation

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

Jacob Jardines

Computer Science, Machine-Learning, Research

Jacob is a senior pursuing a degree in Computer Science…Read More

Cooper Urich

Mobile Dev, Web Development, Full Stack Dev

Cooper is a senior pursuing a degree in Computer…Read More

Peter DeVita

Human-Computer interaction, Security, Social Media

Peter is a double major in Computer…Read More

Denielle Abaquita

Mobile Application Dev, HCI, UI/UX Design

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

Isabella Faile

Computer Science, Online Safety, Social Media

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

Ahyeon Cho

AI, Machine Learning

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

Anisha Ranjan

HCI, Online Safety, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity

Anisha is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Dhruv Kapadia

HCI, Information Systems, Web Development

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

Dynie Mesoneuvre

AI, HCI, UX/UI Design, Web Dev

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

Michael Ha

Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Development App

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

Prema Dev

Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis

Prema is an voluntary research assistant interested in…Read More

Sairam Nalla

Artificial Intelligence and Human Computer Interaction

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

Sebastian Perez

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

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

Vatsal Nath

Front End, Back End, Full Stack

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

Pedro Fachetti Carvalho

Computer Science, Data Science, Human Behavior, Online Safety

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

Carl Antoine

Human-Computer Interaction, App Development

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

Allison Emokpae

UX/UI, HCI, Web Development

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

Camila Suarez

UX Research, Cognitive Science, Psychology

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

Naomy Noguez

HCI, Social Computing, Web Development, UX/UI

Naomy is a third year Digital Media major in the Burnett Honors…Read More

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

  STIR Lab Alumni – Post Doc/Ph.D.

Arup Kumar Ghosh

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

Arup is an alumni involved in mobile adolescent safety online. His long-term goal… Read More

Heidi Hartikainen

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

Heidi is a postdoctoral scholar supporting prof. Wisniewski in her research… Read More

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

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

Karla is a McKnight Doctoral Fellow pursuing her Ph.D. in… Read More

Afsaneh Razi

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

Afsaneh is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Central…Read More

Kevin Pfeil

HCI, 3DUI, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Kevin received his Masters of Science in Computer Science from UCF in 2013. After a 3 year… Read More

  STIR Lab Alumni – Masters/Undergrad

Zach Shea

Mobile Application Development, UI/UX Design

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

Irina Lediaeva

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

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

Zaina Aljallad

Human-Computer Interaction, Privacy, and Security

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

Christy LaPerriere

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

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

Jaclyn Abraham

Adolescent Online Safety, Viral Social Media Challenges

Jaclyn is 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

Human-Computer Interaction, Privacy, Youth Online Safety

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

Thomas Lukas

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

Thomas is a sophomore studying Computer Science at UCF… Read More

Hannah Main

Human-Computer Interaction, Security, Machine Learning

Hannah is a sophomore currently pursuing a Computer Science degree with a minor in Secure Computing…Read More

Natalie Laurent

UX/UI Design, Web Development, Digital Media

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

Pia Nelson

HCI, Human Behavior, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science

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

Salomon Pluviose

Mobile App Development, Software Engineering

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

Sunil Kumar Patro

Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

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

Tara Rutkowski

Machine Learning, Data Science, HCI, Statistical Learning Theory

Tara Rutkowski is a second year student double majoring in Computer…. Read More

Carlson Sharpless

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Privacy & Security

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

Max Huebler

iOS/Web Development, Artificial-Intelligence

Max is an undergraduate student pursuing Computer Science… Read More

Mary McIntosh

Human-Computer Interaction, Medical Imaging, Computer Vision

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

Christian Lozano

Web Development, Human-Computer Interaction, UI/UX

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

Nafisa Chowdhury

UX/UI Design, Human-Computer Interaction, AI

Nafisa is an undergraduate student majoring in Information…Read More

Avery Reyna

Computational Social Science, HCI, Cyber Security

Avery is an undergraduate student majoring in International…Read More

Nick Kershaw

Information Technology, Online Safety, HCI

Nick is an undergraduate student majoring in Information…Read More

Huy Pham

Health Information Technology, HCI

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

Camila Acevedo Carrillo

Online Safety, City Science, Assistive Technology, HCI

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

Komila Khamidova

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Mobile App Dev

Komila is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer…Read More

Olukayode Aina

Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Mobile Dev

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

Sia Rajput

Human-Computer Interaction, Online Safety, Bio-Med

Sia is a high school junior interested in Computer Science…Read More

Lauren Escarcha

Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Robotics

Lauren is a high school senior interested in Computer…Read More

Lucas Lage

Web Development, Mobile app Development, Product Design

Lucas is a senior Computer Engineering student at UCF…Read More

Alice Zhang

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

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

Past STIR Lab Members