Academic Work

Publications
TaleMate: A Conversational Agent for Parent-Child Reading Activities

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2023

This paper presents TaleMate, a conversational agent designed to enhance parent-child interactions during shared reading activities.

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Interactive Learning Environments for Early Childhood Education

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 2022

An exploration of tangible interfaces and their impact on early childhood learning outcomes.

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Conference Presentations
Designing Conversational Agents for Educational Contexts

CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany

Presented research on TaleMate and Learning by Teaching methodologies.

Tangible Interfaces for Children

IDC 2022, Braga, Portugal

Workshop presentation on the Toysphere interactive learning system.

Awards & Honors
Best Paper Honorable Mention

CHI 2023 - TaleMate Research

Graduate Research Fellowship

Virginia Tech, 2021-2024