Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Florida (UF)

• PhD in Human-Centered Computing (Aug. 2020)
  • Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Lok
• MS in Computer Science (Aug. 2019)

Samford University (SU)

• BA in Physics (May 2014)
  • Minors in Mathematics and Computer Science
  • University Fellows honors program

Work Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant (2014 - 2020), University of Florida
• PhD Research Assistant (Summer 2018), MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• User Experience (UX) Research Intern (Summer 2017), Facebook

Select Honors and Awards

• Grace Hopper Scholar (2019), Anita Borg Institute
• Graduate School Fellowship (2014 - 2019), UF Graduate School
• Gartner Group Info Tech Fund Scholarship (2018), UF Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
• Intern Innovative Idea Challenge Winner (2018), MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Board of Education Summer Fellowship (2014), UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs
• Velma Wright Irons Award for the Second Highest GPA in the Graduating Class (2014), SU

First-Author Publications

• Carnell, S. (2020). Using Virtual Human Scenarios to Study and Improve Communication Skills Learners’ Message Production. Ph.D. Dissertation, Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering Department, University of Florida.
• Carnell, S., Lok, B., James, M., & Su, J. (2019, March). “Predicting Student Success in Communication Skills Learning Scenarios with Virtual Humans.” International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, pg. 436-440. ACM.
• Carnell, S. & Lok, B. (2018, November). “The Effects of Author Identity on Dialogue for Virtual Human Communication Skills Training.” Intelligent Virtual Agents, pg. 65-70. ACM.
• Carnell, S., Halan, S., Crary, M., Madhavan, A., & Lok, B. (2015, August). “Adapting Virtual Patient Interviews for Interviewing Skills Training of Novice Healthcare Students.” Intelligent Virtual Agents, pg. 50-59. Springer International Publishing.

Service

• Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2021
• Workshop Faciliation, ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020
• Journal Reviews
  • Expert Systems with Applications
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Internaional Journal of Human-Computer Studies
• Conference Reviews
  • Intelligent Virtual Agents
  • Symposium on Applied Perception
  • Grace Hopper Celebration fo Women in Computing
• Application Reviews
  • Samford University Fellows Program Admissions

Current Affiliations

• User Experience Professional Association (UXPA)
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
• ACM Special Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Society for Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)