Curriculum Vitae
Here are some highlights from my CV! To see everything, feel free to check out the PDF linked below.

Education
University of Florida (UF)
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PhD in Human-Centered Computing (Aug. 2020)
- Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Lok
- MS in Computer Science (Aug. 2019)
Samford University (SU)
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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)