Dana McKay

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Standing in the Way of Control: A Call to Action to Prevent Abuse through Better Design of Smart Home Technologies

Smart home technologies, designed to make our lives easier by controlling our homes with the click of a button, can also be key drivers of inequity and abuse. In this paper, we use a series of case studies drawn from the literature, news media, from online forums to demonstrate how smart home technology can be used to…

CHI '213rd AuthorHonorable MentionOnline Learning & MOOC Platforms +1

"It's About Missing Much More Than the People": How Students use Digital Technologies to Alleviate Homesickness

Homesickness, which refers to feelings of distress caused by separation from home, is prevalent among university-aged students. Chronic homesickness can exacerbate mood problems, erode academic performance and lead to dropout from school. The present research examines how students use digital technologies to resolve t…

CHI '181st AuthorUser Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

Don’t Forget To Be The Way You Are: How to Create a Meaningful and Sustainable Research Identity

There are many resources aimed at building one’s research brand, this is not one of them Instead this course supports new and early career researchers in identifying and reinforcing three key elements of research identity. These elements are author name, research motivation and interest, and paper titles. We will begi…

CHI '181st AuthorUser Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

Don’t Forget To Be The Way You Are: How to Create a Meaningful and Sustainable Research Identity

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