Scientific Research + Publications 🗂

“No research is ever quite complete. It is the glory of a good bit of work that it opens the way for something still better, and this repeatedly leads to its own eclipse.”

— Mervin Gordon

 
 
 

“Research is what I'm doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”

— Wernher von Braun

2024  

[June] Conference Presentation Virtual Re-Creation in Augmented Reality for Artistic Expression and Exhibition, 10th Annual International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, Glasgow, Scotland. | LINK

[May] Workshop Proceeding + Publication: Cornell University, arXiv Augmented Voices: An Augmented Reality Experience Highlighting the Social Injustices of Gender-Based Violence in the Muslim South-Asian Diaspora, With or Without Permission: Site-Specific Augmented Reality for Social Justice, CHI 2024: Surfing the World, The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | DOI

[May] Workshop Proceeding A Potential Therapeutic Study: Employing a Physiological Computing Approach Using a Sweat-Sensing Bodysuit in Fear-Induced Virtual Reality Simulations to Offer a New Frontier of Assistance and Recovery for Victims of Gender-Based Violence, PhysioCHI24: Sensing the Body: Towards Best Practices for Integrating Physiological Signals in HCI, CHI 2024: Surfing the World, The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

[May] Poster Presentation Virtual Reality Therapy Model for Treatment of Mental Disorders Associated with Gender-Based Violence, CHI 2024: Surfing the World, The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | DOI | 🏆 Top 12 Student Research Competition Winner

[February] Conference Presentation Inside Out: The Silenced Voice of Trauma Through Virtual Reality, RAW: Research, Art, & Writing Graduate Student Conference – Women, Art, Freedom, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S. | LINK | 🏆 Dennis M. Kratz Award for Best Creative Project

[December] Conference Presentation + Publication: Springer Virtual Re-Creation in Augmented Reality for Artistic Expression and Exhibition, 2023 International Conference on Haptics and Virtual Reality (ICHVR), International Association of Electrical, Electronic and Energy Engineering (IAEEEE), Beihai, China. | LINK | DOI | 🏆 Outstanding Oral Presentation Award 

2023   

[May] Symposium Presentation Transforming Mental Health Treatment with Virtual Reality: The Role of Agile Methodology, 15th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S. | LINK

[February] Conference Presentation Empowerment through Superheroes: The Healing Potential of Virtual Reality for Victims and Survivors of Abuse and Trauma, RAW: Research, Art, & Writing Graduate Student Conference – Women, Art, Freedom, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S. | LINK

2022   

[October] Poster Presentation Systematic Review of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Mental Disorders Associated with Gender-Based Violence, Gender and Health: Impacts of Structural Sexism, Gender Norms, Relational Power Dynamics, and Gender Inequities, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health, U.S. | LINK

[August] Poster Presentation for Div35: Psychology of Women Systematic Review of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Mental Disorders Associated with Gender-Based Violence, American Psychological Association (APA) Convention 2022, American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

[March] Conference Presentation Systematic Review of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Mental Disorders Associated with Gender-Based Violence, 8th Annual Congress on Mental Health, Paris, France.

2021   

[November] Conference Presentation From the Lens of Gender-Based Violence, Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S.

[September] Conference Presentation A Multi-Modal Approach to Gender-Based Violence Detection, CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity Computing Conference, Virtual, U.S. | LINK | 🏆 Winner of ACM Student Research Competition

[September] Doctoral Consortium Systematic Review of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Mental Disorders Associated with Gender-Based Violence, CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity Computing Conference, Virtual, U.S.

2020

[October] Conference Presentation + Publication: IEEE Xplore® A Multi-Modal Approach to Gender-Based Violence Detection, 2020 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Cloud Summit, U.S. | DOI

[October] Conference Presentation + Publication: IEEE Xplore® A Survey of Educational Efforts to Accelerate a Growing Quantum Workforce, 2020 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, U.S. | DOI

[August] Thesis Publication Domestic Violence in Pakistan from 1990-2020: A Mixed-Method Approach, Digital Commons, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | LINK

2018

[January] Conference Presentation Feminist Art Therapy for Social Justice, Art & Social Justice Symposium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | LINK

2017   

[May] Thesis Publication Feminist (Art) Therapy: A Dialogue for Social Justice in Community, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | LINK