Group: Scholar Cohort
Sohyeon Park
Research Focus/Background: My research focuses on understanding and designing assistive technologies for people with visual impairments. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: Getting to know people outside of my research interest. Location of Research Projects: Irvine, California When Not Working: Lying down on the bed to watch Netflix or Youtube.
Rosa Hernandez-Ramos
Research Focus/Background: My research broadly focuses on scaling access to culturally-responsive evidence-based mental health treatments for marginalized populations using non-traditional service delivery models, including digital technologies. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: In expanding access to mental health services using digital technologies, how can we ensure that inequities (that already exists in access to …
Lucretia Williams
Research Focus/Background: My research focuses on designing and evaluating digital mental health technologies to provide inclusive and accessible mental health interventions for ethnic minorities. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: During my time at CERES, I will be evaluating digital mental health apps for cultural responsiveness to assess the missing gaps and opportunities for design …
Chimezie Amaefule
Research Focus/Background: My research focuses on the design of useful and usable EdTech for children, and the development of individualized interventions that support children’s self-regulated learning. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: Collaborating with CERES colleagues and industry partners to design appropriate EdTech for children, and to develop effective interventions that promote children’s learning …
Katya Alvarez-Molina
Research Focus/Background: An enthusiast of music with 10+ years in music technology. My research stretches from creating and developing music interactive systems and studying human perception and cognition using these systems to immersive learning environments. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: Contribute to the learning and development of children with disabilities through the music …
Luis Miguel Zamudio Fuentes
Research Focus/Background: My research is focused into the early intervention to help children with autism using human computer interfaces. In the next few months he will establish my main thesis objective. Problem/goals to address as part of CERES: Investigate how human computer interfaces help to enhance children’s early development that impact in their life quality. …