Arpita

Profile

I am a fifth year PhD candidate in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington, Seattle. I have been working on projects on understanding needs and designing technologies for health, collaboration, and gaming. I enjoy teaching research methods.

My dissertation research is on designing technologies that can support teenagers in coping with stress and depression using the evidence based clinical practice of Behavioral Activation. I am co-advised by Julie Kientz and Sean Munson.

I completed my Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) in May 2015.

In Winter 2020, I am teaching Explorations in Human Centered Design (HCDE 210), with Mitchelle Fajardo.

Projects

Teen Mental Health

Online study with 23 teenagers on designing technologies for coping with stress: 10 weekly design activities over 3 months, interviews, and surveys. 2019.

Collaboration in Location-Based Gaming: Pokémon GO

Participant observations, survey with 510 people, and interviews with 25 players of Pokemon GO on coordination online & in-real-life. 2018.

Contextualizing Support for Quitting Smoking

Interviewed 28 clinical service providers and 13 people who want to quit smoking, and obtained their feedback on design mock-ups. 2017.

Motion-Based Game for Children with Autism

Design, development, and in-the-wild deployment study of a Kinect game for scaffolding social skills and movement for children with autism in a classroom setting. 2015.

Pivotal Experiences in Behavior Change

Interviews with 25 people who changed their behavior & 244 surveys for understanding how technologies can support pivotal experiences during behavior change. 2018.

K-12 Outreach: Physical Computing

Mentored undergraduate students who led Physical Computing workshops using Circuit Playground Express & MakeCode for Middle School and High School students in Neah Bay, WA. 2019.

Publications

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    [10] Engaging Teenagers in Asynchronous Remote Groups to Design for Stress Management.
    Arpita B, Calvin Liang, Emily Y Zeng, Kanishk Shukla, Miguel Rios Wong, Sean A. Munson, and Julie A. Kientz. 2019. Interaction Design and Children 2019 (IDC '19), June 12-15. Boise, ID. (PDF) (Auxiliary materials)

    [9] Group Interactions in Location Based Gaming: A Case Study of Raiding in Pokémon GO.
    Arpita B, Travis W. Windleharth, Ivy Acevedo, Rio Ishii, Cecilia Aragon, Julie A. Kientz, Jason Yip, Jin Ha Lee. CHI 2019, Glasgow, UK. (PDF)

    [8] Relationship of prolonged acoustic startle latency to diagnosis and biotype in the bipolar-schizophrenia network on intermediate phenotypes (B–SNIP) cohort.
    Nicholas Massa, Andrew V. Owens, Wesley Harmond, Arpita B, Elena I. Ivleva, Sarah Keedy, John A.Sweeney, Godfrey D.Pearlson, Matcheri S.Keshavan, Carol A.Tamminga, Brett A.Clementz, Erica Duncan. Schizophrenia Research. November 2019. (Link)

    [7] Understanding Pivotal Experiences in Behavior Change for the Design of Technologies for Personal Wellbeing.
    Arpita B, Samantha Kolovson, Yi-Chen Sung, Mike Eacker, Michael Chen, Sean A. Munson, Julie A. Kientz. In Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2018. (Link)

    [6] Designing a Reclamation of Body and Health: Cancer Survivor Tattoos as Coping Ritual.
    Jordan Eschler, Arpita B, and Wanda Pratt. CHI 2018, Toronto, April 21-26. (PDF)

    [5] Values, Identity, and Social Translucence: Neurodiverse Student Teams in Higher Education.
    Annuska Zolyomi, Anne S Ross, Arpita B, Lauren Milne, and Sean A. Munson. CHI 2018, Toronto, April 21-26. (PDF)

    [4] Lessons from Practice: Designing Tools to Facilitate Individualized Support for Quitting Smoking.
    Arpita B, Roger Vilardaga, Julie A. Kientz, Sean A. Munson. Denver, CO. CHI 2017. (PDF) (Auxiliary materials)

    [3] Design Opportunities for Mental Health Peer Support Technologies.
    Katie O'Leary, Arpita B, Sean A. Munson, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt. 2017. CSCW 2017. (PDF)

    [2]“It wasn’t really about the Pokémon”: Parents’ perspectives on a location-based mobile game.
    Kiley Sobel, Arpita B, Alexis Hiniker, A., Jin H. Lee, Julie A. Kientz, & Jason C. Yip. CHI 2017. (PDF)

    [1] Designing motion-based activities to engage students with autism in classroom settings.
    Arpita B, Mirko Gelsomini, Patricia Pérez-Fuster, Gregory D. Abowd, Agata Rozga. 2015. Interaction Design and Children (IDC '15), Boston, MA. (PDF)