People
The lab is currently recruiting PhD, Master’s, and Undergraduate students, see the Join the Lab page for more information.
Faculty
Julia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at USF, as well as the Director of the EnCoDe Research Lab. Her research focuses on understanding adults’ and children’s interaction behaviors and perceptions of technology. Julia earned her PhD in Human-Centered Computing from the University of Florida in 2022.
Email: juliaevewoodward@usf.edu
Office: ENB 332
juliawoodward.wordpress.com
Students
PhD Students
kquander@usf.edu
Kai is a Computer Science and Engineering PhD student at USF. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from The University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, and a M.S. in Cybersecurity Intelligence & Information Security from USF in 2022. His interest in HCI started when he was learning about website development and learned about developing user-friendly interfaces. He loved researching the critical role HCI plays in the study of games, which lead him to pursing a PhD in this field!
Undergraduate Students
nataliac2@usf.edu
Natalia is an undergraduate student in Health Sciences at USF. She is expected to graduate in May 2023. As a health sciences major, her main research interests are in the fields of chemistry, genetics, and microbiology. Currently, her research interests have expanded into psychology and computer science in order to learn and study children’s perception of technology.
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