Program

As we shifted to a virtual event due to COVID-19, the conference committee were mindful of  several goals and values based on input from the SIGDOC community. 

• Provide for flexibility: A combination of synchronous and asynchronous offerings available throughout the week.
• Design for accessibility: Content available in multiple formats to provide access to meet the needs of the community.
• Honor the labor of presenters and authors: Provide a space for authors and presenters to share their work and re-use their work.
• Being mindful of the moment: Curating topical sessions that are relevant to our present moment.

• Chair’s welcome
• Organized panels
• Research presentations
• Experience reports
• Industry insights
• Poster sessions (includes Student Research Competition)

• Student Research Competition (SRC) judging opens today, including asynchronous comments and responses.
• Undergraduate SRC Participants
  • Kenyan Burnham, Adam Narine, and Christopher Trotter – “Instructor Roles in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  • Jessica Escobar – “Understanding Patient Perception of Medical Artificial Intelligence: A Proposed Qualitative Study”
  • Rita Flanagan – “Principles of Technical and Public Communication as a Provisional Framework for Undergraduate Students Writing with and About Indigenous Peoples”
  • Sanjana Ponnada – “Improving User Experience and Accessibility of CDC’s COVID-19 Symptoms Self-checker with Better Design Practices: The Role of Design in Effective Risk Communication”
• Graduate SRC Participants
  • Sarah Fadem – ” Designing a Decision Aid for Patients Considering Bone Marrow Transplant”
  • Mary Le Rouge – “How Literate Responses to Technical Communication Can Promote Practical Responses to Environmental Change”
  • Nicole Lowman – “Advising the Buffalo Police Advisory Board: Toward a More Usable Technology”
  • AJ McCormick – “Communicating with Generation Z: Graphic Design for Instructor-Created Classroom Documents”
  • Nupoor Ranade – “The Real-Time Audience: Data Analytics and Audience Measurements”
  • Danielle Stambler – “Eating Right and User Experience with an Employee Wellness Program”
  • Allison Styes – “Resolving the Shortcomings of Human Centered Design in Transcultural Communication”
  • Francine Sutton – “Examining UX Design Principles and Older Adults’ Preference of Online Appointment Scheduling Using a mHealth Application”
  • Katie Walkup – “Disrupting Dominant Narratives: Mental Health, Early Warning Systems, and Threat Construction”
  • Hua Wang – “Social Media in Accommodating Sex Education Exigency in China”
  • Chenxing Xie – “Topic Modeling-based Web Architecture Redesign”