TSG R&D Lab

Technology for Social Good Research and Design Lab at the College of Computing and Digital Media School of Design at DePaul University.

[TSG R&D Lab @TSGLab]

Happy in-person gathering of some of our lab members in beautiful Chicago, after 15 months of only Zoom meetings!

[TSG R&D Lab @TSGLab]

@SheenaErete @dcnacu @chief_toad @hill4454janet @mikaela_coleman

[TSG R&D Lab @TSGLab]

As we approach the summer, our Lab took a moment to celebrate some high points of the last year.

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

Congratulations to @SheenaErete, Associate Professor in our School of Design, for receiving a #SIGCSE2021 Best Paper award!

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We are honored to receive this grant to support the Digital Youth Divas program! @digitalyouth

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

Digital Youth Divas is an out-of-school-time discovery program run out of @NorthwesternU’s Office of Community Education Partnerships and CDM's @TSGLab. Congrats!

[TSG R&D Lab @TSGLab]

@Hci_CatParent Agreed - the organizers did an outstanding job making the virtual conference happen!

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

School of Design faculty @SheenaErete and @dcnacu are involved in shaping @chicagosmayor's #EveryYouthConnected initiative to connect all Chicago youth to a more equitable out-of-school learning ecosystem. It will officially launch in February.

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The panel talk featured our @TSGLab co-Director, @SheenaErete!

[Denise C. Nacu @dcnacu]

@mamaazure presented, “‘Dreaming beyond the boxes that hold me in!’ A place for speculation and design as a means of agency for students and communities of color” as part of our Spotlight on Black Designers event. Excellent talk and panel discussion!

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

Can speculation about the future provide a platform for agency and empowerment of oppressed individuals? In this presentation on February 17th from 2:30-4:30pm, @mamaazure , will share how design curriculum can at times be unintentionally exclusive.

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

As part of the @nsf-funded Digital Youth Divas (faculty @dcnacu and @SheenaErete, in collaboration with Nichole Pinkard/@northwesternu), last Saturday about 50 4th/5th grade girls & their families toured CDM and worked on STEAM projects in @irlspace.

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Research symposium today featuring work presented by @TSGLab graduate student researchers!

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

Tomorrow is our annual Schools of Computing/Design research symposium. Come check out student posters and paper presentations, lightning talks, and more. Stay for the day or just swing by for a bit.

[Denise C. Nacu @dcnacu]

Congrats to our team who presented research on parent perceptions of barriers in their children’s engagement in STEM at the inaugural Computer Science and Learning Sciences Symposium @NorthwesternU. The work was selected as one of the top 5 posters! @TSGLab @digitalyouth

[Denise C. Nacu @dcnacu]

Enjoyed connecting with folks at the short but sweet #respect2019 conference last week. Proceedings, including our paper, "Strategies for Brokering Future Learning Opportunities in an Out-of-School STEM Program for Middle School Girls: is available online: https://t.co/NSVzdxzQi9

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DePaul Human Centered Design doctoral students and faculty kicked off the new year at the classic Chicago institution, The Berghoff restaurant.

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

Nithya Sambasivan (@autopoietic), Sr. UX Researcher at Google, is our guest for this Friday's research colloquium. Register and get more info on Nithya and her talk, "Towards Gender Equity Online in the Global South," at https://t.co/Fpr83zk0cQ. Open to the public!

[Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media @CDMDePaul]

As part of @TheProfitCNBC, our @TSGLab provided some feedback to @HangoutLighting to make their website more user-friendly. Watch here: https://t.co/U8nBeQPtcy [The lab is around the 25:20 mark.] @SheenaErete @dcnacu

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Check out "Helping Mentors Leverage Interest and Engagement in STEM"   https://t.co/tyNQ3SEsmD #STEMvideohall

[Denise C. Nacu @dcnacu]

Sites from the lovely dinner cruise with the wonderful people of #LAK18.

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Our lab was host to @TheProfitCNBC today! #design #webdesign #uxdesign @CDMDePaul

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Prepping for our design focus group with @CNBC @TheProfitCNBC at the @TSGLab! #schoolofdesign #webdesign #business @CDMDePaul