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Publications, project milestones, student research support, and recognition from the lab and our collaborators.
2026
Jacaranda poster accepted to UIST
The poster on user-editable web experiences is to appear in the UIST 2026 adjunct proceedings.
Generating the Modal Worker at FAccT
A study of race and gender in personas generated by four language models across 41 occupations.
SMAR at TETHICON
The team shared a poster and live demo of its tool for studying mobile app ecosystems.
2025
ACLS Digital Justice grant for the Ohlone augmented reality tour
In 2025, the tour’s interdisciplinary team received a Digital Justice Development Grant for further work with Ohlone community partners, students, and faculty in English, anthropology, art history, and engineering.
SCU announcementHackworth support for AI persona-bias research
A 2025 Hackworth Faculty Grant from SCU’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics supported student research on race and gender in AI-generated occupational personas.
Markkula Center grant recordOhlone tour presentation to the EDUCAUSE Extended Reality Community Group
Kai Lukoff, Amy Lueck, and Danielle M. Heitmuller presented the Ohlone augmented reality tour to the EDUCAUSE Extended Reality Community Group on February 26, 2025.
2024
NSF support for SMAR
An NSF CRII award supports our tool and guidelines for researchers studying mobile app ecosystems. Kai Lukoff leads the project at Santa Clara University.
NSF award 2348493Ohlone augmented reality tour wins Niantic’s Grand Prize
The Thámien Ohlone Augmented Reality Tour received the Grand Prize in Niantic’s 8th Wall Explore Together Challenge.
Community Heritage Lab project recordAuggie finalist for Best Societal Impact
The tour, credited to Santa Clara University and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, was a finalist in the 2024 Auggie Awards.
Auggie Awards finalist list“We Are Still Here” wins Best Movie at CHI
The project team’s film about the Thámien Ohlone Augmented Reality Tour received the CHI 2024 Best Movie Award.
Community Heritage Lab project recordStitt Fellowship supports student project leaders
A $150,000 gift over five years established the Stitt Fellowship Program. The 2024 announcement described support for three business and engineering student project leaders each year.
SCU fellowship announcement
2023
SwitchTube receives a CHI Honorable Mention
The collaborative SwitchTube paper received a CHI 2023 Best Paper Honorable Mention for its study of features that shape users’ sense of control on YouTube.
University of Washington award report