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Hi! My name is Tawanna Dillahunt and I am a Ph.D. student at the Human Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. My research interests lie in using technology to motivate and encourage positive behaviors. Currently, I am researching how to motivate environmentally sustainable behaviors via ubiquitous technologies and social computing. I am also exploring energy use in low-income communities. My advisor is Jennifer Mankoff.
I hold a M.S. in Computer Science from the Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science and Engineering at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. I was also a software engineer at Intel Corporation for 7 years.
Recent News
June ’12
Attended HCIC Annual Conference in Pacific Grove, CA
April ’12
Gave a guest lecture for the University of Michigan’s Interactive & Social Computing (MISC) group
Invited speaker at Clemson University's School of Computing
Invited speaker for 2012 Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Conference in Pittsburgh
Spring ’12
Recipient of IBM Graduate Fellowship
February 2012
Received honorable mention for the Ford Ph.D. Candidacy Fellowship
January 2012
Recipient of the University of Michigan’s Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
November ’11
Fran Allen IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Recipient, 2011
May ’11 - CHI
CHI Volunteer, Vancouver, BC
February 24 - 28, 2011
Academic Career Workshops for Underrepresented Participants, Los Angeles, CA
February 2011
Recipient of Richard Tapia Scholarship
Spring 2011
Recipient of IBM Graduate Fellowship
Fall 2010 (Aug - Dec)
Instructor for 05433/05633 User Interface Lab (Android Mobile Development
Summer 2010 (June - August)
Internship at IBM TJ Watson with the Social Computing Group in Hawthorne, NY
April ’10 - CHI Examining Appropriation, Re-use, and Maintenance Workshop
Paper accepted to the Appropriation, Re-use, and Maintenance Workshop, April 2010, Atlanta, GA
April ’10 - CHIMe Workshop
Accepted to the Computer Human Interaction Mentoring (CHIMe) Workshop, April 2010, Atlanta, GA
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