Tawanna Dillahunt

   Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University | tdillahu [at] cs [dot] cmu [dot] edu

 

 

My research interests lie in using social computing to motivate and encourage positive behaviors and ubiquitous computing.  Currently, I am researching how to motivate environmentally sustainable behaviors via social websites; my plans are to explore environmentally sustainable behaviors across ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

Below is a list of  my current and previous projects.

The Footprints project leverages social networking to reduce individuals’ ecological footprints.  StepGreen is a social website that allows individuals to commit to environmental sustainable behaviors and report when they made their commitments.

Work with Min Kyung Lee and Bryan Pendleton at Carnegie Mellon University.  The goal was to understand design implications for free online marketplace to elicit participation of people with altruistic, financial, and environmental motivations.

Work with Geof Becker at Carnegie Mellon University on a study for Social Web (HCI-05820) to determine if there is a correlation between emotional attachment and sustainable behavior. 

Footprints | StepGreen (ongoing)

What Motivates People to Reuse:  Implications for a Free Online Marketplace (Fall 2007)

Motivating Sustainable Behavior Changes with a Virtual Polar Bear (Fall 2007) | ppt presentation

Research