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Denise Geiskkovitch
Resume
Phone: (204) 226-0586
Email: denise.geiskkovitch@gmail.com

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2016-Present
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Psychology

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, Georgia 2014-2016

M.Sc. in Human-Computer Interaction
Focus was on research and design of software and technology. In specific: user-
centered design and research, interaction design, iterative design process,
evidence-based design, and user experience research.

UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2009-2014

B.Sc. in Psychology (Honours), Minor in Mathematics (February 2014)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2016-Present
Human-Robot Interaction Lab
Supervisor: James E. Young (Ph.D.)
Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba
Position consists of designing research studies and materials, conducting
research studies, analyzing questionnaire, interview, and video data, writing
research papers, and supervising undergraduate students.

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2015-2016

Office of Assessment
College of Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
The position consisted of preparing survey materials to assess student and
course satisfaction, collecting data, analyzing data, and presenting results.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2015-2016

Center for Music Technology
Supervisor: Gil Weinberg (Ph.D.)
School of Music
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Position consisted of designing study materials (e.g., surveys), interviewing
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), conducting research studies, and analyzing
questionnaire and interview data.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2015

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Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Supervisor: Andrea Bunt (Ph.D.)
Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of designing experiments with human-participants,
designing materials such as surveys and interviews, and transcribing interview
data.

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2014-2015

Human Factors and Aging Lab
Supervisor: Wendy A. Rogers (Ph.D.)
School of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Position consisted of open-coding previously collected interview data,
conducting literature reviews, writing research papers, designing and
conducting research experiments, and supervising undergraduate students.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2014

Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Human-Robot Interaction Lab
Supervisors: Andrea Bunt (Ph.D.), James E. Young (Ph.D.)
Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of designing research experiments using quantitative and
qualitative methods, collecting materials for such experiments, and supervising
undergraduate students.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2013-2014

Supervisors: Benjamin Schellenberg (M.A.), Daniel Bailis (Ph.D.)
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of recruiting (through phone) research participants for
studies, and conducting research studies.

VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2013-2014

Supervisor: Gerald N. Sande (Ph.D.)
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of designing research studies, designing study materials
(e.g., questionnaires), and conducting research studies.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2013

Human-Robot Interaction Lab
Supervisor: James E. Young (Ph.D.)
Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Position consisted of designing research studies, conducting own studies,

analyzing questionnaire and interview data, writing research papers, and
minimal robot programming.

STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2011-2012,

Supervisor: Jacquie Vorauer (Ph.D.) 2013
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of closed coding questionnaire and interview data.

VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2011-2012

Supervisor: Christa Hole (M.A.), Jessica J. Cameron (Ph.D.)
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of closed-coding previously collected research data, creating
online surveys, and assisting with meta-analysis.

VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2011-2012

Supervisor: Danielle Labossiere
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position consisted of conducting research studies, and trimming study data on
E-Prime.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Rea, D. J., Geiskkovitch, D., Young, J. E. (2017). "Wizard of Awwws: Exploring Psychological
Impact on the Researchers in Social HRI Experiments." In Proceedings of the 12th
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

Geiskkovitch, D. Y., Seo, S. H., Cormier, D., Young, J. E. (2016). Please continue, we need more
data: an exploration of obedience to robots. Journal of Human Robot Interaction, 5(1), 82-
99.

McGlynn, S. A., Geiskkovitch, D., Mitzner, T. L., & Rogers, W. A. (2016, September). PAROs
Stress-Reduction Potential for Older Adults. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting(Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1799-1803).

Geiskkovitch, D. Y., McGlynn, S. A., Mitzner, T. L., Rogers, W. A. (2016) Using the PARO
Robot to Reduce Stress in Older Adults During a Cognitively Demanding Task. Cognitive
Aging Conference.

Wiebe, M., Geiskkovitch, D. Y., & Bunt, A. (2016) Icons for Kids: Can Young Children
Understand Graphical Representations of App Store Categories?. In Proceedings of Graphics
Interface, 163-166.
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Wiebe, M., Geiskkovitch, D. Y., Bunt, A. (2016) Exploring user attitudes towards different
approaches to command recommendation in feature-rich software. In Proceedings of the 21st
International Conference of Intelligent User Interfaces, 43-47.

McGlynn, S. A., Geiskkovitch, D., Mitzner, T. L., Rogers, W. A. (2015). Understanding the
potential of the PARO robot as a stress reduction tool for older adults. In Proceedings of the
2015 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter.

Geiskkovitch, D., Seo, S. H., Young, J. E. (2015). Autonomy, embodiment, and obedience to
robots. In Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot
Interaction, HRI2015, Portland, Oregon, USA, 235-236.

Seo, S. H., Geiskkovitch, D., Nakane, M., King, C., Young, J. E.. (2015). Poor ting! Would you
feel sorry for a simulated robot? A comparison of empathy toward a physical and a simulated
robot. In Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot
Interaction, HRI2015, Portland, Oregon, USA, 125-132.

Seo, S. H., Geiskkovitch, D., Nakane, M., King, C., Young, J. E.. (2015, March). Would you feel
sorry for a simulated robot? Study shows people empathize more with the real thing.
Robohub. Retrieved from: http://robohub.org/would-you-feel-sorry-for-a-simulated-robot-
study-shows-people-empathize-more-with-the-real-thing/

Geiskkovitch, D. (2013). Are you fighting dirty? Associations between styles of conflict resolution
and relationship quality. Honours thesis presented at the University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April.

Geiskkovitch, D. (2013). Are you fighting dirty? Associations between styles of conflict resolution
and relationship quality. Honours thesis presented at the Prairie Undergraduate Psychology
Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

GUARANTEED FUNDING PACKAGE University of Manitoba 2016-Present
GRADUATE FUNDING Georgia Institute of Technology 2014-2015
METAMORPH-THESIS AWARD University of Manitoba 2013
DEANS HONOUR LIST University of Manitoba 2012-2014
UNIVERSITY 1 HONOUR LIST University of Manitoba 2011

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
University of Manitoba Fall 2016
Computer Usage 1

TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of Manitoba Winter 2017
Psychological Measurement and Assessment, Instructor: Dr. Jessica
Cameron
Psychology of Personality, Instructor: Dr. Jocelyn Proulx
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University of Manitoba Fall 2016

Human-Computer Interaction 1, Instructor: Dr. Andrea Bunt
Social Psychology, Instructor: Dr. Daniel Bailis
Georgia Institute of Technology Winter 2015
Introduction to Psychology, Instructor: David King
Georgia Institute of Technology Fall 2014
Introduction to Psychology, Instructor: Kristin Morrison
University of Manitoba Winter 2014
Social Psychology 2, Instructor: Dr. Jacquie Vorauer
Social Psychology 2, Instructor: Dr. Daniel Bailis
Social Psychology 2, Instructor: Sarah Dentry-Travis

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

CONFERENCE PAPER REVIEWER
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2016
International Conference for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2016
Intl Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 2016
International Conference for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2015

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY (HFES) 2014-2015

HFES National Chapter
HFES Georgia Tech Chapter Student Member

NEWSLETTER CO-CREATOR 2014

Human Factors and Aging Lab
Responsible for development of annual lab newsletter

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
GENERAL
Microsoft Office
STATISTICAL AND RESEARCH
IBM SPSS Statistics
JMP
E-Prime
MXQDA
InqScribe
SURVEY DESIGN
Qualtrics
Survey monkey
Google Forms
PROGRAMMING (NOT YET PROFICIENT)
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Java
HTML
CSS
Python
C++

GRADUATE COURSEWORK
COMPUTER SCIENCE GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Data Visualization Research Design
Human-Computer Interaction Sensation and Perception
Computing for Good
QUANTITATIVE
ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY Statistical Analysis I
Engineering Psychology I Statistical Analysis II
Engineering Psychology II
MISCELLANEOUS
Engineering Psychology Seminar Music Technology
Professional Practice and Preparation
Seminar