Conference and Journal
[C1] Emani Dotch, Jazette Johnson, Rebecca W. Black, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2023. Understanding Noise Sensitivity through Interactions in Two Online Autism Forums. In The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’23), October 22–25, 2023, New York, NY, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3608413
[C2] Emani Dotch, Avery Mavrovounioti, Weijie Du, Elizabeth Ankrah, Jazette Johnson, Aehong Min, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2024. Accessibility through Awareness of Noise Sensitivity Management and Regulation Practices . In The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’24), October 27–30, 2024, St. John’s, NL, Canada. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3675630
[J1] Emani Hicks, Sohyeon Park, Avery Mavrovounioti, Weijie Du, Jialuo Hu, Kade Joshua Na, Nathan Serrano, Rafael Carrillo Muñoz, Elizabeth A. Ankrah, Aehong Min, Jazette Johnson, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2025. Informing the Design of Mobile and Wearable Technology for Noise Sensitivity. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 9, 5,
Article MHCI017 (September 2025), 26 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3743725 [preprint]
White Papers & Technical Reports
[WP1] Pownall, M., Ghai, S., Fassi, L., Hayes, G., Schaaf, M., Chin, C., …Dotch, E.,… Orben, A. (2024, March 19). What does Open Science mean for Educational Technology Research? Challenges, Opportunities, and a Call for Research. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/s73xb
[WP2] Rubin, J. D., Lombard, E. J., Chen, K., Divanji, R., Min, A., Dotch, E., Han, A., Dickerson, K., Hayes, G., & Odgers, C. (2025). Navigating AI as a family: Caregivers’ perspectives and strategies [White paper]. foundry10. https://www.foundry10.org/resources/navigating-ai-as-a-family. [view here]
[WP3] Zolyomi, Annuska, Hicks, E., Ito, M., Jeyte, U., & Park, S. 2025. Integrating Connected Learning, Neurodiversity, and Emerging Technology: An Intersectional Analysis of HCI, Education, and Disability Research. Irvine, CA: Connected Learning Alliance.
Extended Abstracts
EA1. Emani Dotch. 2024. AudioBuddy: An Assistive Technology for People with Noise Sensitivity and Their Care Networks. In Companion of the 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp Companion ’24), October 5–9, 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3678365
EA2. Emani Dotch. 2024. Facilitating Joint Awareness Within Care Networks for Noise Sensitivity Management and Regulation. In Companion of the 2024 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW Companion ’24), November 9–13, 2024, San Jose, Costa Rica. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3678884.3682042
EA3. Emani Hicks. 2025. Investigating a Technological Approach for Facilitating Awareness Between People with Noise Sensitivity and Their Care Networks. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI ’25 Adjunct), September 22–25, 2025, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3737821.3749450
EA4. Emani Hicks, Luc Rieffel, Ariya Gowda, Arturo Morales-Tellez, Aehong Min, Jesus A. Beltran, and Gillian R Hayes. 2026. AudioBuddy: Demonstrating a Wearable and Mobile System Approach for Noise Sensitivity Awareness. In Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp Companion ’25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1145/3714394.3754370 [App Demo Here]
Poster
* [P1] Emani Dotch, Jesus Armando Beltran, Jazette Johnson, Ashhad Shah, Kohsuke T. Hirano, Franceli L. Cibrian, and Gillian Hayes. 2023. AudioBuddy: Using Sound Sensors to Support Sound Sensitivity Awareness in Autistic Individuals. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (ubicompiswc22adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 27–29. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544793.3560336
Workshop
[W1] Emani Dotch and Vitica Arnold (2024) Inclusive Practices for Child-Centered AI Design and Testing. The Second Workshop on Child-Centered AI at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ’24) https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05920
Works-in-progress
[WiP1] Emani Dotch, Jialuo Hu, Avery Mavrovounioti, Weijie Du, Jazette Johnson, Elizabeth Ankrah, Aehong Min, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2023. Supporting Noise Sensitivity and Emotion Regulation with Children. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’23), June 19–23, 2023, Chicago, IL, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593887
[WiP2] Ariya Gowda, Emani Hicks, and Gillian R Hayes. 2025. Enchanted Forest: A Gamified Approach for Children’s Self-Regulation in Noisy and Over-stimulating Settings. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’25), June 23–26, 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https: //doi.org/10.1145/3713043.3731554
*Best Poster Award [View Poster]
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