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Sun, X., Ma, R., Wei, S., Cesar, P., Bosch, J. A., & El Ali, A. (2025). Understanding trust toward human versus AI-generated health information through behavioral and physiological sensing. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 103714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103714
Weser, V. U., Hieftje, K., Shaker, J., Antwi, D., Singh, K. P., Schuster, R., & Camenga, D. (2025). School Staff Experiences With Vaping Disciplinary Procedures in Connecticut Schools: a Qualitative Study of Middle School Staff. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, ntaf229. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf229
Truesdell, E. J. K., Weser, V. U., Murray, T. S., Crocker, A., Marks, A., Martinello, R. A., & Hieftje, K. (2025). Game Playbooks 2.0: An updated strategy for supporting game-based behavior change interventions. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(6), Article GAMES036, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3748631
Gancz, M., Berry, J., Bartush, S., Shaker, J., Hieftje, K., Marks, A., & Weser, V. (2025, September). Spatial Perception of HRTF-Matched Binaural Audio. In Ismir 2025 Hybrid Conference. https://ismir2025program.ismir.net/lbd_437.html
Hieftje, K., Marks, A. M., & Schartmann, A. (2025, October). Year of the Cicadas: Using Sound and Story to Understand Parental Grief. In 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 927-928). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct68609.2025.00287
Gancz, M., Berry, J., Wei, S., Shaker, J., Hieftje, K., & Marks, A. (2025). Screenless Optical Theremin with Tremolo (ScOTT). In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (pp. 114-117). https://nime2025.org/proceedings/243.html
Wei, S., Lee, B., Gancz, M., Marks, A., & Hieftje, K. (2025, June). The Arborist: A Collective Bloom Through Physiological Data in Mixed Reality. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (pp. 364-367). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3731714
Berry, J., Gancz, M., Marks, A., & Hieftje, K. (2025, June). Lemmings: Creating Re-mappable Gestures For More Accessible Immersive Experiences. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (pp. 441-446). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3732894
Singh, K.P., Camenga, D.R., Aneni, K., Hieftje, K. (2025). Beyond User-Centered Design: Designing Digital Health Technologies for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment in Children and Youth. In: Wells, J.L. (eds) A Clinical Lens on Pediatric Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84655-7_10
Hieftje K. Year of the Cicadas. JAMA. Published online April 24, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2814