معرفی
Dr. Cayley MacArthur serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, cross-appointed within the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Systems Design Engineering. Currently on leave, she maintains active research engagement through community partnerships and scholarly publications.
Her research centers on human-computer interaction with critical emphasis on social justice applications. Key focus areas include intimate partner violence prevention through game design, virtual reality integration in educational contexts, gender equity in technology spaces, and feminist community-led ethics frameworks. Her methodology consistently employs community-based participatory research, prioritizing co-design with marginalized populations including women, children experiencing homelessness, and conference participants requiring safer environments.
Analysis of her 2021-2025 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Technology for social impact (40% of output), featuring game-based interventions for violence prevention and homelessness support; (2) Critical VR studies (35%), examining power dynamics, gender disparities in cybersickness, and domestic VR implementation; (3) Equity infrastructure development (25%), creating frameworks for inclusive conferences, makerspaces, and ethical technology governance. Her work consistently bridges theoretical HCI with tangible community applications.
Advising & Collaborations: While specific student names aren't documented here, her community-based methodology implies active mentorship of graduate students through participatory design projects. Her cross-appointment suggests interdisciplinary collaboration across engineering and social sciences domains, particularly with gender studies and public health researchers.
