Prior to UX, I have also previously focused on academia research in Psychology. Check out some of my work below!

Events I Spoke At:

Conference Presentations:

  • Tran, S., Bianchi, L.J., & Risko, E.F. (July, 2021). Exploring the effects of speeded video lectures on comprehension, attention, and learner experience. Poster session presented at the 14th annual meeting of The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Nagoya, JP.

  • Risko, E.F., Bianchi, L.J., Wilson, K., Ashburner, M., Tran, S., Singh, S., Lui, C. (July, 2021) "Adventures in Understanding the Effective Design of Recorded Lectures". Talk presented at the 7th annual Education and Cognition Conference at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

  • Tran, S., Bianchi, L.J., & Risko, E.F. (June, 2021). Exploring the effects of speeded video lectures on comprehension, attention, and learner experience. Poster session presented at the 51st annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference, Hamilton, ON.

  • Bianchi, L.J., Tran, S., Singh, S., Ashburner, M., & Risko, E.F. (June, 2021). Learning faster: The effects of speed watching video lectures on comprehension, attention, metacognition, and the learning experience. Symposium Talk presented at the 30th annual meeting of The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Montreal, ON.  

  • Mandel, D.R., Dhami, M. K., Irwin, D., Tran, S. (June, 2021). Computing averages and products from verbal and numeric probabilities. Symposium Talk presented at the 30th annual meeting of The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Montreal, ON.  

  • Attisano, E., Tran, S., Denison, S., & Nancekivell, S. (October, 2019). The role of conceptual development and caregiver talk in children’s naturalistic artifact learning. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.

Journal (Peer-Reviewed) Publications:

  • Tran, S., Bianchi, L.J., & Risko, E.F. (January, 2024). Examining increasing playback speed in recorded lectures on memory, attention, and experience. Submitted to Experimental Education. (Link)

  • Attisano, E., Nancekivell, S.E., Tran, S., & Denison, S. (January, 2022). So, what is it? Examining caregiver-child interactions while talking about artifacts in a museum. Submitted to Early Childhood Research Quarterly. (Link)

  • Mandel, D. R., Dhami, M. K., Tran, S., & Irwin, D. (January, 2021). Arithmetic computation with probability words and numbers. Journal of Behavioural Decision Making. 1-16. doi:10.1002/bdm.2232 (Link)

UX Research Publications:

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  • Tran, S., Jiang, Y., Martin, R., & Pokorny, J. (November, 2021). Celebrating International Students. Being Brave Away From Home. Research Report prepared for the Innovation Hub, University of Toronto.* (Link)

    • *Every team member contributed equally to this report, hence there are no placement of author order.

  • Attisano, E., Tran, S., Nancekivell, S., & Denison, S., (April, 2020). Discussions about artifacts at the Waterloo Region Museum. Research Report prepared for the Waterloo Region Museum, Region of Waterloo.

  • Plonka, S., Byrne, P., Sinclair, I., Elzohairy, Y., Tran, S., (August, 2022). Evaluation of Ontario’s Mandatory Entry Level Training Program for Class A Drivers. Research Report prepared for the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. (Link)

Articles where my work has appeared in:

  • Spinney, L. (2021, November 8). The big idea: Should we leave the classroom behind? The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/08/the-big-idea-should-we-leave-the-classroom-behind

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