Elin Björling, Ph.D.

User-Centered Evangelist & Mixed-Methods UX Educator

Research Expertise

adolescent health

social robots

stress measurement

micro-interventions

virtual reality

About

Elin Björling is a highly experienced and respected researcher and practitioner in the field of Human Computer Interaction. She received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences from University of Washington in 2007 and has since then established herself as a leading figure in the industry. With over 20 years of experience, Elin has worked on various research projects and has published numerous papers in prestigious journals and conferences. She is currently a Senior Research Scientist at University of Washington, where she leads research projects focussing on the design, development and testing of new technologies. In addition, Elin is also the founder of Forager UX, a consulting firm that specializes in user experience research and design. Her expertise and contributions in the field have earned her recognition and awards, making her a sought-after speaker and consultant in the tech industry.

Publications

Participatory Research Principles in Human-Centered Design: Engaging Teens in the Co-Design of a Social Robot

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

2019

Can We Keep Him Forever? Teens’ Engagement and Desire for Emotional Connection with a Social Robot

International Journal of Social Robotics

2019

Designing for engagement

Proceedings of the 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication

2017

The Momentary Relationship Between Stress and Headaches in Adolescent Girls

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

2009

Sharing Stress With a Robot: What Would a Robot Say?

Human-Machine Communication

2020

Washington principals’ perceptions of their professional development needs for the spike of English learners

Professional Development in Education

2018

A review of EMA assessment period reporting for mood variables in substance use research: Expanding existing EMA guidelines

Addictive Behaviors

2019

Exploring Teens as Robot Operators, Users and Witnesses in the Wild

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

2020

Exploring Temporal Patterns of Stress in Adolescent Girls with Headache

Stress and Health

2016

The Experience and Effect of Adolescent to Robot Stress Disclosure: A Mixed-Methods Exploration

Social Robotics

2020

Outcomes of Scholarly Inquiry: An Analysis of Master's of Nursing Students' Projects/Theses

Journal of Professional Nursing

2006

FLEXI: A Robust and Flexible Social Robot Embodiment Kit

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

2022

Usability testing with teens

Proceedings of the 36th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication

2018

Teen-Robot Interaction

Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

2018

The Effect of Interaction and Design Participation on Teenagers’ Attitudes towards Social Robots

2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

2019

Robots for Connection: A Co-Design Study with Adolescents

2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

2022

Exploring the Effect of a Nature-based Virtual Reality Environment on Stress in Adolescents

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

2022

Thought Disposal

Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

2019

Using Video-Stimulated Recall to Enhance Preservice-Teacher Reflection

The New Educator

2016

Participatory Pilot of an Art-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Adolescent Girls With Headache

Art Therapy

2019

The Desire for Social Robots to Support English Language Learners: Exploring Robot Perceptions of Teachers, Parents, and Students

Frontiers in Education

2021

Connecting the Dots of Social Robot Design From Interviews With Robot Creators

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

2022

Community-Based Data Visualization for Mental Well-being with a Social Robot

2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

2022

Sharing stressors with a social robot prototype: What embodiment do adolescents prefer?

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

2021

Designing a Collaborative Virtual Reality Game for Teen-Robot Interactions

Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

2019

Participatory design with teens

Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

2019

Agreement between clinician recorded diagnoses and rome I and rome II diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome

Gastroenterology

2000

Young people’s data governance preferences for their mental health data: MindKind Study findings from India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom

PLOS ONE

2023

Pivoting to “No Contact”: A Protocol for Conducting a Virtual Reality Relaxation Home Study for Teens Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

2021

Tell Me About It

Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

2023

Designing for culturally responsive social robots: An application of a participatory framework

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

2022

Robot-mediated interventions for youth mental health

Design for Health

2022

Exploring Web-Based VR for Participatory Robot Design

Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

2021

I Am the Robot: Teen Collaboration in an Asymmetric, Virtual Reality Game

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

2022

Anger without Agency: Exploring the Experiences of Stress in Adolescent Girls

The Qualitative Report

2017

Board 207: ACCESS in STEM: An S-STEM Project Supporting Economically Disadvantaged STEM-Interested Students in Their First Two Years

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings

Concordance among monozygotic and dizygotic twins from a population-based sample for self-reported atopic triad, syndrome x, and psychiatric conditions

Genetics in Medicine

2000

Using Virtual Reality to Reduce Stress in Adolescents: Mixed Methods Usability Study (Preprint)

Unknown Venue

2023

Supporting Youth Mental Health through Co-designing a Virtual Reality Experience: A Recipe-Based Co-design Model

The Library Quarterly

2024

Low-Effort, Unqualified, and Malicious User Behaviors in Online Human-Robot Interaction Studies

Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

2023

Share with Me: A Study on a Social Robot Collecting Mental Health Data

Social Robotics

2022

Public Versus Private: How Teens Perceived Teen-Robot Interactions in a School Setting

2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

2022

Sleep Pattern of Adolescents in a School in Delhi, India: Impact on their Mood and Academic Performance

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics

2018

Pandemonium Versus Paralysis: The Internal Experience of Adolescent Girls with Headaches

American Journal of Qualitative Research

2020

Portraits, Mirrors, and Identities

Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting

2019

Integrating Two Technologies

Mobile Learning and Stem

2015

Ecological Momentary Assessment

Oxford Handbooks Online

2014

Pemanfaatan Media dan Teknologi Digital Dalam Mengatasi Masalah Pembelajaran Dimasa Pandemi

2021

Struggling to Find an Eclectic Way: Parenting and Adolescents’ Health in Chinese Immigrant Families

5th Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference (WNC 2017)

2017

Engaging English Language Learners as Cultural Informants in the Design of a Social Robot for Education

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

2021

Education

University of Washington

PhD, Human Computer Interaction / June, 2007

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Experience

University of Washington

Senior Research Scientist / August, 2017 — Present

Forager UX

Founder / January, 2022 — Present

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