My full CV is available upon request.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Urban Systems, New York University, New York, NY. Expected 2024.

Master of Science with Distinction, Data Analysis and Visualization, Pratt Institute, New York, NY.

Master of Architecture, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY.

Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Junior Year Abroad, History of Art, University College London, London, UK.

Presentations, Exhibitions, Residencies & Fellowships

Irene Lopatovska and Diedre Brown. (2022 March 3). Perceptions of Feminine-, Masculine- and Gender-Ambiguous-Sounding Conversational Agents. Information for a Better World-Shaping the Global Future, (iConference 2022). Virtual Human-Computer Interaction & Technology Paper Presentation.

With Care Exhibition & Auction, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY 2021.

Diedre Brown. (2021 May 13). Demystifying AI – Understanding Parallels in Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience. In Pratt Shows - #InfoShow21. Pratt Institute School of Information. Retrieved from https://studentwork.prattsi.org/infoshow/2021/infoshow21-program

Irene Lopatovska and Diedre Brown. (2021 March 17). User Perceptions of an Intelligent Personal Assistant’s Personality: The Role of Interaction Context. 2021 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR 2021).

University Fellow, NYC Media Lab-Verizon 5G Retail Prototyping Challenge, November 2019 - January 2020.

Small Works/Big Impact, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY 2020.

Undercurrent. Rising Urbanists: Green Infrastructure for the 22nd Century, American Society of Landscape Architects-New York Conference, New York, NY 2018.

Give Back Holiday Market, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY 2017.

Wild Crochet Artist Talk, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY 2017.

Work In Progress Residency, Textile Arts Center New York, NY, September 2017.

MArch Thesis Exhibition, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY 2017.

Parsons Festival, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY 2017.

Publications

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-837X

Irene Lopatovska, Olivia Turpin, Ji Hee Yoon, Diedre Brown, Laura Vroom, Craig Nielsen, Kelli Hayes, Karin Roslund, Mary Dickson, Daniel Anger. (2022). Measuring the Impact of Conversational Technology Interventions on Adolescent Wellbeing: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 192-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.639

Irene Lopatovska, Olivia Turpin, Ji Hee Yoon, Diedre Brown, Laura Vroom. (2022). Talk it Out: Teen Reactions to a Supportive Conversational Agent. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.615

Irene Lopatovska, Radhika Garg, Olivia Turpin, Ji Hee Yoon, Laura Vroom, Diedre Brown. (2022). The kids are alright: Adolescents’ experiences during COVID-19 disruption. Information and Learning Sciences, 123 (9/10), 529-554. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-11-2021-0096

Irene Lopatovska, Diedre Brown, Elena Korshakova. (2022). Contextual Perceptions of Feminine-, Masculine-, and Gender-Ambiguous-Sounding Voices of Conversational Agents: What if Alexa Wasn’t Always a Girl?. In: Smits, M. (eds) Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future. Conference 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96957-8_38

Irene Lopatovska, Elena Korshakova, Diedre Brown. (2021). Effects of Gendered Voices on Personality Perceptions of Conversational User Interfaces. In Let’s Talk About CUIs: Putting Conversational User Interface Design Into Practice at the 2021 ACM CHI Conference. Online. https://bit.ly/2SmqVL7

Irene Lopatovska, Elena Korshakova, Diedre Brown, Karen Li, MJ Min, Amber Pasiak, Kaige Zheng. (2021). User Perceptions of an Intelligent Personal Assistant’s Personality: The Role of Interaction Context. 2021 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR 2021), https://doi.org/10.1145/3406522.3446018.

Diedre Brown. (2017). BioArcHabitat: Defining the Resilient Space Between Nature and Urbanism. In Parsons SCE (Eds.), Parsons SCE 2017 Graduate Thesis Compendium. Blurb.

Archived Works

Brown, Diedre. (1 Nov 2018). “The Significance of Le Musée Clemenceau in Presenting Paris's Historic Interiors”. Musée Clemenceau.

Bibliography

Thompson, F. (19 June 2020.). Friday, June 19th: Diedre Brown. Rag & Bone Bindery.

Kambadur, Vaishnavi. (22 Feb 2018). Celebrating Female Contemporary Artists During African-American History Month. Textile Arts Center Blog.

Santanilla, Laura Erazo. (15 Sept 2017). Work in Progress: Diedre Brown. Textile Arts Center Blog.

Seiler, Stacy. (1 Oct 2017). Diedre Brown is Reclaiming Urban Coastlines One Stitch at a Time. iRK Magazine.

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