Shaundra Daily
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cue Family Professor of the Practice
Research Themes
Applications, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Education
- Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Positions
- Cue Family Professor of the Practice
- Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Faculty Director of Duke Technology Scholars
- Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
- Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Educator of the Year. ACHI Magazine. 2022
- Program of the Year. CoNECD Conference. 2022
- North Carolina Black STEM Leaders. Governor Roy Cooper. 2022
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising. Pratt School of Engineering. 2021
- Undergraduate Mentor of the Year. Mary Lou William Center for Black Culture. 2020
- Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning Early Career Research Award . American Education Research Association. 2015
- Extraordinary Educator Award . Delta Alpha Pi. 2015
- Emerging Scholar . Diverse Issues in Higher Education . 2013
- Epsilon Award - Most Promising Technologist . Black Data Processing Association. 2013
- Scholar . Clemson Institute for the Advancement of Healthcare . 2012
- Fellow. Stanford University - LIFE Center. 2007
- Fellow. Samsung. 2007
- Graduate Community Fellow - Women's Initiatives. Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 2006
- Fellow. Delta Airlines. 2003
- Sean A. Pittman Award for Outstanding Service to the African American Community . Florida State University. 2001
- Torchbearer. National Society of Black Engineers . 2000
- Member. Tau Beta Pi. 2000
- Seminole Torchbearer. Florida State University . 1998
Courses Taught
- UNIV 104D: Quad Course: The Art and Science of What 'Works' In Life
- RACESOC 796T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- RACESOC 795T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- RACESOC 398T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- RACESOC 397T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- RACESOC 396T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- RACESOC 395T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team
- PSY 232: Quad Course: The Art and Science of What 'Works' In Life
- ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- HOUSECS 59: House Course
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
- EGR 190S: Special Topics
- EGR 101L: Engineering Design and Communication
- EDUC 290S: Selected Topics
- ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
- ECE 653: Human-Centered Computing
- ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 110L: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 110L9: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab
- COMPSCI 653: Human-Centered Computing
- COMPSCI 394: Research Independent Study
- COMPSCI 391: Independent Study
Publications
- Leonard AE, Daily SB, Jörg S, Babu SV. Coding moves: Design and research of teaching computational thinking through dance choreography and virtual interactions. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 2021 Jan 1;53(2):159–77.
- Brinkley J, Posadas B, Sherman I, Daily SB, Gilbert JE. An Open Road Evaluation of a Self-Driving Vehicle Human–Machine Interface Designed for Visually Impaired Users. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 2019 Jul 3;35(11):1018–32.
- Daily S, James MT, Cherry D, Porter JJ, Darnell SS, Isaac J, et al. Affective Computing: Historial Foundations, Current Applications, and Future Trends. In: Jeon M, editor. Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction. Academic Press; 2017.
- Parmar D, Babu SV, Lin L, Jörg S, D’Souza N, Leonard AE, et al. Can embodied interaction and virtual peer customization in a virtual programming environment enhance computational thinking? In: Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 2016. IEEE; 2016. p. 1–2.
- Parmar D, Isaac J, Babu SV, D’Souza N, Leonard AE, Joerg CS, et al. 2016 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, VR 2016-Proceedings. In: IEEE Computer Society. 2016.
- Daily SB, Leonard AE, Jörg S, Babu S, DSouza N, Parmar D, et al. Combating Perceptions of Computer Scientists: A Short-term Intervention. In: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education. ACM; 2016. p. 686–686.
- Parmar D, Isaac J, Babu SV, D’Souza N, Leonard AE, Jörg S, et al. Programming moves: Design and evaluation of applying embodied interaction in virtual environments to enhance computational thinking in middle school students. In: 2016 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR). IEEE; 2016. p. 131–40.
- Thomas J, Daily SB, Streeter M. Supporting Students of Color in Learning Computer Science. In: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education. ACM; 2016. p. 706–706.
- Roy T, Hodges LF, Daily SB, McClendon J. SecondLook: Participatory Design Process to Create a Phone App that Detects Digital Dating Abuse. In: Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), 2016 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE; 2016. p. 320–7.
- Volante M, Babu SV, Chaturvedi H, Newsome N, Ebrahimi E, Roy T, et al. Effects of Virtual Human Appearance Fidelity on Emotion Contagion in Affective Inter-Personal Simulations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 2016;22(4):1326–35.
- DAILY SB, JAMES MT, ROY T, DARNELL SS. EngageMe: Designing a Visualization Tool Utilizing Physiological Feedback to Support Instruction. Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning. 2015;10(2).
- Leonard AE, Dsouza N, Babu SV, Daily SB, Jörg S, Waddell C, et al. Embodying and Programming a Constellation of Multimodal Literacy Practices: Computational Thinking, Creative Movement, Biology, & Virtual Environment Interactions. Journal of Language and Literacy Education. 2015;11(2):64–93.
- Eggert J, Dye CJ, Vincent E, Parker V, Daily SB, Pham H, et al. Effects of viewing a preferred nature image and hearing preferred music on engagement, agitation, and mental status in persons with dementia. SAGE Open Medicine. 2015;3:2050312115602579.
- Jörg S, Leonard AE, Babu S, Gundersen K, Parmar D, Boggs K, et al. Character animation and embodiment in teaching computational thinking. In: ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Posters. ACM; 2014. p. 4.
- Wu Y, Babu SV, Armstrong R, Bertrand JW, Luo J, Roy T, et al. Effects of virtual human animation on emotion contagion in simulated inter-personal experiences. Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on. 2014;20(4):626–35.
- Daily SB, Leonard AE, Jörg S, Babu S, Gundersen K. Dancing alice: Exploring embodied pedagogical strategies for learning computational thinking. In: Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education. ACM; 2014. p. 91–6.
- Daily SB, Leonard AE, Jörg S, Babu S, Gundersen K, Parmar D. Embodying Computational Thinking: Initial Design of an Emerging Technological Learning Tool. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. 2014;20(1):79–84.
- Eugene W, Daily SB, Barnes T, Burns R. Building technology fluency. In: 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2013.
- Daily SB, Gilbert JE, Eugene W, Gardner-McCune C, McMullen KA, Hall PW, et al. Alternate pathways to careers in computing. In: 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2013.
- Daily SB, Meyers D, Darnell S, Roy T, James MT. Understanding privacy and trust issues in a classroom affective computing system deployment. In Springer; 2013. p. 414–23.
- Daily SB, Eugene W. Preparing the future STEM workforce for diverse environments. Urban Education. 2013;48(5):682–704.
- Hutcherson DE, Hurley RA, Daily SB, Ouzts AD. Talk to Me—Biometrically Adaptive Consumer Packaging: The Effects of Emotion Relative to a Consumer’s Purchasing Decisions. International Journal of Science in Society. 2013;4(3).
- Daily SB, Cotten S, Gibson P, Howell-Moroney M, O’neal L. Teacher self-efficacy and usage: the case of the XO laptop in Alabama. In: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2013. p. 4676–83.
- Leonard AE, Daily SB. The Dancing Alice Project: Computational and Embodied Arts Research in Middle School Education. Voke. 2013;
- Roy T, James MT, Gupta A, Darnell SS, Daily S. A Participatory Design Process for Developing a Tool to Visualize Classroom Engagement. 2013;
- Johnson D, Wyss JM, Gray J, Daily S, Shih A, Abbot G. Broadening participation in computing: the multi-tiered approach. In: Proceedings of the 50th Annual Southeast Regional Conference. ACM; 2012. p. 371–2.
- Eugene W, Daily SB, Langer E. XO integration: voices from the field. International Journal of Services, Economics and Management. 2012;4(1):62–74.
- Chapman R, Daily SB. OASIS. In: 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, CSCL 2011. 2011.
- Daily SB. More than a feeling: technology-infused learning environments to support the development of empathy. 2010.
- Carter A, Daily S, Daily J. ScratchLabs: A Novel Professional Development Program for Technology Integration. In: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2010. p. 2672–8.
- Hayes ER, Gee JP, Games I, Torres RJ, Peppler K, Kafai YB, et al. New perspectives on learning through (game) design. In: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on International conference for the learning sciences-Volume 3. International Society of the Learning Sciences; 2008. p. 253–7.
- Daily SB, Brennan K. Utilizing technology to support the development of empathy. In: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children. ACM; 2008. p. 5–8.
- Millner AD, Daily SB. CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM FOR DESIGN, PERSONAL FABRICATION, AND INVENTION. In IAP; 2008. p. 403.
- Daily SB, Eugene W, Prewitt A. The development of social capital in engineering education to improve student retention. In: Proceedings in 2007 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference. 2007.
- Daily SB, Picard RW. Girls Involved in Real Life Sharing: Utilizing Technology to Support the Emotional Development of Teenaged Girls. Journal of School Counseling. 2007;5(20):n20.
- Brittain E, Bryant R, Chandler L, Chapman R, Daily SB, Hampton M, et al. The academy of courageous minority engineers. In: 114th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, 2007. 2007.
- Prewitt A, Eugene W, Daily SB. Minority retention and success in engineering. In: 114th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, 2007. 2007.
- Picard RW, Daily SB. Evaluating affective interactions: Alternatives to asking what users feel. In: CHI Workshop on Evaluating Affective Interfaces: Innovative Approaches. 2005. p. 2119–22.
- Daily SB. Digital story explication as it relates to emotional needs and learning. 2005.
- Daily SB, Picard R. INNER-active Journal. In: Proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on Story representation, mechanism and context. ACM; 2004. p. 51–4.
- Brennan K, Daily SB, Kaman C. Empathy as a Foundation of Civic Engagement: Using Technology and Storytelling to Cultivate Perspective Taking Abilities. In.
- Daily SB. TECHNOLOGY, PERCEPTIONS, AND CLASSROOMS Introducing Q sensor Technology into Classrooms: Assessing Feasibility with Respect to Perceptions Dante P. Myers Juan E. Gilbert, Ph. D.
- Alvarez I, Lopez-de Ipiña K, Daily SB, Gilbert JE. Emotional Adaptive Vehicle User Interfaces: moderating negative effects of failed technology interactions while driving. In.
- Daily SB. Alternate Pathways to Careers in Computing: Recruiting and Retaining Women Students. In.
- Volonte M, Babu S, Chaturvedi H, Newsome N, Ebrahimi E, Roy T, et al. Effects of Virtual Human Appearance Fidelity on Emotion Contagion in Affective Inter-Personal Simulations.
In The News
- Duke 100 Spotlight: Shaundra Daily (Sep 9, 2024 | Duke Centennial)
- Duke Faculty Join Federal Roundtable Discussion on AI (Mar 1, 2024 | Pratt School of Engineering)
- Changing Perceptions of STEM Through Arts & Crafts (Oct 25, 2023 | Pratt School of Engineering)
- Computer science has a racism problem: these researchers want to fix it (Oct 19, 2022 | Nature Magazine)
- Meet the QuadEx Faculty Fellows (Aug 24, 2022 | )
- Shani Daily on Opening Wider Doors to the STEM Fields (Jul 12, 2022 | Duke Government Relations)
- NC Governor Honors Two Duke Faculty as Black Leaders in STEM (Feb 9, 2022 | )
- Governor Cooper Honors North Carolina’s Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month (Feb 8, 2022 | Governor's Office)
- How much of tech history involves Black history? (Feb 1, 2022 | ZDNet)
- Honoring Black History Month in tech companies (Feb 1, 2022 | ZDNet)
- Daily and Samanez-Larkin to Lead Faculty QuadEx Engagement (Nov 30, 2021 | )
- National Science Foundation launches artificial intelligence center at Duke (Aug 21, 2021 | Duke Chronicle)
- Duke Professors Awarded $10M NSF Grant to Increase Diversity in Computing (Aug 11, 2021 | Communications of the ACM)
- The National Science Foundation Awards $10 Million to Duke to Diversify STEM (Aug 5, 2021 | Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
- 'Really about educating educators': New initiatives aim to improve diversity in computer science department (May 12, 2021 | Duke Chronicle)
- Uplifting, Educating and Listening: It’s Not Over (Apr 1, 2021 | DukeEngineer)
- Building a Network to Last (Aug 20, 2020 | DukeEngineer)
- For Women Student Coders, Program Provides Strength in Numbers (Aug 18, 2018 | Duke Today)
- Changing the face of computer science (Nov 21, 2016 | Science Magazine)
- Students Learn Computer Programming Skills Through Dance (Jun 2, 2016 | 1. The Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology)
- American Graduate Champion: Dr. Shaundra Daily (Aug 21, 2015 | South Carolina ETV)
- Technology: Cool Women Who Code (Girls in Science) (Aug 11, 2015 | Book Chapter)
- Digital Divas weave STEM into fashion and dance challenges (Aug 5, 2015 | Chicago Tribune)
- Bridging tech's gender gap with dance (Jan 19, 2015 | USAToday)
- STEM Education Shall We Dance? (Dec 1, 2014 | ASEE Prism)
- Computer scientist Shaundra Daily - ScienceLives (Nov 14, 2014 | National Science Foundation)
- Can Girls Dance Their Way Toward Computer Programming Careers? Read more: http://nationswell.com/dance-can-increase-girls-stem-interest/#ixzz4sW6Gg1xs (Nov 7, 2014 | NationSwell)
- Danza y programación pueden atraer niñas a carreras informáticas (Nov 3, 2014 | La Nacion)
- Female Students' Computer Skills Improve With Dance Choreography (Nov 3, 2014 | Medical Daily)
- Dance Choreography May Improve Computational Skills (Nov 3, 2014 | Science World Report)
- Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills (Nov 3, 2014 | Phys Org)
- Morph Than Meets the Eye (Oct 21, 2014 | Clemson Newsstand)
- 7 Black Innovators and Inventors in STEM Fields Who Blerds Should Know (Oct 3, 2014 | Atlanta Blackstar)
- Clemson University to bring together art and technology at Artisphere 2014 (May 1, 2014 | Clemson Newsstand)
- Careers: Shaundra Daily (Oct 9, 2013 | Girl Scouts of the USA)
- Dr. Shaundra B. Daily Works to Improve Education with Technology (Jan 13, 2013 | Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
- NOVA | The Secret Life of Scientists: Shaundra Daily (Mar 2, 2011 | PBS)