ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-5557
Peer Reviewed:
Music & Community
Understanding the Influence of Music on People’s Mental Health Through Dynamic Music Engagement Model. Arpita, Uba Backonja, Anh Le, Ria Antony, Yujia Si & Jin Ha Lee. iConference 2023. (Link)
“Finding home”: understanding how music supports listeners’ mental health through a case study of BTS. Jin Ha Lee, Arpita, Ria Antony, Nicole Santero, Anh Le. ISMIR 2021. (PDF)
ARMY’s Magic Shop: Understanding the Collaborative Construction of Playful Places in Online Communities. Kathryn E. Ringland, Arpita, Kevin Weatherwax, Tessa Eagle, Christine T. Wolf. CHI 2022. (PDF) (Blog by Kathryn Ringland)
Community-based strategies for combating misinformation: Learning from a popular culture fandom. Jin Ha Lee, Nicole Santero, Arpita, Emma May, & Emma Spiro. (2022). Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-105 (Link)
Cancer Survivorship
Plan For Tomorrow: The Experience of Adolescence and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors as they Transition to Adult Care. Elizabeth Ankrah, Megh Marathe, Arpita, Anamara Ritt-Olson, Joel Milam, Lilibeth Torno, Gillian R. Hayes. (PDF)
When Worlds Collide: Boundary Management of Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors and Caregivers. Elizabeth Ankrah, Arpita, Lissamarie Donjuan, Franceli L. Cibrian, Lilibeth Torno, Anamara Ritt Olson, Joel Milam, Gillian R. Hayes. CHI 2022. (PDF)
Designing a Reclamation of Body and Health: Cancer Survivor Tattoos as Coping Ritual Jordan Eschler, Arpita, and Wanda Pratt. CHI 2018, Toronto. (PDF) (DOI) (Blog by Jordan Eschler)
Mental Health
Designing an Evidence-based Mental Health Intervention Alongside University Students. Lucretia Williams, Melissa Pinto, Heather Abrahim, Arpita, Timothy Harrison, Candace Burton, Jonathan McIntyre, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, and Gillian Hayes. HCI International Conference, HCII 2023 (Link)
Lessons learned from designing an asynchronous remote community approach for behavioral activation intervention for teens. Jessica L. Jenness, Arpita, Ria R. Nagar, Julie A. Kientz, Sean A. Munson. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 104065. 2022. (Link)
Designing Asynchronous Remote Support for Behavioral Activation in Teenagers With Depression: Formative Study. Arpita, Ria Nagar, Jessica Jenness, Sean A Munson, Julie A Kientz. 2021. JMIR Formative Research (Link)
Designing Guided Asynchronous Remote Communities to Support Teen Mental Health. Arpita. Dissertation. December 2020. PDF
Engaging Teenagers in Asynchronous Remote Groups to Design for Stress Management. Arpita, Calvin Liang, Emily Y Zeng, Kanishk Shukla, Miguel Rios Wong, Sean A. Munson, and Julie A. Kientz. 2019. Interaction Design and Children 2019 (IDC ’19), June 12-15. Boise, ID. (PDF) (DOI)
Design Opportunities for Mental Health Peer Support Technologies. Kathleen O’Leary, Arpita, Sean A. Munson, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt. CSCW 2017. (DOI)
Relationship of prolonged acoustic startle latency to diagnosis and biotype in the bipolar-schizophrenia network on intermediate phenotypes (B–SNIP) cohort. Nicholas Massa, Andrew V. Owens, Wesley Harmond, Arpita, Elena I. Ivleva, Sarah Keedy, John A. Sweeney, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Carol A. Tamminga, Brett A. Clementz, Erica Duncan. Schizophrenia Research. November 2019. (Link)
Gaming & Wellbeing
Joint media engagement in families playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Jesse J. Martinez, Travis W. Windleharth, , Qisheng Li, Arpita, Katy A., Pearce, Jason C. Yip, & Jin Ha Lee. CSCW. 2022. (PDF)
Families Playing Animal Crossing Together: Coping With Video Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Katy E. Pearce, Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee, Jesse J. Martinez, Travis Windleharth, Arpita, & Qisheng Li. Games and culture. 2021. (Link)
“I need to just have a couple of White Claws and play Animal Crossing tonight”: Parents coping with video games during the COVID-19 pandemic. Katy E. Pearce, Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee, Jesse J. Martinez, Travis Windleharth, Qisheng Li, & Arpita. Psychology of Popular Media. 2021. (PDF)
The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Reimagining the Foundations of Location-Based Games. Arpita, Travis W. Windleharth, Cassandra Lee, Amulya Paramasivam, Julie A. Kientz, Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee. CHI PLAY 2021. (PDF, appendix) (DOI)
“It Should Be a Game for Fun, Not Exercise”: Tensions in Designing Health-Related Features for Pokémon GO. Yoojung Kim, Arpita, Julie A. Kientz, Jin Ha Lee. To appear in CHI 2020. April 2020, Hawaii. (PDF)
Group Interactions in Location Based Gaming: A Case Study of Raiding in Pokémon GO. Arpita, Travis W. Windleharth, Ivy Acevedo, Rio Ishii, Cecilia Aragon, Julie A. Kientz, Jason Yip, Jin Ha Lee. CHI 2019, Glasgow, UK. (PDF) (DOI)
“It wasn’t really about the Pokémon”: Parents’ perspectives on a location-based mobile game. Kiley Sobel, Arpita, Alexis Hiniker, A., Jin H. Lee, Julie A. Kientz, & Jason C. Yip. CHI 2017. (PDF) (DOI)
Behavioral Support
Co-Designing Situated Displays for Family Co-Regulation with ADHD Children.
Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Clarisse Bonang, Arpita, Aehong Min, Elissa M. Monteiro, Jesus A. Beltran, Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes, Gillian R. Hayes, Daniel A. Epstein. CHI 2024. (PDF)
Unpacking the Lived Experiences of Smartwatch Mediated Self and Co-Regulation with ADHD Children. Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Elissa Monteiro, Arpita, Jesus A. Beltran, Clarisse Bonang, Daniel A. Epstein, Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes, and Gillian R. Hayes. CHI 2023. (Link)
Understanding Pivotal Experiences in Behavior Change for the Design of Technologies for Personal Wellbeing. Arpita, Samantha Kolovson, Yi-Chen Sung, Mike Eacker, Michael Chen, Sean A. Munson, Julie A. Kientz. In Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2018. (Link)
Values, Identity, and Social Translucence: Neurodiverse Student Teams in Higher Education. Annuska Zolyomi, Anne S Ross, Arpita, Lauren Milne, and Sean A. Munson. CHI 2018, Toronto. (PDF)
Lessons from Practice: Designing Tools to Facilitate Individualized Support for Quitting Smoking. Arpita, Roger Vilardaga, Julie A. Kientz, Sean A. Munson. Denver, CO. CHI 2017. (PDF (DOI)
Designing motion-based activities to engage students with autism in classroom settings. Arpita, Mirko Gelsomini, Patricia Pérez-Fuster, Gregory D. Abowd, Agata Rozga. 2015. Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’15), Boston, MA. (DOI)