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Books
Data-Driven Personas
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Jansen, B. J., Salminen, J., Jung, S., & Guan, K. (2021). Data-Driven Personas. (Part of the Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-02231-9
Peer-reviewed articles
What is User Engagement?: A Systematic Review of 241 Research Articles in Human-Computer Interaction and Beyond
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Jansen, B. J., Guan, K. W., Salminen, J., Aldous, K., & Jung, S. G. (2025, forthcoming). In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Designing Health Recommender Systems to Promote Health Equity: A Socioecological Perspective
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Figueroa, C. A., Torkamaan, H., Bhattacharjee, A., Hauptmann, H., Guan, K. W., & Sedrakyan, G. (2025). Designing Health Recommender Systems to Promote Health Equity: A Socioecological Perspective. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e60138. doi:10.2196/60138 | PDF coming soon
Just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent and young adult health and well-being: protocol for a systematic review
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Guan, K. W., Adlung, C., Keijsers, L., Smit, C. R., Vreeker, A., Thalassinou, E., van Roekel, E., de Reuver, M., Figueroa, C. A., & PROTECt ME consortium (2024). Just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent and young adult health and well-being: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 14(7), e083870. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083870 | PDF
Diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in mental health apps for young people: protocol for a scoping review
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Figueroa, C.A., Pérez-Flores N.J., Guan. K.W., & Stiles-Shields, C. (2024). Diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in mental health apps for young people: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 14:e081673. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081673 | PDF
Leveraging Personas for Social Impact: A Review of Their Applications to Social Good in Design
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Guan, K. W., Salminen, J., Jung, S. G., & Jansen, B. J. (2023). Leveraging Personas for Social Impact: A Review of Their Applications to Social Good in Design. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1-16. doi:10.1080/10447318.2023.2247568 | PDF
Racial Disparities in EEG Research and Their Implications for Our Understanding of the Maternal Brain
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Penner, F., Wall, K. M., Guan, K. W., Huang, H. J., Richardson, L., Dunbar, A. S., Groh, A. M., & Rutherford, H. J. V. (2023). Racial Disparities in EEG Research and Their Implications for Our Understanding of the Maternal Brain. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-16. doi:10.3758/s13415-022-01040-w│PDF
Use Cases for Design Personas: A Systematic Review and New Frontiers
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Salminen, J., Guan, K. W., Jung, S. G., & Jansen, B. J. (2022). Use Cases for Design Personas: A Systematic Review and New Frontiers. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-21). doi:10.1145/3491102.3517589│PDF
Big Data, Small Personas: How Algorithms Shape the Demographic Representation of Data-Driven User Segments
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Salminen, J., Chhirang, K., Jung, S. G., Thirumuruganathan, S., Guan, K. W., & Jansen, B. J. (2022). Big Data, Small Personas: How Algorithms Shape the Demographic Representation of Data-Driven User Segments. Big Data, 10(4), 313-336. doi:10.1089/big.2021.0177 │PDF
A Systematic Review of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Interventions for HIV Key Populations: Female Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and People Who Inject Drugs
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Decker, M. R., Lyons, C., Guan, K., Mosenge, V., Fouda, G., Levitt, D., Abelson, A., Nunez, G. T., Njindam, I. M., Kurani, S., & Baral, S. (2022). A Systematic Review of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Interventions for HIV Key Populations: Female Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and People Who Inject Drugs. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 23(2), 676-694. doi:10.1177/15248380211029405 │PDF
How to Create Personas: Three Persona Creation Methodologies with Implications for Practical Employment
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Jansen, B. J., Jung, S. G., Nielsen, L., Guan, K. W., & Salminen, J. (2022). How to Create Personas: Three Persona Creation Methodologies with Implications for Practical Employment. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 14(3), 1-28. doi:10.17705/1pais.14301 │PDF
A Survey of 15 Years of Data-Driven Persona Development
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Salminen, J., Guan, K., Jung, S. G., & Jansen, B. J. (2021). A Survey of 15 Years of Data-Driven Persona Development. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 37(18), 1685-1708. doi:10.1080/10447318.2021.1908670│PDF
Information Design for Personas in Four Professional Domains of User Experience Design, Healthcare, Market Research, and Social Media Strategy
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Guan, K. W., Salminen, J., Nielsen, L., Jung, S. G., & Jansen, B. J. (2021). Information Design for Personas in Four Professional Domains of User Experience Design, Healthcare, Market Research, and Social Media Strategy. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 4446-4455). doi:10.24251/HICSS.2021.540│PDF
Strengths and Weaknesses of Persona Creation Methods: Guidelines and Opportunities for Digital Innovations
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Jansen, B. J., Jung, S. G., Salminen, J., Guan, K.W., & Nielsen, L. (2021). Strengths and Weaknesses of Persona Creation Methods: Guidelines and Opportunities for Digital Innovations. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 4971-4980). doi:10.24251/HICSS.2021.604│PDF
A Template for Data-Driven Personas: Analyzing 31 Quantitatively Oriented Persona Profiles
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Salminen, J., Guan, K., Nielsen, L., Jung, S. G., & Jansen, B. J. (2020). A Template for Data-Driven Personas: Analyzing 31 Quantitatively Oriented Persona Profiles. In Yamamoto, S., & Mori, H. (Eds.), HCII 2020: Human Interface and the Management of Information. Designing Information. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 12184, pp. 125-144). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50020-7_8│PDF
A Literature Review of Quantitative Persona Creation
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Salminen, J., Guan, K., Jung, S., Chowdhury, S. A., & Jansen, B. J. (2020). A Literature Review of Quantitative Persona Creation. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14). doi:10.1145/3313831.3376502│PDF
Handbook chapters
The Role of Arts and Music in Early Childhood Education
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Makridis, C. A., Guan, K., Ludington, E. R., Hopkins, M., & Parassidis, S. (2022). The Role of Arts and Music in Early Childhood Education. In A. Betts, & K. Thai (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Development and School Readiness (pp. 290-316). IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8649-5.ch013
Registered study protocols
Leveraging Large Language Models, Persuasive System Design, and Participatory Action Research to Co-Design a Personalized Digital Health Assistant for Preventive Youth Mental Health.
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Guan, K. W., Orchard, N., Figueroa, C., Figueroa, C., Gonçalves, J., De Keyzer, F., … Can, N. (2024). Leveraging Large Language Models, Persuasive System Design, and Participatory Action Research to Co-Design a Personalized Digital Health Assistant for Preventive Youth Mental Health. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/KHFXU
Investigating Racial and Ethnic Diversity in MRI Studies of the Maternal Brain: A Scoping Review Protocol
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Orchard, E. R., Funaro, M. C., Guan, K. W., Wall, K. M., Yatziv, T., Hart-Derrick, V., … Rutherford, H. (2022). Investigating Racial and Ethnic Diversity in MRI Studies of the Maternal Brain: A Scoping Review Protocol. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/6C7ZT