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Ozioma Collins Oguine

("Ozzie")




“In seeking happiness for others, you will find it in yourself.”

— Unknown

👋Hi there! I am a second year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Notre Dame (ND). Under the guidance of Dr. Karla Badillo-Urquiola at the EPOCH Research Labs, my research explores the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), disability studies, and online safety & privacy.


  • Sept 2024: 🎉 Excited to receive AccessComputing Richard Tapia Travel Grant 2024
  • Aug 2024: 🎉 Thrilled to share my blog post titled "Why Teen Perspectives are Crucial for Shaping Online Safety Policies" during my Internship at Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).
  • May 2024: 🥇 Winner 2024 CRA-WP Social Media Competition [CRAGradCohort]
  • May 2024: 🎉 Excited to receive 2024 CRA-WP Grad Cohort Travel Grant!
  • Jan 2024: 🥇Nominee Notre Dame Graduate Student Black Excellence Award!
  • July 2023: 🎉 Excited to receive AccessComputing Richard Tapia Travel Grant 2023!
  • June 2023: 🥇 I am thrilled to receive Graduate Justice Fellowship 2023! [Link]
  • June 2023: 🎉 Received the HCIC Doctoral Student Travel Grant. I will be presenting a Poster! [HCIC 2023]
  • April 2023: 🥇 Excited to receive TEEWS Summer Fellowship 2023!
  • March 2023: 🎉 Excited to present my position paper titled "Adolescent Online Safety and Privacy Interventions for Social Virtual Reality" PDF at the 2023 CHI Privacy Workshop
  • March 2023: 🎉 My position paper titled "Ableist Microaggressions on Adolescents with Disability(ies) and Special Needs in Social Virtual Reality (VR)" PDF at the 2023 CHI Combating Toxicity and Online Harassment Workshop
  • Aug. 2022: 🎉 Started my Ph.D. journey at the University of Notre Dame!


Peer-Reviewed Workshop Papers [Google Scholar]


[C3] -- Oguine, O. C. and Badillo-Urquiola, K. (2023) "You Don’t Belong Here: Ableist Microaggressions on Adolescents with Disability(ies) and Special Needs in Social Virtual Reality (VR)" 2023 ACM CHI Workshop, Hamburg, Germany. PDF BibTeX
@inproceedings{oguine2023you, title={You Don't Belong Here: Ableist Microaggressions on Adolescents with Disability (ies) and Special Needs in Social Virtual Reality (VR)}, author={Oguine, Ozioma Collins and Badillo-Urquiola, Karla}, booktitle={CHI’23: Workshop on Combating Toxicity, Harassment, and Abuse in Online Social Spaces, Hamburg, Germany}, howpublished = {\url{https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4381787}}, year={2023} }

[C2] -- Oguine, O. C., Yao, Y., and Badillo-Urquiola, K. (2023) "Investigating Adolescent Online Safety and Privacy Interventions for Social Virtual Reality" 2023 ACM CHI Workshop, Hamburg, Germany. PDF BibTeX
@misc{Investig51:online, author = {Oguine, Ozioma Collins and Yao, Yaxing and Badillo-Urquiola, Karla}, title = {Investigating Adolescent Online Safety and Privacy Interventions for Social Virtual Reality}, booktitle={CHI’23: Workshop on Privacy Interventions and Eductaion, Hamburg, Germany}, howpublished = {\url{https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4384529}}, month = {February}, year = {2023}, }

[C1] -- Badillo-Urquiola, K. Wan, R., and Oguine, O. C. (2023) ”Creating Safer Online Spaces for Marginalized Youth Communities” 2023 ACM CHI Workshop, Hamburg, Germany. PDF BibTeX
@misc{Investig51:online, author = {Badillo-Urquiola, Karla and Wan, Ruyuan and Oguine, Ozioma Collins and }, title = {Creating Safer Online Spaces for Marginalized Youth Communities}, booktitle={CHI’23: Workshop on Privacy Interventions and Eductaion, Hamburg, Germany}, month = {February}, year = {2023}, }



Poster Presentations


[P2] -- Oguine, O. C., Wan, R. and Badillo-Urquiola, K.(2023) "Co-Designing with Foster Youth Online Safety Interventions” Poster presented at the 15th Annual CSE Student Poster Contest and Lunch, University of Notre Dame, IN.
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[P1] -- Oguine, O. C., Wan, R. and Badillo-Urquiola, K.(2022) ”Co-Designing with Foster Youth Online Safety Interventions” Poster presented at the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society Fall Symposium, University of Notre Dame, IN
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Projects/Portfolio


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🧊 Online safety features for young users with disability in Social VR

Online safety features for young users with disability in Social VR

#Online safety #Users with disabilities #Virtual Reality #User experience

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🧊 UI Re-design of Collegiate Learning Management System (LMS)

Online safety features for young users with disability in Social VR

#UXDesign #CoDesign #AffinityDiagraming #Prototyping #UsabilityTesting #LMSRedesign

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🛤️ Co-Designing with Foster Youth Online Safety Interventions

Co-Designing with Foster Youth Online Safety Interventions

#Co-Design #Foster Youth #Online Safety #User-Centered Design

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📊 Real-time Facial Emotion Recognition for Mental Health Tracking

Real-time Facial Emotion Recognition for Mental Health Tracking

#Facial Emotion Recognition #DNN#Mental Health#Usability Testing



Teaching Experience


University of Notre Dame

Fall 2023: CSE 40113 - Design/Analysis of Algorithms [Course Webpage]
Role: Teaching Assistant
  • Assisted with grading assignments, quizzes, and tests, maintaining accurate records of student progress.
  • Offer guidance and clarification on course content and assignments.
  • Provided one-on-one or small group instruction to students who needed additional academic support, resulting in improved student performance.

Spring 2023: CSE 40175 - Ethical and Professional Issues [Course Webpage]
Role: Teaching Assistant
  • Assisted with grading assignments, quizzes, and tests, maintaining accurate records of student progress.
  • Provided one-on-one or small group instruction to students who needed additional academic support, resulting in improved student performance.

Fall 2022: CSE 40431 - Programming Languages [Course Webpage]
Role: Teaching Assistant
  • Assisted with grading assignments, quizzes, and tests, maintaining accurate records of student progress.
  • Provided one-on-one or small group instruction to students who needed additional academic support, resulting in improved student performance.


Invited Talks/Lectures


[T2] -- Identity & Computing Lecture Series: on ”Experience of Computing Students with Disabilities.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsDo63WlCY

[T1] -- Cambridge University IGCSE Global Perspectives Documentary on "Will AI make Poverty worse in the 21st Century?” https://youtu.be/BuHvduBK0Rc
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