Research theme
Heritage, museums & public space
Sites, museums, cities, and civic participation.
Projects
Active projects
XR in U.S. Museums
A national study of how accredited U.S. museums adopt extended reality, built from a coded dataset of museum institutions.
People
Director
Laura Shackelford
PhD student
Sarvin Eshaghi
PhD student
Sepehr Vaez Afshar
Other themes
Accessibility & belonging
Who can enter, use, and participate.
AI & language environments
AI-mediated XR, language, and communication.
Situated learning & field education
Learning through action, embodiment, and fieldwork.