SYLVIA H JANICKI

~ exploring the diversity of human experiences and how people interact with the world around them ~

About

Hello! I’m a PhD student working with Dr. Nassim Parvin in the Design & Social Justice Studio at Georgia Tech’s Digital Media program. My academic research examines issues of access and justice in urban environments at intersections of digital, built, and bodily spaces.

My research interests builds on am experiences in landscape architecture and urban design, particularly in community and emotional public spaces like gardens and memorials.

I also draw from craft and making practices, including my previous work as a print maker that largely explored stories of places through screen prints.

Design Work

Landscape & Urban Design

Graphic & Digital Media

  • Navigating Illness, Finding Place: A Place-Finding App Prototype Development and User Study
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Publications

Janicki, S., Ziegler, M., Mankoff, J. (2021). Navigating Illness, Finding Place: Enhancing the Experience of Place for People with Chronic Illness. ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’21). Available at: https://doi.org/10/1145/3460112.3471955

Chen YF, Janicki S. (2020). A Cognitive-Based Board Game With Augmented Reality for Older Adults: Development and Usability Study. JMIR Serious Games. 8(4):e22007. doi: 10.2196/22007. PMID: 33315015; PMCID: PMC7769693. Available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33315015/

Janicki, S. (2018). [Dis]placed by Illness: Lyme disease as a Case for Re-imagining Everyday Places to Recognize Invisible Chronic illnesses. MLA and MUP Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Available at https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/42423

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