Veronica Newhart, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
UCI Institute for Clinical Translational Science
Email: [email protected]
Postdoctoral Fellow
UCI Institute for Clinical Translational Science
Email: [email protected]
Research
Veronica Ahumada Newhart, Ph.D. is an NIH funded postdoctoral fellow in UC Irvine's Institute for Clinical Translational Science. Her research is focused on the use of interactive technologies (e.g., telepresence robots) to establish or augment social connectedness for improved health, academic, and social outcomes. Her research encompasses strong interdisciplinary efforts between UCI's School of Medicine, School of Education, Department of Informatics, and Department of Cognitive Sciences. Her research interests include child health and human development, virtual inclusion, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, and emerging technologies that facilitate learning, human development, and social connectedness.
Biography
Prior to beginning her doctoral work, Dr. Newhart was a public health leader in her role as Director of Oral Health programs for the state of Montana. Her work in oral health supported key measures of Montana’s Title V Maternal and Child Health block grant and developed strong collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Dr. Newhart received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Irvine. She completed her M.Ed. in Adult Education from the University of Georgia and her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Loma Linda University.
Publications
Refereed Academic Publications
Newhart, V. A., & Olson, J. S. (2017). My student is a robot: How schools manage telepresence experiences for students. Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System, CHI’17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025809
Newhart, V.A., Warschauer, M., & Sender, L. (2016). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom: An exploratory case study. International Journal of Learning Technologies, 23(4). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zm4h7nf
Warschauer, M., & Newhart, V. A. (2015). Broadening our concepts of universal access. Universal Access in the Information Society, 15(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-015-0417-0
Published Academic Abstracts/Workshop Papers
Newhart, V. A., Warschauer, M., Olson, J.S., & Eccles, J.S. (2017). Go Home and Get Better: An Exploration of Inequitable Educational Services for Homebound Children. IDC 2017 Workshop on Equity and Inclusivity at the ACM SIGCHI Interaction Design and Children Conference.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8js3h9zc
Newhart, V.A., & Olson, J.S. (2017). Social rules for going to school on a robot. CSCW 2017 Workshop on Robots in Groups and Teams at the ACM SIGCHI Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kj733c3
Reich, S., Ochoa, W., Gaona, A., Salcedo, Y., Espinoa, G., Newhart, V., & Garrard, W. (2017, April). The Pain of Poverty and Poor English Skills in the Dental Chair: Pediatric Oral Health Disparities. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Newhart, V. A. (2014, April). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom. In CHI'14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 951-956). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2579417
State and Federal Publications
Newhart, V. A. (2011). Oral Health School-based Screening in Montana. Montana Public Health: Prevention Opportunities Under the Big Sky. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0r02g702
Newhart, V. A., & Carpenedo D. (2011). Connecting Oral Health and School Readiness. Montana School Readiness Initiative. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5b1966gr
Dotson, J.A., Buss, A., Frick, D., Carpenedo, D., & Newhart, V. A. (2010). 2010 Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment. Family and Community Health Bureau, Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gr98072
Carpenedo, D., & Newhart, V. A. (2010). 2005-2006 Oral Health Study: Montana Third Grade and Head Start Children. Oral Health in Montana. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5pq34577
Newhart, V.A. (Ed.) (2010). Health Maintenance and Enhancement: Oral Health Critical Competencies. Helena Public Schools: Health Enhancement K-12 Critical Competencies. Helena, MT. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rf0m7z2
Newhart, V.A. (2010). Oral Health Education Curriculum for Grades K-5. National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Bulletin XXIII. Washington DC: National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/04d63118
Presentations
Invited Presentations
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Workshop Presentations
Newhart, V. A., Warschauer, M., Olson, J.S., & Eccles, J.S. (2017). Telepresence robots for virtual social and academic inclusion: Can they contribute to improved well-being, health, and social outcomes for homebound pediatric patients? Pathways to Cures: Translational Research Science Presentations. UC Irvine Campus and Medical Center, Institute of Clinical and Translational Science, NIH.
Newhart, V. A. (2016, July). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom. Presentation at the 23rd International Conference on Learning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Newhart, V. A. (2016, March). What are strategies for maximizing the engagement of students with a variety of disabilities who might not typically engage in cyberlearning? Panel Presenter at The Center for Innovative Research in CyberLearning: AccessCyberLearning Capacity Building Institute. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Newhart, V. A. (2015) Learning via Virtual Inclusion. UC Irvine Mini-Symposium: Text and Data Mining for Interactive Online Learning. UC Irvine Data Science Initiative.
Newhart, V.A. (2014). Virtual Inclusion: A Conceptual Framework. Graduate Research Symposium, UC Irvine Associated Graduate Students.
Veronica Ahumada Newhart, Ph.D. is an NIH funded postdoctoral fellow in UC Irvine's Institute for Clinical Translational Science. Her research is focused on the use of interactive technologies (e.g., telepresence robots) to establish or augment social connectedness for improved health, academic, and social outcomes. Her research encompasses strong interdisciplinary efforts between UCI's School of Medicine, School of Education, Department of Informatics, and Department of Cognitive Sciences. Her research interests include child health and human development, virtual inclusion, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, and emerging technologies that facilitate learning, human development, and social connectedness.
Biography
Prior to beginning her doctoral work, Dr. Newhart was a public health leader in her role as Director of Oral Health programs for the state of Montana. Her work in oral health supported key measures of Montana’s Title V Maternal and Child Health block grant and developed strong collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Dr. Newhart received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Irvine. She completed her M.Ed. in Adult Education from the University of Georgia and her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Loma Linda University.
Publications
Refereed Academic Publications
Newhart, V. A., & Olson, J. S. (2017). My student is a robot: How schools manage telepresence experiences for students. Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System, CHI’17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025809
Newhart, V.A., Warschauer, M., & Sender, L. (2016). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom: An exploratory case study. International Journal of Learning Technologies, 23(4). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zm4h7nf
Warschauer, M., & Newhart, V. A. (2015). Broadening our concepts of universal access. Universal Access in the Information Society, 15(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-015-0417-0
Published Academic Abstracts/Workshop Papers
Newhart, V. A., Warschauer, M., Olson, J.S., & Eccles, J.S. (2017). Go Home and Get Better: An Exploration of Inequitable Educational Services for Homebound Children. IDC 2017 Workshop on Equity and Inclusivity at the ACM SIGCHI Interaction Design and Children Conference.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8js3h9zc
Newhart, V.A., & Olson, J.S. (2017). Social rules for going to school on a robot. CSCW 2017 Workshop on Robots in Groups and Teams at the ACM SIGCHI Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kj733c3
Reich, S., Ochoa, W., Gaona, A., Salcedo, Y., Espinoa, G., Newhart, V., & Garrard, W. (2017, April). The Pain of Poverty and Poor English Skills in the Dental Chair: Pediatric Oral Health Disparities. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Newhart, V. A. (2014, April). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom. In CHI'14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 951-956). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2579417
State and Federal Publications
Newhart, V. A. (2011). Oral Health School-based Screening in Montana. Montana Public Health: Prevention Opportunities Under the Big Sky. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0r02g702
Newhart, V. A., & Carpenedo D. (2011). Connecting Oral Health and School Readiness. Montana School Readiness Initiative. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5b1966gr
Dotson, J.A., Buss, A., Frick, D., Carpenedo, D., & Newhart, V. A. (2010). 2010 Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment. Family and Community Health Bureau, Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gr98072
Carpenedo, D., & Newhart, V. A. (2010). 2005-2006 Oral Health Study: Montana Third Grade and Head Start Children. Oral Health in Montana. Department of Public Health and Human Services, State of Montana. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5pq34577
Newhart, V.A. (Ed.) (2010). Health Maintenance and Enhancement: Oral Health Critical Competencies. Helena Public Schools: Health Enhancement K-12 Critical Competencies. Helena, MT. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rf0m7z2
Newhart, V.A. (2010). Oral Health Education Curriculum for Grades K-5. National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Bulletin XXIII. Washington DC: National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/04d63118
Presentations
Invited Presentations
2017
- “Telepresence robots: Bringing homebound pediatric patients to local schools” Invited Lecturer, PH 194/PH 196: Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory A
- “HCI + HRI = Virtual Inclusion” Montana State University School of Computing, Bozeman, MT
- “Tele-operated Human Service Robots for Students: Do They Need a Hand?” Los Angeles Unified School District, Assistive Technology Assessors Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
- “How Robots are Used in Schools” Newport Elementary School, Newport Beach, CA
- “What to Expect from Your Advisor and Faculty Mentors” UC Irvine Graduate Division
- “How to Develop Mentoring Plans and Personal Statements” UC Irvine DECADE
- “Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory” UC Irvine, School of Social Ecology
2016
- “Pediatric Patients Interacting with Robots” Pacemakers in Children and Adults Resource Fair, UC Irvine, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
- “Robots in Schools” Invited Lecturer, ED 212: Literacy and Technology
2015
- “Telepresence Robots in Education” Dean’s Advisory Board, UC Irvine School of Education.
- “Children with Chronic Illness in our Educational System” Integration of Technology in Educational Settings Colloquium with Education Delegation from Nacka Sweden. Irvine, CA.
- “Pediatric Patients Interacting with Robots” Pacemakers in Children and Adults Resource Fair, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
- “How do Robots Work?” Festival of Knowledge: Innovation and Technology Demonstration, UC Irvine
- “Telepresence in real-world contexts” Everyday Telepresence: Emerging Practices and Future Research Directions Workshop. CHI 2015: Crossings. Seoul, Korea. (Participated via telepresence)
2014
- “Virtual Inclusion in Traditional Classrooms,” presented at the Southern California K-12 Assistive Technology Network Annual Meeting.
- “Robots in Education” Digital Learning Lab, UC Irvine, School of Education
- Invited Lecturer, UC Irvine ED 131: Education Technology; UC Irvine ED 30: 21st Century Literacies
2013
- “Disparities in Dental Care for Head Start Children,” presented at the School of Education in Irvine, CA, September 2013
- “Universal Access” Invited Lecturer, ED 250: History of School Innovations and Current School Reform Movements. UC Irvine, School of Education.
- “Robots for Students with Chronic Illness” Competitive Edge Research Symposium, UC Irvine, Graduate Division
Workshop Presentations
Newhart, V. A., Warschauer, M., Olson, J.S., & Eccles, J.S. (2017). Telepresence robots for virtual social and academic inclusion: Can they contribute to improved well-being, health, and social outcomes for homebound pediatric patients? Pathways to Cures: Translational Research Science Presentations. UC Irvine Campus and Medical Center, Institute of Clinical and Translational Science, NIH.
Newhart, V. A. (2016, July). Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom. Presentation at the 23rd International Conference on Learning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Newhart, V. A. (2016, March). What are strategies for maximizing the engagement of students with a variety of disabilities who might not typically engage in cyberlearning? Panel Presenter at The Center for Innovative Research in CyberLearning: AccessCyberLearning Capacity Building Institute. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Newhart, V. A. (2015) Learning via Virtual Inclusion. UC Irvine Mini-Symposium: Text and Data Mining for Interactive Online Learning. UC Irvine Data Science Initiative.
Newhart, V.A. (2014). Virtual Inclusion: A Conceptual Framework. Graduate Research Symposium, UC Irvine Associated Graduate Students.
