Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn

What if you could experience the dangers of a hurricane in a safe way, before it ever happens? @universityofga is using Virtual Reality to do just that! We talk to the "Weather the Storm" program lead this week on Geeks 👉 linktr.ee/WeatherGeeks

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

Are you a #VR Masters/PhD student who want to attend the @IEEEVR conference but have no funding? Worry not! Apply to go as a student volunteer! It covers registration, hotel, and lunches!! *Deadline TODAY* ieeevr.org/2025/contribut…

npj Digital Medicine paper is here (open access): nature.com/articles/s4174…

The CACHE center (@UGA_VR) wrapped up our NIHR01 project this past summer in partnership with the YMCA of Metropolitan ATL - here's a nice summary of what we've been doing! news.uga.edu/vr-may-help-ki…

We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in @NatureComms shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵nature.com/articles/s4146…

With our new editorial team beginning in January 2025, we would like to express our deep appreciation to the outgoing team: Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn (@sunjooahn), Benjamin Johnson (@bkj_comm), Marina Krcmar (@KrcmarMarina), and Leonard Reinecke (@LeonardReinecke). (1/4)

@JiyoungLee2g0 @MediaPsychMEP @bkj_comm @KrcmarMarina @LeonardReinecke Thank you ❤️

@sunjooahn @MediaPsychMEP @bkj_comm @KrcmarMarina @LeonardReinecke Thank you so much for your service!

It has been an honor to serve as a co-editor-in-chief at @MediaPsychMEP for the past four years. THANK YOU @bkj_comm @KrcmarMarina @LeonardReinecke for joining me on the editorial journey. Pls see the link below for a brief overview of the journal's progress in the past 4 years👇

@katypearce tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Seeking interview studies that: - were published in 2023 or 2024 - are in a Communication journal - have clear RQs - have detailed methods sections with discussion of assessing validity (qualitatively) - are relatively short and not terribly complex (This is for undergrads). Ty.

@IOatUGA Thanks for having me! Really enjoyed getting to meet the faculty and students who attended :)

Huge thank you to Dr. Sun Joo (Grace) Ann who shared her talk on “Media Psychological Approach to Immersive Virtual Experiences.” with us! This truly was a great Professional Development Series event that we had today! 👏

🚨 NOAA Weather Program Office (@NOAA_WPO) has published the FY25 Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) on grants.gov 🚨 🗓️ Deadlines: 🔵LOIs due by 5pm ET on 10/2/24 🔵Full Apps due by 5pm ET on 12/2/24 More information on our website: wpo.noaa.gov/fy25-notice-of…

This year, for the first time, @IEEEVR is running a new category for #XR artists to show off their art work! Edges of Reality: Questioning the Truthfulness of our Digital Realities Deadline Oct 31st 1000 words abstract + Image + 5 mins video #VR #AR ieeevr.org/2025/contribut…

😡 How does anger influence the recall of misinformation on social media? 😡 @JiyoungLee2g0, @calliekalny, Stefanie Demetriades, and Nathan Walter used two studies to explore this question in their new article. Check out their findings here: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

🥳 Issue 5 of #MediaPsychology in 2024 is now available! 🥳 6 articles featuring misinformation recall, negativity in enterprise social media, children’s engagement with media characters, audio story experiences, the “brain drain” hypothesis, and eudaimonic media content 👇

Some of my thoughts on the intersection of XR and AI - thanks to organizers Joaquim Jorge and Wolfgang Hürst. See ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10660…

Revolutionizing children's health: The Virtual Fitness Buddy (VFB), led by @sunjooahn at UGA, uses mixed reality & a virtual dog to boost kids' activity. Backed by a $3.3M NIH grant, VFB turns sedentary habits into active ones, fighting childhood obesity. @UGAGrady #socialscience

If you’re choosing a research group to join, pay just as much - if not more - attention to the culture and mentoring style in the group than the research. You can succeed in lots of research areas or projects, but it’s tough to succeed in an unsupportive environment.

The BIRD team is growing! If you are a research scientist who loves building software and prototypes, moves fast and strives for high standards, prepare your portfolio+cv, and apply. google.com/about/careers/…

ladies and gentlemen…meet the Class of 2028