Rachel F. Adler

Journal Publications

Adler R. F. Baez, K., Morales P., Sotelo J., Victorson, D., Magasi S. (2024, to appear). Evaluating the Usability of an mHealth App for Empowering Cancer Survivors with Disabilities: Heuristic Evaluation and Usability Testing. JMIR Human Factors.
Winters, C. A., Marshall, H. K., Victorson, D. E., Adler, R. F. & Magasi, S. (2023). Does the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) Capture the Complex Experiences of Cancer Survivors? A Mixed Methods Approach, Occupational Therapy In Health Care.
Adler, R. F. and Kletenik, D. (2023). Accessibility for All: Introducing IT Accessibility in Postsecondary Computer Science Programs for K-12 Teachers. Practice Brief. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 36(1), 103-108.
Adler, R. F., Hibdon, J., Kim, H., Mayle, S., Pines, B., and Srinivas, S. (2023). Assessing Computational Thinking across a STEM Curriculum for Pre-Service Teachers. Education and Information Technologies., 28, 8051-8073.
Adler, R. F., Paley, A., Li Zhao, A., Pack, H., Servantez, S., Pah, A. R., Hammond, K., and SCALES OKN Consortium (2023). A User-Centered Approach to Developing an AI System Analyzing U.S. Federal Court Data. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 31, 547-570.
Adler R, F. Morales P., Sotelo J., and Magasi S. (2022). Developing an mHealth App for Empowering Cancer Survivors with Disabilities: Co-Design Study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(7), e37706.
Adler, R. F. and Beck, K. (2020). Developing an Introductory Computer Science Course for Pre-service Teachers. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28(3), 519-541.
Buscemi, J., Buitrago, D., Iacobelli, F., Penedo, F., Maciel, C., Guitleman, J., Balakrishnan, A., Corden, M., Adler, R.F., Bouchard, L.C., Perez-Tamayo, A., and Yanez, B. (2019). Feasibility of a smartphone-based intervention for Hispanic breast cancer survivors: A Brief Report. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9(4), 638-645.
Adler, R. F. and Kim, H. (2018). Enhancing Future K-8 Teachers' Computational Thinking Skills through Modeling and Simulations. Education and Information Technologies, 23(4), 1501-151.
Iacobelli, F., Adler, R. F., Buitrago, D., Buscemi, J., Corden, M. E., Perez-Tamayo, A., Penedo, F. J., Rodriguez, M., and Yanez, B. R. (2018). Designing an mHealth application to bridge health disparities in Latina breast cancer survivors: a community-supported design approach. Design for Health, 2(1), 58-76, doi:10.1080/24735132.(2018).1452871.
Yanez, B. R., Buitrago, D., Buscemi, J., Iacobelli, F., Adler, R. F., Corden, M. E., Perez-Tamayo, A, Guitelman, J., and Penedo, F. J. (2018). Study Design and Protocol for My Guide: an e-Health Intervention to Improve Patient-Centered Outcomes Among Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 65, 61-68.
Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F. and Gutstein, Y. (2016). Are You Convinced? A Wizard of Oz Study to Test Emotional vs. Rational Persuasion Strategies in Dialogues, Computers in Human Behavior, 57, 75-81.
Adler, R. F. and Benbunan-Fich, R. (2015). The Effects of Task Difficulty and Multitasking on Performance, Interacting With Computers, 27(4), 430-439.
Adler, R. F. and Benbunan-Fich, R. (2013). Self-Interruptions in Discretionary Multitasking, Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1441-1449.
Adler, R. F. and Benbunan-Fich, R. (2012). Juggling on a High Wire: Multitasking Effects on Performance, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 70 (2), 156-168.
Benbunan-Fich, R., Adler, R. F., and Mavlanova, T. (2011). Measuring Multitasking Behavior with Activity-Based Metrics, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 18 (2), 1-22.
Adler, R. F., Friedman, L. W. and Friedman, H. H. (2008). The Use of Information Technology to Create a Better Workplace for Individuals with Disabilities, Management Online Review.

Book Chapter

Slate, J., Adler, R. F., Hibdon, J., Mayle, S., Kim, H., and Srinivas, S. (2019). A Multidisciplinary Approach to Incorporating Computational Thinking in STEM Courses for Preservice Teachers. In Reardon, M., and Leonard, J. (Eds.) Integrating Digital Technology in Education: School-University-Community Collaboration. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Conference Proceedings

Kletenik, D. and Adler, R. F. (2024, to appear). Motivated by Inclusion: Understanding Students' Empathy and Motivation to Design Accessibly Across a Spectrum of Disabilities. In The 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'24)
Kletenik, D., Minkowitz, R., Peric, A., Sahin, M., and Adler, R. F. (2024, to appear). From Awareness to Action: Teaching Software Accessibility for Neurodiverse Users. In The 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'24)
Kletenik, D. and Adler, R. F. (2023). Who Wins: A Comparison of Accessibility Simulation Games vs. Classroom Modules. In The 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'23) (pp. 214–220).
Li Zhao, A. L., Paley, A., Adler, R. F. and Hammond, K. (2022). OpenIllinois: An Information System for Transparency in Illinois State Electoral Finances. In The 23nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (pp. 466-468).
Kletenik, D. and Adler, R. F. (2022). Let's Play: Increasing Accessibility Awareness and Empathy Through Games. In The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'22) (pp. 182-188).
Li Zhao, A., Paley, A., Adler, R., Pack, H., Servantez, S., Einarsson, A., Barrie, C., Sterbentz, M. and Hammond, K. (2021) Requirements for Open Political Information: Transparency Beyond Open Data. In AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Government and Public Sector.
Paley, A., Li Zhao, A., Pack, H., Servantez, S., Adler, R. F., Sterbentz, M., Pah, A., Schwartz, D., Barrie, C., Einarssan, A., and Hammond, K. (2021). From Data to Information: Automating Data Science to Explore the U.S. Court System. In The 18th International Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2021)(pp. 119-128). (Best Innovative Application Paper Award)
Trana, R. E., Gomez, C., and Adler, R. F. (2020). Fighting Cyberbullying: An Analysis of Algorithms used to Detect Harassing Text Found on YouTube. In: Ahram T. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1213. Springer, Cham.
Moise, C. and Adler, R. F. (2019). Facing the Music: Performance Implications of Working with Music in the Background. In 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) (pp. 0837-0843). IEEE.
Rubin, D. and Adler, R. F. (2018). Smart Multitasking with Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (pp. 1392-1410).
Adler, W. D. and Adler, R. F. (2018). Tweets and Posts: Social Networking Sites and Political Knowledge in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (pp. 1918-1932).
Adepu, S. and Adler, R. F. (2016). A Comparison of Performance and Preference on Mobile Devices vs. Desktop Computers. In 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) (pp. 587-593), IEEE.
Kim, H. and Adler, R. F. (2016). Future Teacher’s Computational Thinking and Science Conceptual Changes using Scratch Programming. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning pp. 168-174.
Adler, R. F., Adepu, S., Bestha, A. and Gutstein, Y. (2015). Remind Me: Minimizing Negative Effects of Multitasking, In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, AHFE 2015.
Adler, R. F., Rubin, D., Mohammad, A. R., Irfan, A. Senadeera, H., Nguyen, T. (2015). That's Easy! The Effects of Objective and Subjective Task Difficulty when Multitasking, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, AHFE 2015.
Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F. and Gutstein, Y. (2015). Are You Convinced? A Wizard of Oz Study to Test Emotional vs. Rational Persuasion Strategies in Dialogues, In Adjunct Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (Work in Progress).
Adler, R. F. and Adler, W. D. (2013). The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Participation in the 2012 Presidential Election. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 233-239). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Adler, R. F. and Benbunan-Fich, R. (2012). The Effects of Positive and Negative Self-Interruptions in Discretionary Multitasking. In CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computer Systems (pp. 1763-1768).
Adler, R. F. and Benbunan-Fich, R. (2011). A Typology of Positive and Negative Self-Interruptions in Voluntary Multitasking. In AMCIS 2011 (Abstract), #64.
Benbunan-Fich, R., Adler, R. F., and Mavlanova, T. (2009). Developing New Metrics for Computer-Based Multitasking Behavior. In International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 1-13, #132.
Benbunan-Fich, R., Adler, R. F., and Mavlanova, T. (2009). Patterns of Home Computer Usage among College Students: An Exploratory Study. In AMCIS 2009, 1-9, #112.
Benbunan-Fich, R., Adler, R. F., and Mavlanova, T. (2009). Towards New Metrics for Multitasking Behavior. In CHI'09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 4039-4044).
Adler, R. F. (2009). Simulation of a Teleautonomous Multiple Robot System with a Single Human Operator. In Proceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference (pp. 1-6).
Friedman, L. W. and Friedman, H. H., and Adler, R. F. (2008). Computer Technology to Assist Individuals with Disabilities: The Current State and Emerging Technologies. In Proceedings of the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (pp. 391-397).
Adler, R. F. and Satari, F. (2006). The Application of Virtual Reality Simulations to the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. In Proceedings of the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (pp. 25611-2561).

Presentations

Magasi, S., Adler, R. F., and Victorson, D. WeCanManage: An App-based Self-Management Intervention for Cancers Survivors with Known Disabilities. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 2023 Annual Conference, October 2023, Atlanta, GA.
Baez, K., Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Delgado, M., Raudales Reyes, D., Jarvis, E., Cadena, S., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Evaluating the Usability of an mHealth App for Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Poster at the 2023 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2023, Portland, Oregon.
Jarvis, E., Raudales Reyes, D., Delgado, M., Cadena, S., Sotelo, J., Baez, K., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Co-designing a High-Fidelity Prototype for a Mobile Health App for People with Disabilities. Student Center for Science Engagement’s Fifteenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2023, Chicago, IL.
Delgado, M., Raudales Reyes, D., Jarvis, E., Cadena, S., Baez, K., Sotelo, J., Morales, P. H., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Utilizing Usability Testing Results to Improve the Design of an mHealth App for Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Student Center for Science Engagement’s Fifteenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2023, Chicago, IL.
Baez, K., Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Delgado, M., Raudales Reyes, D., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Evaluating an mHealth Application for Cancer Survivors with Disabilities through Usability Testing. Northeastern Illinois University’s Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2023, Chicago, IL.
Kletenik, D. and Adler, R. F. Designing for All: Teaching Accessibility through Games. CUNY Games Conference, January 2023.
Adler, R. F., Friedman, D., Victorson, D. and Magasi, S. Co-Design Processes for the Development of mRehabilitation (mRehab) Interventions For and With People with Disabilities. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 2022 Annual Conference, November 2022, Chicago, IL.
Sotelo, J., Morales, P. H., Baez, K., Delgado, M., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Heuristic Evaluation of an mHealth Prototype for Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Poster at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022.(Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation Award)
Baez, K., Delgado, M., Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Designing an mHealth Prototype to Enable Peer Navigator Intervention for People with Disabilities. Student Center for Science Engagement’s Fourteenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2022, Chicago, IL.
Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Baez, K., Delgado, M., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Usability Testing of a Mobile Health Application for Empowering Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Student Center for Science Engagement’s Fourteenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2022, Chicago, IL.
Sotelo, J., Morales, P. H., Dimayuga, L., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Developing a Prototype of a Self-Management Application to Empower Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Poster at the 2021 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference (Virtual), October 2021. (Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation Award).
Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Dimayuga, L., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Applying a User-Centered Co-Design Approach to Discover the Challenges of Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Poster at the 2021 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference (Virtual), October 2021.
Morales, P. H., Sotelo, J., Dimayuga, L., Teolis, B., Magasi, S., and Adler, R. F. Applying a User-Centered Co-Design Approach to Develop a Web Application for Empowering Cancer Survivors with Disabilities. Student Center for Science Engagement’s Annual Research Symposium (Virtual), Northeastern Illinois University, October 2021.
Magasi, S., Victorson, D., Adler, R., and Hamlish, T. WeCanManage: Collaborative user-centered design of a self-management tool for cancer survivors with disabilities. 2nd Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries – European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (COTEC-ENOTHE) Congress (Virtual). September 2021.
Gomez, C. E., Trana, R. E., and Adler, R. F. Detecting Cyberbullying: Two-Step Classification of Topic-Based YouTube Comments. 2020 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference (Virtual), October 2020.
Radom, L., Brinkmann, P., Pines, B., Mayle, S., Hibdon, J., and Adler, R., Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers’ Computational Thinking: Integrating CT into Existing Curricula, Poster at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2020, Denver, CO.
Saradha, L., Latif, S., DeZetter, S., Trana, R., and Adler, R. F. Text Extraction from Images to Detect Cyberbullying, 2019 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2019, Honolulu, HI. (Outstanding Research Presentation Award)
Ulloa, O., Garcia, J. A., Salem, M., Gomez, C., Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F., and Trana, R. Creating a Large Cyberbullying Dataset from Multiple Sources to Improve the Accuracy of Cyberbullying Classifications, Poster at the 2019 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2019, Honolulu, HI.
Garcia, J. A., Ulloa, O., Salem, M., Gomez, C., Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F., and Trana, R. Cyberbullying Classification: Semantic Analysis of Text in Shared Image Memes, Poster at the 2019 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2019, Honolulu, HI.
Fakher, U., Miryani, N., Rabe, L., and Adler, R. F., User-Centered Design of a Computational Thinking Website for Educators in STEM, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Eleventh Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2019, Chicago, IL.
Radom, L., Brinkmann, P., Pines, B., Mayle, S., Hibdon, J., and Adler, R., Integrating Computational Thinking into the Classroom, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Eleventh Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2019, Chicago, IL.
Garcia, J. A., Ulloa, O., Salem, M., Gomez, C., Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F., and Trana, R. Cyberbullying Classification: Analysis of Text in Social Media Memes, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Eleventh Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2019, Chicago, IL.
Moise, C. and Adler, R. F. Performance Implications of Working with Music in the Background, Northeastern Illinois University's 27th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2019, Chicago, IL.
Radom, L., Brinkmann, P., Hibdon, J., Pines, B., and Adler, R. F., Geometry, Art, and Cultural Relevance with Computational Thinking, Poster at the 2018 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2018, San Antonio, TX.
Slim, S., Konecki, M., Thiel, S., Slate, J., and Adler, R. The Mosquito-Born Zika Virus as a Means to Introduce Modeling to Biology Students, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Tenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2018, Chicago, IL.
Erbacher, A., Chavez, J. L., León, M. N., Kim, H., and Adler, R. Promoting Future Teachers’ Computational Thinking Skills using Earthquake Simulator Robotics, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Tenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2018, Chicago, IL.
Radom, L., Brinkmann, P., Pines, B., Hibdon, J., and Adler, R. F. Geometry, Art, and Cultural Relevance with Computational Thinking, Poster at Student Center for Science Engagement’s Tenth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2018, Chicago, IL.
Ain, U., Santos, J., Figueroa, E., Slate, J., Adler, R. Understanding the Spread of Disease Outbreaks using Computer Simulation, Northeastern Illinois University's 26th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2018, Chicago, IL.
Adler, R. F., Hibdon, J., Kim, H., Pines, B., Slate, J., Srinivas, S., and Wheeler, D. Incorporating Computational Thinking into Biology, Physics, and Mathematics Classrooms for Educators: A Collaborative Research and Curricular Experience. Northeastern Illinois University’s Eighth Annual Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium, November 2017, Chicago, IL.
Buitrago, D., Maciel, C., Shivaprakash, N., Buscemi, J., Perez-Tamayo, A., Castro, Y., Adler, R. F., Iacobelli, F., Rodriguez, M., Penedo, F., and Yanez, B. “Development of a Patient-Centered Smartphone Application for Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors. 14th International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology, November 2017, Chicago, IL.
Konan, J. B., Nadaria, S., Chandel, P., Akubat, Z., Irfan, A., and Adler, R. F. Incorporating Computational Thinking into Science Classrooms, 2017 Spring Symposium & Student Research Conference in STEM (ILSAMP 2017), February 2017, Rosemont, IL.
Kim, H., Adler, R. F., and Konan, J. B. Integrating Computational Thinking in Preservice Science Classrooms, Northern Illinois Science Educators 2016, November 2016, Naperville, IL.
Akubat, Z., Nedaria, S., Chandel, P., Konan, J. B., and Adler, R. F., Teaching Computational Thinking using Newton’s Laws of Motion, Poster at the 2016 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2016, Long Beach, CA.
Konan, J. B., Nadaria, S., Chandel, P., Akubat, Z., Irfan, A., and Adler, R. F. Incorporating Computational Thinking into Science Classrooms, Student Center for Science Engagement’s Eighth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2016, Chicago, IL.
Rodriguez, M. L., Porres, A., Iacobelli, F., and Adler, R. F. Mi Guia: A Mobile Application for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors. Northeastern Illinois University's 24th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2016, Chicago, IL.
Adler, W. D. and Adler, R. F. Follow Me: The Influence of Social Networking Sites in the 2014 U.S. Elections. 74th Annual MPSA Conference, April 2016, Chicago, IL.
Rubin D. and Adler, R. F., Smart Multitasking with Smartphones, Northeastern Illinois University's 23rd Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2015, Chicago, IL.
Kim, H. and Adler, R. F., Promoting Preservice Teachers’ Inquiry and Computational Thinking Using Scratch, Northeastern Illinois University's 5th Annual Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium, November 2014, Chicago, IL.
Mohammad, A. R., Nguyen, T., Senadeera, H., Irfan, A., Rubin, D. and Adler, R. F. The Effects of Objective and Subjective Task Difficulty on Multitasking Performance, Student Center for Science Engagement’s Sixth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2014, Chicago, IL.
Perlman, M., Hoffman, S., Adler, R. F., Gertler, R., and Earls, C. Hacking the Hackathon: Bringing Diversity to Coding Competitions, Poster at Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Conference, October 2013, Minneapolis, MN.
Riyaj, M., DeBord, B. Gutstein, Y., and Adler, R. F. Strategies for Persuasion in Computer-Mediated Dialogues, Poster at the 2013 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2013, San Antonio, TX.
Riyaj, M., DeBord, B. Gutstein, Y., and Adler, R. F. Strategies for Persuasion in Computer-Mediated Dialogues, Student Center for Student Engagement’s Fifth Annual Research Symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, September 2013, Chicago, IL.
Adler, W. D. and Adler, R. F., Party Affiliation and Social Networking in the 2012 Presidential Election, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2013, Chicago, IL.
Benbunan-Fich, R. Adler, R. F., and Mavlanova, T. Measuring Multitasking Behavior with Activity-Based Metrics, TOCHI journal paper presented at CHI 2012, May 2012, Austin, TX.
Adler, R. F. A Review of Errors in Robotics: Robots vs. Humans. Third Annual Conference on Computer and Human Error, December 2007, New York, NY.