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My research explores the role of the built environment as a platform for safe and equitable road user negotiations in shared road space. To do this I build simulations on a variety of free-motion and fixed-base platforms to capture locale-specific context between motorized and nonmotorized agents. The goal is to develop fair, safe, and scalable representations of these real-time negotiations in shared urban spaces. This work can inform the design of more inclusive transportation infrastructure, connected technologies, and automated systems in complex urban environments.
Keywords: human factors, road safety, naturalistic driving environments, road user behavior, statistical modeling, human-computer interaction, human-subjects research, simulation, mixed-traffic driving environments

Currently I'm a Transportation Systems Ph.D. Candidate at the C2SMART Institute in the Civil & Urban Engineering Department at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn, NY. My advisor is Dr. Linda Ng Boyle at C2SMART's HumanFUEL (Human Factors and Urban Ergonomics Lab), where we develop user-centered road safety solutions using statistical modeling and human-subjects experimentation.

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is learning to boulder,
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but cannot wait for shavasana.

☕️ Water cooler coffee?1,2

I'm best over a cup of joe :) Please reach out with any questions or to discuss my work! You can email me at grace.douglas@nyu.edu or connect with me on LinkedIn.

1Koch, T., & Denner, N. (2022). Informal communication in organizations: work time wasted at the water-cooler or crucial exchange among co-workers?. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 27(3), 494-508.

2Woo, D., Endacott, C. G., & Myers, K. K. (2023). Navigating water cooler talks without the water cooler: Uncertainty and information seeking during remote socialization. Management Communication Quarterly, 37(2), 251-280.