Sandra Y. Okita Ph.D.
Work
Child and Adolescent Development
Psychological Studies in Education
485 Lasuen Mall
yuudra@stanford.edu
Research
Interest:
APPLIED:
Designing information technology/robots assisted learning tools for
children and adults that influence behavior (learning,
prevention, coping skills)
BASIC:
Investigating young children's attribution and conceptual understanding of
Agency, Intelligence, Biology, Health using cognitive artifacts.
Education
Spring 2005
Doctorate
Degree (Ph.D.) in Media and Governance
Ph.D
Thesis:
Assessing Realization and Experience of Embodiment in Multiple Worlds
Fall 2001-Fall 2003
Master
Degree (M.A.) in Psychology
Fall 1997-Spring 1999
Master
Degree (M.A) in Media and Governance
MA
Thesis:
Therapet System: Projective Computing for Self-Enhancement
Psychology?
Fall 1993-Fall 1997
Bachelor
Degree (B.A) in Policy Management
BA
Thesis:
Psychological
Animal Agent Assisted Therapy Prototype System
Research
Experience
1. Perception of Intelligence in Robotic Toys Project (Okita) Protocol # : 0102-623
2. Childhood Health Appreciation Project (Okita) # 82185
3. Affect and Animacy in Robotic Toys Project (Okita)
Protocol #:0203-736
4. Information Transfer Between Real and Virtual
Environments Project (Okita) Protocol#:81809
1. Teachable Agents Project (Schwartz)
2. Imagery Project (Schwartz)
3. Children with Chronic Illness Re-entry into School (Children's Health
Council-Hoffman)
4. Pet Therapy Project (LPCH)
Journal
Publications
1. Okita, Y.S. (Oct. 2004 in
print). Effects of age on Associating Virtual and Embodied
Toys, CyberPsychology and Behavior, 7, Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
2. Ookita, Y.S., Tokuda, H. (Feb. 2001). A Virtual
Therapeutic Environment with User Projective Agents, CyberPsychology
and Behavior, 4(5), Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
Conference
Papers, Posters
2004
1. Okita, S. , (2004) Effects of age on associating virtual and
embodied toys. American Educational Research Association (AERA
) Conference,
2. Okita, S., (2004).
Children's Accuracy and Transfer Across Different
Context Environments, International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
1999-2000
1. Ookita, Sandra Yu, The
Development of Middleware in creating a Networked Virtual Therapeutic
Environment for Psychotherapy, Emerging Technology Workshop(ETW 2000), Boston,
MA U.S.A.
2. Ookita, Sandra Yu,
Projective Agent Computing, Emerging Technology Workshop (ETW 99),
3. Ookita, Sandra Yu, The
Cyber Therapy Model, In Proceedings of IEEE Multimedia Technology &
Applications Conference 1998(MTACf98),
4. Ookita, Sandra Yu,
Psychotherapy With Virtual Pet Agents-The PSY-AAAT Prototype System, In
Proceedings of
5. Ookita, Sandra Yu, The PSY-AAAT Prototype System,
In Proceedings IPSJ National Conference 1998,
Teaching
Experience
Employer Country Type of Work Date
Keio University Japan Part-time
Faculty (undergraduate course)
2000- 2001
Language
and Communication Research Institute
(Courses)
-Autonomous
Distributed Collaborative System(graduate level)
-Media
Architecture (graduate level)
-
-Computer
literacy IPL Is, Ic (undergraduate
level)
Work
Experiences:
Employer Country
Type of Work
Date
Nikko Securities Japan
Computer/network system
administrator 1996-1998
Volunteer
and Community Involvement
Lucile Packard Childrenfs Hospital (LPCH)
Spring 2002- Present
Recreational Therapy, Adolescent Bedside for Eating
Disorder patients
Bilingual Interpreter for Language Bank
(Japanese/English)
Bilingual Interpreter for Language Bank
(Japanese/English)