publications

  1. “Why couldn’t we do this more often?”: exploring the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering
    Sharon Ferguson, Kimberly Lai, James Chen, and 3 more authors
    Research in engineering design, 2022
  2. Communication patterns in engineering enterprise social networks: an exploratory analysis using short text topic modelling
    Sharon A Ferguson, Kathy Cheng, Lauren Adolphe, and 3 more authors
    Design Science, 2022
  3. Something borrowed: exploring the influence of AI-generated explanation text on the composition of human explanations
    Sharon A Ferguson, Paula Akemi Aoyagui, and Anastasia Kuzminykh
    In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023
  4. Team and communication impacts of remote work for complex aerospace system development
    Sharon Ferguson, Eric Velzen, and Alison Olechowski
    Systems Engineering, 2024
  5. The explanation that hits home: The characteristics of verbal explanations that affect human perception in subjective decision-making
    Sharon Ferguson, Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Rimsha Rizvi, and 2 more authors
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2024
  6. Are We Equal Online?: An Investigation of Gendered Language Patterns and Message Engagement on Enterprise Communication Platforms
    Sharon A Ferguson and Alison Olechowski
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2023
  7. Let’s take this offline: a thematic analysis of virtual conflict in hybrid collaborative design teams
    Meagan Flus, Sharon Ferguson, and Alison Olechowski
    Proceedings of the Design Society, 2023
  8. A matter of perspective (s): Contrasting human and llm argumentation in subjective decision-making on subtle sexism
    Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Kelsey Stemmler, Sharon A Ferguson, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025
  9. Exploring Subjectivity for more Human-Centric Assessment of Social Biases in Large Language Models
    Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Sharon Ferguson, and Anastasia Kuzminykh
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.11048, 2024
  10. No risk, no reward: Towards an automated measure of psychological safety from online communication
    Sharon A Ferguson, Georgia Zande, and Alison Olechowski
    In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
  11. Just Like Me: The Role of Opinions and Personal Experiences in The Perception of Explanations in Subjective Decision-Making
    Sharon Ferguson, Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Young-Ho Kim, and 1 more author
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.12558, 2024
  12. Advancing a Model of Students’ Intentional Persistence in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
    Sharon Ferguson, Katherine Mao, James Magarian, and 1 more author
    American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2022
  13. Circle Back Next Week: The Effect of Meeting-Free Weeks on Distributed Workers’ Unstructured Time and Attention Negotiation
    Sharon A Ferguson and Michael Massimi
    In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
  14. Measuring gendered communication patterns on enterprise communication platforms
    Sharon Ferguson and Alison Olechowski
    In Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, 2023
  15. "Just a little bit on the outside for the whole time": Social belonging confidence and the persistence of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence students
    Katherine Mao, Sharon Ferguson, James Magarian, and 1 more author
    American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2023
  16. Two Sides to Every Story: Exploring Hybrid Design Teams’ Perceptions of Psychological Safety on Slack
    Marjan Naghshbandi, Sharon Ferguson, and Alison Olechowski
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2025
  17. Social Capital and Persistence in Computer Science of Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) Students
    Marjan Naghshbandi, Sharon Ferguson, and Alison Olechowski
    American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2024