Kevin Martinez

Graduate Student, Department of Communication

About

Education

B.A. (with honors), Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Interests

Emerging media; human-computer interaction; virtual reality; computer-supported collaborative learning; immersive learning; embodied interaction

Awards & Honors

Deans Excellence Fellowship, Graduate School Dean's Scholar

Contact Information

ktm62 [at] cornell.edu

- Personal website

Conference Presentations

Martinez, K.T., Gualano, R.J., & Won, A.S. (August, 2024). How do we embody our narratives? Paper accepted to the second annual Newhouse Impact Summit "Advances and Opportunities in Immersive Storytelling Technologies" at the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Publications

Hayes, A., Martinez, K. T., Karlin, B., Wieland, P., Clayton, K., & Rubaiyat, I. (2024). Acting on immersion: 360° videos viewed in vr headsets inspire behavior change. International Journal on E-Learning, 23(4), 397–414. https://doi.org/10.70725/150216asrzcl.
Martinez K.T., Gualano R.J., Won A.S. (2024). How do we embody our narratives? Newhouse Impact Journal, 2(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.14305/jn.29960819.2024.2.1.4

Kevin in the news

5 individuals stand and smile for a selfie

News

February 11, 2026

COMM Updates - 2/11/2026

February 11, 2026 Awards Professor danah boyd was selected as a Non-Resident Fellow by the Center for Democracy & Technology, an honor recognizing leading scholars who contribute expertise on technology policy, civil rights, and democratic...

Comm Grad students gather for a photo in the a park

News

September 12, 2025

COMM Updates - 9/12/2025

September 12, 2025 Welcome back to COMM Updates, the newsletter of the Department of Communication. New Faculty We are pleased to welcome Dr. Iveta Imre to our department as Senior Lecturer. Iveta is a former broadcast reporter who worked for...