Kevin Martinez

he/him

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

COMM UPDATES from the Department of Communication

News

September 8, 2026

COMM Updates - 9/4/2026

September 4, 2026 The Department of Communication is pleased to welcome Dr. Dominic Balog-Way as an Assistant Professor. Dominic is a scholar of risk communication. His research examines how societies communicate, interpret, and govern risk amid...

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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...