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Selen is an Associate Professor in the field of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at QUT. Her research on esports explores the impact of game design on player experiences, with a specific interest in how competitive gaming environments affect social interactions and player motivations. Her work critically examines community dynamics within esports and the design of interventions to mitigate toxic behaviors in gaming communities. Currently, she is conducting a longitudinal study focusing on women’s experiences in collegiate esports teams, investigating the unique challenges and dynamics female players face in these competitive settings. Dr. Türkay earned her PhD in Instructional Technology and Media at Columbia University Teachers College, New York, and has previously held positions as a Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University before joining QUT. Research Areas:
Publications
- Formosa, Jessica, O'Donnell, Nicholas, Horton, Ella M., Turkay, Selen, Mandryk, Regan L., Hawks, Michael, Johnson, Daniel (2022) Definitions of Esports: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6, pp.Article number: 227.
- Turkay, Selen, Formosa, Jessica, Cuthbert, Robert, Adinolf, Sonam, Brown, Ross (2021) Virtual reality esports - understanding competitive players' perceptions of location based VR esports. CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Kriglstein, Simone, Martin-Niedecken, Anna Lisa, Turmo Vidal, Laia, Klarkowski, Madison, Rogers, Katja, Turkay, Selen, Seif El-Nasr, Magy, Márquez Segura, Elena, Drachen, Anders, Hämäläinen, Perttu (2021) Special Interest Group: The Present and Future of Esports in HCI. In Kitamura, Yoshifumi, Quigley, Aaron, Isbister, Katherine, Igarashi, Takeo (Eds.), CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Adinolf, Sonam, Turkay, Selen (2018) Toxic behaviors in eSports games: Player perceptions and coping strategies. CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts, pp.365-372.