University Appointments:
UH Graduate and Professional Student Association: President - June 2025 - Present
UH Bookstore Advisory Committee - Chair: August 2024 - Present
Teaching:
Adjunct Professor - CS 3310: Intro to Game Programming, University of Houston - Downtown, August 2025 - Present
Instructional Assistant - CS 4348: Intro to Interactive Game Development, University of Houston, Fall 2021 - Present
Instructional Assistant - CS 4358: Intro to Interactive Game Art and Animation, University of Houston, Spring 2022 - Present
Instructional Assistant - CS 4370: Interactive Computer Graphics, University of Houston, Summer 2024
Instructional Assistant - CS 4321: Immersive Technology and Spatial Computing, Spring 2025
Lab Work and Memberships:
UH CougAR Lab - April 2023 - Present under Dr. Tony Liao
UH University Learning Lab - May 2023 - December 2024 (JAID Experiments Still Conducted) under Dr. Leslie Coward and Dr. Susie Gronseth
Medical Robotics & Imaging (MRI) Lab - January 2024 - Present under Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Publications:
Gronseth, S., Davis, K., Liao, T., Burris, J., Coward, L., & Tawakkol, S. - Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID) special issue on Designing Extended Reality (XR) Environments and Experiences for Authentic Learning
Conferences:
Tawakkol, S. (2024, June 5). Adding Touch to Sight and Sound: Exploring Body Haptics in VR Entertainment [Presentation]. Screen Studies in the Age of Extended Reality & Synthetic Media
Gronseth, S., Davis, K., Liao, T., Burris, J., Coward, L., & Tawakkol, S. (2024, June 26). Building immersive simulation experiences for preservice teachers in classroom design strategies [Interactive poster]. International Conference on Education Quality, University of Worcester, UK
Davis, K., Gronseth, S., Liao, T., Tawakkol, S., Burris, J., & Coward, L. (2024, October 19). Virtual reality’s influence on pre-service teachers and classroom design [Interactive Poster]. Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Kansas City, MO.