Additional Campus Affiliations
Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor, Health and Kinesiology
Professor, Health and Kinesiology
Director, McKechnie Family LIFE Home, Health and Kinesiology
Director, Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, & Technology (CHART), College of Applied Health Sciences
Professor, Educational Psychology
Professor, Coordinated Science Lab
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
Affiliate, Social & Behavioral Science Institute
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Recent Publications
Nguyễn, V., Cakmak, M., Rogers, W. A., Kemp, C. C., & Fair-Field, T. (2026). Beyond Motor Impairment: Empowering Functional Performance With Robotics. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 46(3), 555-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492251324915
Olatunji, S. A., Bayles, M. A., Liu, S., Hasan, A., Driggs-Campbell, K., & Rogers, W. A. (2026). Developing wayfinding robotic support for older persons with vision impairments. Assistive Technology, 38(4), 339-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2025.2525823
Olatunji, S. A., Tsai, Y. L., Gowrishankar, S. A., Bayles, M. A., & Rogers, W. A. (2026). Robots for Older Adults: A Scoping Review. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 15(3), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1145/3799977
Tissot, J. T., Vergara, L. G. L., Ramadhani, W. A., & Rogers, W. A. (2026). Design Guidelines for Safe Environment to Improve Aging in Place. In Global Perspectives on Health Geography (pp. 137-155). (Global Perspectives on Health Geography; Vol. Part F1534). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88463-4_9
Abubshait, A., Pak, R., Rogers, W. A., Šabanović, S., Lighthall, N. R., & Baldwin, C. L. (2025). Robotics and AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Aging Populations. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 69(1), 692-694. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251357940