Christine Mekhail

About

Christine completed her Master’s in Human Computer Interaction. Christine was  working on researching new methods that help in users’ education concerning issues of mobile privacy and security. In the past, Christine has worked in creating educational info-graphic posters to inform and educate users on issues of mobile online privacy.

Thesis Abstract

The need to educate children on protecting their online privacy and security is pressing, as more children are going online unsupervised. This thesis examines how to make privacy and security education relevant to children’s everyday life. We have partnered with MediaSmarts to create a new interactive educational game. As a starting point, we conducted a user study of an existing game, then we designed, prototyped, and evaluated a new game with children. In our new “A Day in the Life of the Jos” (ADITL) game, players follow Jo and Josie, a brother and sister, through their day and help them make positive privacy and security-related choices. Players then witness the outcomes of their decisions on the Jos’ lives as they unfold within the game. Evaluation results show that participants found ADITL appealing and that adding gamication elements encouraged engagement with the educational material and promoted interaction with the lessons.

Research Interests

Christine is interested in usable security, privacy, persuasive technologies, mobile, design and education.

Publications

Conference Papers

• Sana Maqsood, Christine Mekhail, and Sonia Chiasson. [Paper] A Day in the Life of Jos: A Web-based Game to Increase Children’s Digital Literacy. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2018.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{maqsood2018dayinthelife-idc,
  author = {Sana Maqsood AND Christine Mekhail AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Paper] A Day in the Life of Jos: A Web-based Game to Increase Children's Digital Literacy},
  booktitle = {Interaction Design and Children ({IDC})},
  year = {2018},
  note = {Conference Papers}
  }

• Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Christine Mekhail, Yomna Abdelaziz, and Sonia Chiasson. [Paper] From Nosy Little Brothers to Stranger-Danger: Children and Parents’ Perception of Mobile Threats. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC). ACM, 2016.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{zhang-kennedy2016-kidsmobile-idc,
  author = {Leah Zhang-Kennedy AND Christine Mekhail AND Yomna Abdelaziz AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Paper] From Nosy Little Brothers to Stranger-Danger: Children and Parents’ Perception of Mobile Threats},
  booktitle = {Interaction Design and Children ({IDC})},
  year = {2016},
  note = {Conference Papers},
  organization = {ACM}
  }

Extended Abstracts and Workshop Papers

• Christine Mekhail, Leah Zhang-Kennedy, and Sonia Chiasson. [Extended abstract] Visualizations to Teach about Mobile Online Privacy. In International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE), page 43–47 2014.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{mekhail2014visualizations-persuasive,
  author = {Mekhail, Christine and Zhang-Kennedy, Leah and Chiasson, Sonia},
  title = {[Extended abstract] Visualizations to Teach about Mobile Online Privacy},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE)},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {43--47},
  note = {Extended Abstracts and Workshop Papers}
  }

Posters and Others

• Christine Mekhail, Sana Maqsood, and Sonia Chiasson. [Poster] A Day in The Life of The JOs. Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference ({CAN-CWiC}), 2016.
  [Bibtex]

  @MISC{mekhail2016dayInLife-cwic,
  author = {Christine Mekhail AND Sana Maqsood AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Poster] A Day in The Life of The JOs},
  howpublished = {Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference ({CAN-CWiC})},
  year = {2016},
  note = {Posters and Others}
  }

• Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Christine Mekhail, and Sonia Chiasson. [Poster] Visualizations to teach about mobile online privacy. GRAND NCE Annual Conference, 2014.
  [Bibtex]

  @MISC{zhang-kennedy2014privacy-grand,
  author = {Leah Zhang-Kennedy AND Christine Mekhail AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Poster] Visualizations to teach about mobile online privacy},
  howpublished = {GRAND NCE Annual Conference},
  year = {2014},
  note = {Posters and Others}
  }

Theses

• Christine Mekhail. [Thesis] A day in the life of the Jos: The design of an educational game on privacy. Master’s thesis, Human Computer Interaction, Carleton University, 2016.
  [Bibtex]

  @MASTERSTHESIS{mekhail2016thesis-carleton,
  author = {Christine Mekhail},
  title = {[Thesis] A day in the life of the Jos: The design of an educational game on privacy },
  school = {Human Computer Interaction, Carleton University},
  year = {2016},
  note = {Theses}
  }