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Victoria Szabo is a Research Professor of Art, History, and Visual Studies at Duke University, where she has been since 2019. She also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the PhD Program in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures and has affiliations with Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies as well as the Duke Initiative for Science and Society. Szabo's primary teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of digital humanities and technology, media, communication, and information studies, with a particular focus on spatial, immersive, and interactive media forms. Her current projects are archives-driven and explore extended reality (XR) experiences within urban and exhibition contexts, emphasizing location-based augmented reality (AR) and digital storytelling, including the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in her work. Throughout her career, she has developed a rich portfolio of publications that evaluate how XR is used as a medium in the humanities, advocating for a nuanced understanding of standards and values in the digital cultural heritage field. Szabo has contributed significantly to the academic discourse surrounding digital humanities, offering critical insights into how these intersecting disciplines shape contemporary scholarship and creative practice.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)