Portfolio · 2026

Nimra Ishfaq

A UX researcher and product person streamlining complex information ecosystems.

Selected work

Featured case studies

Systematic literature review · Survey design · Interviews · Thematic analysis

Dell Medical School, UT Austin

A six-month mixed methods study on how caregivers experience AI empathy, and what that tells us about designing for care.

Mixed-methods research · LLM pipeline design · User testing · Human-in-the-loop

Georgia Tech University & University of Pittsburgh

Testing whether LLMs can help users recognize and respond to harassment in private messaging.

Literature reviews · User research · Prompt design

Guidelines and design patterns for AI-driven mental health chatbots

More projects

Surveys · Interviews · Usability testing · Wireframing

Enhancing learning outcomes through engagement with AR

Surveys · Usability testing · VR design

Creating empathy for bats and their ecological importance through VR

Interviews · Digital accessibility · IA

Making public transit accessible for people with visual disabilities

Pinxian Lu, Nimra Ishfaq, Emma Win, Morgan Rose, Sierra R Strickland, Candice L Biernesser, Jamie Zelazny, Munmun De Choudhury · 2026

Submitted to the International Conference of Web & Social Media · Read the case study →

Amy L. Stone, Armin Dorri, Nimra Ishfaq, Philip Schnarrs · 2025

Submitted to the Journal of Family Issues

Coming soon

Nimra Ishfaq, Aditya Surendranath, Ishita Jain

CALD-AI Workshop · Culturally Aware & Linguistically Diverse AI (Accepted Poster)

Watch this space for updates.