📚 Research Papers

• Designing for Behavior Change: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities from a Designer's Perspective Authors: Jafari, Sh, Khodadadeh, Love, T. | ICD Conference | October 2025 View Publication →
• Exploring User Preferences for Health-Focused Digital Nudges: Insights from a Preliminary Study Authors: Jafari, Sh, Khodadadeh | AHFE 2025, JW Marriott, Orlando, Florida, USA | July 2025 View Publication →
• Comparison of the effectiveness of modern and traditional games on improving children's acquired skills in two cultures of Iran and Turkey Authors: Jafari, Sh, Merrikhpour, Z, Khodadadeh, Y. | Journal of Design Thinking, Volume 3, Issue 1 | June 2022 View Publication →
• The study of interactive services design and how they interact in designing a serving package for students' successful planning Authors: Parvane Rezakhanli, Shahrzad Jafari, Ahmad Nedaei Fard | International Conference on Marketing and Design, Faro, Portugal | 2018 View Publication →

📖 Translated Books

• Digital Theatre Originally Published by European Theatre Convention | Translated to Persian by Shahrzad Jafari | Daryabeygi Publications | 2020 View Book →

👨‍🏫 Teaching Experience

• Instructor - User Experience Design and Design Sprint Camp Tamwood College and ILACIC | Jan 2026 - Feb 2026

  Guest speaker for Web dvelopment students and running brainstorming and prototyping workshops, guiding students for practical mockup and low fidelity and rapid prototyping methods.

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• Instructor - Prototyping and Design Thinking University of British Columbia, UX Camp | October 2025 - November 2025

  Led intensive UX design and design sprint workshops, guiding students through practical user experience design methodologies and rapid prototyping techniques.

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• Instructor & Faculty Member - Faculty of Arts and Architecture Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch | September 2019 - June 2022

  Taught courses including Industrial Design Fundamentals, Sketching, History of Industrial Design, Design Methods, Product Development Studio, Materials/Processes, Prototyping, Design Thinking, Academic Writing and Research, Ideation, Human Factors Applications, Model Building, Principles of Marketing, Form and Space in Design, Industrial Design Projects, Bionic Design, Urban Furniture Design, and Creativity and Innovation Methods in Design.

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• Instructor & Faculty Member - Department of Graphic Design Tehran Valiasr Girl's Technical University | September 2019 - June 2022

  Instructed courses in Design Principles, Visual Communication, Typography, Branding, Graphic Design, and User Experience (UX) Design, helping students develop comprehensive skills in visual and digital design.

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🔍 Research Interests

User experiences, Cultural design, User interaction design, DEI design, Design thinking, HCI