Rate My Professor Medha Sarkar

At MTSU, Dr. Sarkar teaches software engineering at undergraduate and graduate levels and coordinates the Real World Projects program, through which students complete full software development lifecycles for real clients. Her research centers on software engineering applications for human-computer interaction (HCI) systems, including collaborations with Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering and Kennedy Center for Human Development. These efforts develop virtual reality and robotic systems for interventions in autism, schizophrenia, and dementia. With 30 publications and 255 citations, notable works include "Graph Rewriting for User State-Based Dialogue Adaptation in Real-Time: An Application in Personalized Interview Training" (2025), "Design of an Interview Script Authoring Tool for a Job Interview Training Simulator Using Graph Transformations" (2023), "Visualizing the Road Ahead: Human-Centered Dashboard Design for an Individualized Driving Simulator" (2024), "A Pilot Study Assessing Performance and Visual Attention of Teenagers with ASD in a Novel Adaptive Driving Simulator" (2017), and "A Novel Virtual Reality Driving Environment for Autism Intervention" (2013). She also serves on the MTSU ADVANCE Internal Advisory Board.