Publications

When XR Meets Digital Twins. Girginova, K., (2026 – Forthcoming). When XR Meets Digital Twins: Redrawing the Conceptual Map of Extended Reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality. 

Rocha, A., Reinis, S., Girginova, K. & Cassidy K. (2025). Philadelphia’s Spiritualism Scene: Material and Other Realities. ASAP Journal. https://asapjournal.com/node/ghosts-of-the-past-realities-of-the-future-tracing-continuities-from-victorian-era-spiritualism-to-modern-day-extended-reality-practices/

Girginova, K., & Rawson, K. (2025). Forum Article: Examining Knowledge Production on Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 1-3. https://direct.mit.edu/pvar/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/PRES_a_00440/125854/Examining-Knowledge-Production-on-Virtual-and?redirectedFrom=fulltext 

Girginova, K., Vadala, J., Tan, A., Kornides, M., Okker-Edging, K., & Lipman, T. (2024). Augmented Landscapes of Empathy: Community Voices in Augmented Reality Campaigns. Media and Communication. 12. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/8581  

Girginova, K. (2024). Global visions for a metaverse. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(1), 300-306. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779231224799  

James, E. J. G., Vyasam, S., Venkatachalam, S., Sanseau, E., Cassidy, K., Ramachandra, G., ... & Nadkarni, V. M. (2022).Low-cost “Telesimulation” training improves real patient pediatric shock outcomes in India. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 904846.  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.904846/full  

Cassidy, K., Gressitt-Diaz, K., Griffin Talley Cooper, Z., & Jacquot, E. (2020). Alchemical Infrasturctures: Making Blockchain in Iceland. https://works.hcommons.org/records/6v834-q5902  

Herbert, N., Axson, S., Siegel, L., Cassidy, K., Hoyt-Brennan, A. M., Whitney, C., ... & Giordano, N. A. (2020). Leveraging immersive technology to expand access to opioid overdose reversal training in community settings: Results from a randomized controlled equivalence trial. Drug and alcohol dependence, 214, 108160 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32653721/  

Giordano, N. A., Whitney, C. E., Axson, S. A., Cassidy, K., Rosado, E., & Hoyt-Brennan, A. M. (2020). A pilot study to compare virtual reality to hybrid simulation for opioid-related overdose and naloxone training. Nurse Education Today, 88, 104365. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32088524/  

Girginova, K. (2025 – Forthcoming). What are the immersive media industries? Routledge Research Encyclopedia of Screen Studies.  

Girginova, K. (2025). Extended Reality Cultures in Sport. In V. Girginov & K. Girginova, (Eds.). Handbook of Sport & Culture. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-sport-and-culture-9781035339976.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqRcvSFAiY5u7j4IKWr4UrIoLnJGYqIMZnLYka-pyhqtQhmv39b  

Girginova, K. (2024). Talking about Virtual and Augmented Reality. Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality Research Network. CAVRN Blog. https://cavrn.org/talking-about-virtual-and-augmented-reality/  

Girginova, K. (2024). Mark Andrejevic and Neil Selwyn, Facial Recognition. International Journal of Communication, 18(3), 1313-1315. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/22570  

Girginova, K. & Touati Tomas, V. (February 27, 2023). When Did Everything Become an Event? Slate.  https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/online-events-zoom-facebook-friends.html  

Girginova, K. (2018). Second Screen, Digital Participation and the Future of Live: Double Book Review. Critical Studies in Television. 13(1), 119-121. https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/book-review-television-and-the-second-screen-interactive-tv-in-the-age-F0roshSEyr