1.0EDIT STEMhttps://carleton.ca/edit-stemTina Preseauhttps://carleton.ca/edit-stem/author/tinapreseau/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="U6GJ2NKxIa"><a href="https://carleton.ca/edit-stem/people/rita-orji/">Rita Orji</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/edit-stem/people/rita-orji/embed/#?secret=U6GJ2NKxIa" width="600" height="338" title="“Rita Orji” — EDIT STEM" data-secret="U6GJ2NKxIa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/edit-stem/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://carleton.ca/edit-stem/wp-content/uploads/sites/239/2025/09/15-Chairs.png16001178Dr. Rita Orji is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and Professor of Computer Science at Dalhousie University, where she directs the Persuasive Computing Lab. Her research explores interactive technologies that integrate seamlessly into daily life to support behaviour change and self-improvement, with applications in health, wellness, and education. She specializes in designing persuasive […]