Hello!
I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University. I conduct research related to human-AI communication and immersive virtual reality (VR) in the Center for Avatar Research and Immersive Social Media Applications (CARISMA) Lab.
My primary research interest is on artificial social influence, or the mechanisms underlying AI agents' influence on human judgment and behavior. I specifically examine human-embodied AI agent communication in immersive VR. My other research projects mostly focus on using biobehavioral and neurophysiological measurements, in conjuction with self-reports, to understand people's behavior in simulated virtual environments.
For descriptions of my current projects, click here: Current Research
For a list of my publications, click here: Publications
For my CV (shortened version), click here: CV