Welcome :)

I've been recently working as a researcher at Heriot-Watt University on a project with Matthew Aylett and a team of engineers at the National Robotarium. We’ve been working to implement more naturalistic human-robot dialogue, with a focus on backchannels and turn-taking speed. I’ve been conducting studies to test a human-robot dialog demo and writing up results in a series of reports.

I have recently completed my doctorate at UC Santa Cruz in Cognitive Psychology with a focus on Psycholinguistics (Spring 2019). My research primarily focused on first impressions in the context of human-computer interaction. In my research, I examined the impact of visual and rhythmic expression on personality judgments of machine and human agents alike. Prior to this, I received my bachelor's degree from Lewis and Clark College (Spring 2012) with a double major in Psychology and Foreign Languages (Russian and French).

I am currently working as a Social Media Marketing Specialist and Content Creator with Lark in the Morning (Fall 2019). I manage brand presence on social media sites and help with anything that needs doing (newsletter, website, photography, and more). I am happy to hear about other employment opportunities. Feel free to contact me via email (see below).

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Curriculum Vitae:
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