Research

Publications

We publish in top-tier venues such as ACM CHI and ACM/IEEE HRI. Our full publication history is listed below.

2026

2026Clankers in the Cultural Imagination: Online Robophobia and Its Implications for Human-Robot InteractionACM/IEEE HRI

2026Emotion Buddy: Early Childhood Domestic Robot to Facilitate Emotion Regulation LearningACM/IEEE HRI

2025

2025It's LeviOsa, Not LevioSA: How Intentional Robot Mistakes Can Impact Children's Reading SkillsACM HAI

2024

2024Understanding Family Needs: Informing Social Robot Design to Support Children with Disabilities to Engage in PlayACM HAI

2024Designing Smart Home Technology For Passive Co-Presence Over DistanceACM DIS

2024Multimedia-Enabled 911: Exploring 911 Callers' Experience of Call Taker Controlled Video Calling in Simulated EmergenciesACM CHI

2024The Space Between Us: Bridging Human and Robotic Worlds in Space ExplorationACM/IEEE HRI

2024Please continue, we need more data: an exploration of obedience to robotsACM/IEEE HRI

2024Icons for kids: Can young children understand graphical representations of app store categories?Graphics Interface

2023

2023Dr.'s Eye: The Design and Evaluation of a Video Conferencing System to Support Doctor Appointments in Home SettingsACM CHI

2023Remote Wavelength: Design and Evaluation of a System for Social Connectedness Through Distributed Tabletop GameplayACM CHI

2023Sensing Their Presence: How Emerging Adults And Their Parents Connect After Moving ApartACM CHI

2023Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with DisabilitiesACM/IEEE HRI

2023Face to Face with a Sexist Robot: Investigating How Women React to Sexist Robot BehaviorsInt. J. Social Robotics

2023Say what you want, I'm not listening!i-com

2022

2022The Needs of Grandparents and Grandchildren in a Socially and Geographically Distanced World: A Case StudyACM CSCW

2022A Scenario-Based Study of Doctors and Patients on Video Conferencing Appointments from HomeACM ToCHI

2020

2020Blind Trust: How Making a Device Humanoid Reduces the Impact of Functional Errors on TrustLNCS

2020Domestic Robots for Individuals Living With LonelinessACM HAI

2020Emotional Support Domestic Robots for Healthy Older AdultsACM/IEEE HRI

2020Social Robots Don't Do ThatACM/IEEE HRI

2020Where Should I Sit?ACM HAI

2019

2019What? That's Not a Chair!: How Robot Informational Errors Affect Children's Trust Towards RobotsACM/IEEE HRI

2018

2018Subliminal Priming in Human-Agent InteractionACM HAI

2017

2017Wizard of AwwwsACM/IEEE HRI

2016

2016Exploring User Attitudes Towards Different Approaches to Command Recommendation in Feature-Rich SoftwareACM IUI

2016PARO's Stress-Reduction Potential for Older AdultsHFES

2015

2015Autonomy, Embodiment, and Obedience to RobotsACM/IEEE HRI

2015Poor Thing! Would You Feel Sorry for a Simulated Robot?ACM/IEEE HRI

29 peer-reviewed publications, 2015–2026. Titles link to the DOI record. For the most current list, see the lab's Google Scholar profile.