Newest Publications

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Interpersonal impressions of a social robot versus human in the context of performance evaluations

*Chad Edwards, Autumn Edwards,  Fatima Albrehi & Patric Spence. Communication Education (2020)
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I-It, I-Thou, I-Robot: The Perceived Humanness of AI in Human-Machine Communication

*David Westerman, Autumn Edwards, Chad Edwards, Zhenyang Luo & Patric Spence
​Communication Studies (2020)
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​Be sure to see the new journal
​devoted to HMC. 

Lab Presentations in 2020-2021 

  • RoboPhilosophy 2020 (August) - Denmark*
  • IEEE/Ro-Man (Sept) - Italy*
  • NCA (National Communication Association) (November) - USA*
  • HRI (Human-robot Interaction) (March) - USA*
  • CSCA (Central States Communication Association) (April) - USA
  • ICA (International Communication Association) (May) - USA 
            *virtual due to COVID-19

Lab News

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We are pleased to announce that Varun Rijhwani from MICA, India joined the labs. Varun will be working on this Ph.D. thesis and lab projects.
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Dr. Bryan Abendschein joined the WMU lab as a faculty member. He works in the area of social support and human-machine communication.