Research Interests
Communication &
Public Discourse:
How people interpret public discourse and the factors that contribute to mutual understanding.
Cultural Effects on Social Cognition:
The extent to which culture, group identification, and social contexts influence interpretations.
Survey & Research Methods:
When and how social media can be used for analyzing public opinion.
Large Language Models & Cognitive Offloading
How delegating parts of a task to an LLM affects people’s understanding, their perceptions of authorship and contribution, and how critically they evaluate their own versus others’ LLM collaborations.