Research
Research Overview
My overall interest focuses on human interaction with robotic technologies that are gaining intelligence and social skills. In this context, I am currently exploring how robot gender, ethnicity, and voice characteristics influence the user’s perception of robots. I am also interested in ethical issues that relate to the (mis)treatment of robots and how the physical appearance of a robot influences a person’s level of self-disclosure of personal information to the robot. I use quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in my research.
Select Graduate Publications
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Bilal, D., and Barfield, J. K., Voice Switching in Voice-Enabled Digital Assistants (VDAs), In: Kurosu M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Methods and Tools. HCII 2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12762, Springer, Cham, 507-520, 2021.
Barfield J. K., Discrimination and Stereotypical Responses to Robots as a Function of Robot Colorization, UMAP '21: Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, 109–114, 2021.
Bilal, D., and Barfield, J. K., Hey There! What Do You Look Like? User Voice Switching and Interface Mirroring in Voice-Enabled Digital Assistants (VDAs), ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2021 (Wiley Top Downloaded Article between January-December 2021).
Barfield, J. K., Self-Disclosure of Personal Information, Robot Appearance, and Robot Trustworthiness, 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 67-72, 2021.
Barfield, J. K., Discrimination Against Robots: Discussing the Ethics of Social Interactions and Who is Harmed, Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2023.
Barfield, J. K., Designing Social Robots to Accommodate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human-Robot Interaction, CHIIR '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 463–466, 2023.
Barfield, J. K., A Hierarchical Model for Human-Robot Interaction, ASIS&T Mid-Year Conference Proceedings, 2023.
Barfield, J. K., Considering Perceived Robot Ethnicity in Human-Robot Interaction: Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Inclusive HRI II: Equity and Diversity in Design, Application, Methods, and Community (DEI HRI 2023), 2023.
Barfield, J. K., Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human-Robot Interaction. In: Kurosu, M., Hashizume, A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14013. Springer, Cham. 2023.
Barfield, J. K., Investigating Self-Disclosure of Personal Information to Robots as a Function of Robot Appearance and Level of Robot Self-Disclosure, accepted for publication, AAAI Fall Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (UR-RAD), 2023.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Barfield, J. K., Evaluating the Self-Disclosure of Personal Information to AI-Enabled Technology, Seungahn Nah (Ed.), Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Communication, Edward Elgar Press, 2023.
Barfield, J. K., Robot Ethics for Interaction with Humanoid, AI-Enabled and Expressive Robots, Cambridge Handbook on Law, Policy, and Regulations for Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge University Press, scheduled for publication 2023.
Barfield. J. K. et al. An Introduction to Law and Algorithms, Cambridge Handbook on the Law of Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Select Conference/Symposium Presentations & Invited Talks
Barfield, J. K., Considering Information Privacy for Human Interaction with Household Robots, AAAI Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for User-Centric Assistance for at Home Tasks, Washington, DC, February 2023
Paper found here
Barfield, J. K., Designing Social Robots to Accommodate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human-Robot Interaction, Doctoral Consortium of the 2023 ACM CHIIR conference, Austin, TX, March 2023
Travel Grant Award recipient
Barfield, J. K., Human-Robot Interaction: Discrimination Towards Robots, PRL 319/619 Digital Innovation/ Social Media & Society for PR taught by Dr. Erika Schneider, Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University, September 2022
Barfield, J. K., Cyborg and Human-Robot Interaction Research, CORE Robotics Laboratory led by Dr. Matthew Gombolay, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, October 2021
Barfield, J. K., A Methodological Approach for AI Studies in Information Sciences, ASIS&T SIG AI Workshop, 2021
Barfield, J. K., Survey Design for HRI, Workshop of Effective Deployment on Subjective Measures and Questionnaires in HRI Research, in UK Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) All Hands Meeting (AHM), September 2021
Barfield, J. K., Summary of Human-Robot Interaction Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Course 599 (Brain Machine Interface), University of Tennessee, September 2021
Barfield, J. K., Issues of Identity for Technologically Enhanced Bodies presented at the 43nd Annual CCI Research Symposium, 2021,
Honorable Mention for Best Doctoral Student Research Presentation
Jason Stamm, Alexander Carter, Barfield, J.K., Courtney Childers, It Means More During a Pandemic: Fan Response to the SEC’s Decision to Play the 2020-21 College Football Season, presented at the 43nd Annual CCI Research Symposium, 2021
Student Session Participation Winner
Barfield, J. K., Discrimination and Stereotypical Responses to Robots as a Function of Robot Colorization, presented at the Second International Workshop of Adapted intEraction with SocioAI Robots, (cAESAR), June 2021
Dania Bilal and Barfield, J. K., Voice Switching Using Voice-Enabled Digital Assistants, presented at HCI International, July 2021
Dania Bilal and Barfield, J. K., Race and Inclusivity for Voice-Based Digital Assistants, ASIS&T SIG-SI and SIG-IEP Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspectives on Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, 2021
Paper found here
Barfield, J. K., Context-Aware Robots as a Function of Perceived Robot Intelligence, Context-Awareness in Human-Robot Interaction: Approaches and Challenges at HRI’22.
Barfield, J. K., Evaluating Social Robots as a Function of Colorization, Mode of Communication and Perceived Intelligence, 43rd Annual CCI Research Symposium, 2022.
Working Papers for Submission
Barfield, J. K., Technically Enhanced Humans: Towards the Design of Posthuman Bodies, in progress.
Research Grants, Scholarships, and Awards
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society 2023 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2023-2024
Southeastern Conference Emerging Scholars Fellow, 2023-2024
College of Communication and Information Graduate Student Research Award, 2023
College of Communication and Information Research and Innovation Center Graduate Student Research Completion Fund, 2023
ASIS&T European Student Chapter and iSchool ThesisIn3 Competition Winner, 2023
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging Badge and Award, School of Information Science, 2023
College of Communication and Information (CCI) Graduate Student Research Award, 2023
Karl and Madira Bickel Scholarship, University of Tennessee, 2021-2022
Graduate Student Senate Academic Support Award, 2021, 2022
ASIS&T SIG Social Informatics: Emerging Scholar Social Informatics Researcher Award, 2021
University of Tennessee Student-Faculty Research Award, “Diversity as a Factor in the Design of Human-Robot Interfaces, $4,700.00 (for purchase of Misty II Robot and payment for research participants), 2021
Reeder-Siler Fellowship in Communications, University of Tennessee, 2021
University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information Travel Grant, 2020
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Tennessee, 2020-2022
University of Wisconsin Naming Scholarship- William Beers Scholarship, 2018-2020
Duke Fuqua School of Business Merit Award, 2017-2018
Undergraduate Publications
Barfield, J. K., Unlocking the Mind with Brain-Computer Interfaces, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, No. 1, Fall 2013
Barfield, J. K., The Internet and Net Neutrality, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall 2014
Barfield, J. K., et al., Review of Steve Mann, Wearable Computing, The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. Available at: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/wearable-computing, 2014
Barfield, J. K., Epidermal Electronics, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, Vol. XVII, No. 1, Fall 2014
Barfield, J, K., Interview with Tuck Professor Ann Ter Braak, Dartmouth Business Journal, 2015
Barfield, J. K., Automated Investment Platforms, Dartmouth Business Journal, 2015
Barfield, J. K., Interview with Tuck Professor Kevin Lane Keller, Dartmouth Business Journal, 2016