Sooyeon Park is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Communication at Florida State University. Her research interests include human–AI communication, media psychology, and health communication with a focus on persuasion, advice, social support, and relational dynamics in AI-mediated interaction.

Anica Schramm is a Ph.D. student in the School of Communication at Florida State University, where her research focuses on the intersection of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication and artificial intelligence. Influenced by her professional background in strategic communication and industry experience, she is particularly interested in how emerging technologies shape organizational messaging and stakeholder engagement in digital environments. 

Hanyi Xu is a Ph.D. student in the School of Communication at Florida State University. His research examines how people cognitively and emotionally engage with media and communication technologies, and how that engagement shapes their decisions, social connections, and well-being. He is especially interested in interactive media and AI, and in how these technologies can be designed to support healthier human-technology interaction.  

Yijia Chen is a Ph.D. student in the School of Communication at Florida State University. Her work explores AI-mediated communication and human–AI interaction, with an emphasis on affective experiences, AI prompting, and the ethical dimensions of emerging technologies. She also draws on social media and platform research to examine how algorithmic systems influence users’ communication, emotional experiences, and participation in digital spaces.