CLA scholars who study how digital technologies, artificial intelligence, communication systems, and decision-making processes shape health, well-being, and society. Research in this cluster addresses human-AI interaction, health communication, misinformation, data-driven decision making, digital media, language technologies, and the social impacts of emerging technologies.
AI, Digital Health, Health Communication, and Decision Science
Alina Arseniev-Koehler (Ashelman)
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: aaashelm@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Social Stigma; Cognitive Heuristics (E.G., Stereotypes); Medicalization; Predictive Modeling; Language Models
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | AI-Based Research Methods | Cognition, Cognitive Science
Additional Clusters: Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
Aaron Mendon-Plasek
Assistant Professor, History
Email: amendonp@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Histories of Science & Technology; Global American History (1788-present); Probability & Statistics; Historical Epistemology; Digital History; Computing; Quantification & Subjectivity; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, & Pattern Recognition
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Science, Technology, and Society | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Civics, Civic Thought, Democracy, and Public Discourse | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science | Applications of AI in Physical Products or Processes
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Bryce Dietrich
Associate Professor, Political Science
Email: bjdietri@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Political Representation; Political Communication; Multimodal Data; Computational Social Science; Causal Inference
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Individual and Collective Decision-Making
Hyesun Choung
Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: choungh@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Trustworthy AI; Communication Technology; Human-AI Interaction; Lay Psychology Of AI; Health And Well-Being
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Science, Technology, and Society
Yan Cong
Assistant Professor, School of Languages and Cultures
Email: cong4@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Natural Language Processing; Natural Language Understanding; Second Language Learning; Linguistics; Language Disorders
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | AI-Based Research Methods | Human-Computer Interaction | Cognition, Cognitive Science | AI in Education and Workforce Development | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Digital Humanities
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes
Emily Buehler
Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: embuehle@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Social Support; Communication Technologies; Close Relationships; First-Generation College Students; Social Media
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Cognition, Cognitive Science | Quantitative Methods and Research Design
Additional Clusters: Family, Aging, and Life Course
Evan Perrault
Associate Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: eperraul@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Experimental; Community Engaged; Survey; Evaluation; Formative Research
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Quantitative Methods and Research Design
Additional Clusters: Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
Hyungjoo Kim
Associate Professor, Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance
Email: hakim@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Socially Engaged Poster Design; Human-Centered AI And Design; Interdisciplinary Creative Research; Communication Design; Visual Communication Design Education
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology
Ilwoo Ju
Associate Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: iju@purdue.edu
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Keywords: AI-Mediated Advertising; Consumer Media Literacy; Data Privacy And Targeted Advertising; Advertising Disclosures And Persuasion Knowledge; Health Communication And Misinformation
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Science, Technology, and Society | AI in Creative Endeavors
Jung Sohn
Associate Professor, Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance
Email: jjsohn@purdue.edu
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Keywords: AI Driven Patent Literacy; AI Integrated System Product And Service Innovation; Patent Discovery Through Hardware And Software Structural Innovation; Human AI Interaction For Creative Workflows
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Science, Technology, and Society | AI in Education and Workforce Development | AI in Creative Endeavors
Sue Lim
Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: lim547@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Human-AI Interaction; Extended Reality (Xr); AI-Mediated Social Interaction; Decision-Making; Computational Methods
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | AI-Based Research Methods | AI Governance, Policy, and Societal Impact | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology
Marc Tarling
Clinical Assistant Professor, Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance
Email: mtarling@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Accessibility; AI; Hardware Controls; Mobility; Software Controls
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Human-Computer Interaction | Science, Technology, and Society
Cheryl Qian
Professor, Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance
Email: qianz@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Visual Analytics; Intelligent Interfaces; AI'S Skilling, De-Skilling, And Integration In Creative Disciplines; Information Visualization; Cognitive Design
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | AI-Based Research Methods | Human-Computer Interaction | Cognition, Cognitive Science | AI in Creative Endeavors | Applications of AI in Physical Products or Processes | Qualitative Methods and Research Design
Torsten Reimer
Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: treimer@purdue.edu
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Keywords: AI; Decision Making; Social Psychology Of Communication; Cognitive Processes; Computational Social Science
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Human-Computer Interaction | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Cognition, Cognitive Science | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science | Applications of AI in Physical Products or Processes
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes