Leila Takayama
Acting Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Leila Takayama is an acting associate professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who studies human-robot interaction. Prior to academia, she was a senior user experience researcher at GoogleX and was a research scientist and area manager for human-robot interaction at Willow Garage. She is a World Economic Forum Global Futures Council Member and Young Global Leader. In 2015, she was presented the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Early Career Award. In 2012, she was named a TR35 winner and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company.
(optional – academic) Professor Takayama completed her PhD in Communication at Stanford University in 2008, advised by Professor Clifford Nass. She also holds a PhD minor in Psychology from Stanford, a master’s degree in Communication from Stanford, and bachelor’s of arts degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley (2003). During her graduate studies, she was a research assistant in the User Interface Research (UIR) group at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
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