Chad Edwards

Professor of Communication

Office:

(269) 387-3109

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Location:

221 Sprau Tower, Mail Stop 5318

Mailing address:

School of Communication
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5318 USA

Office hours:

By appointment.

Education:

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2003

Teaching interests:

Human-machine communication
Computer-mediated communication in interpersonal relationships
Human-computer interaction

Research interests:

Human-machine communication
Human-robot interactions
Artificial Intelligence

Bio:

Dr. Chad Edwards is a professor of communication in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University. Previously, he was a Hartel Fellow at Marietta College. Edwards' research interests include human-machine communication, human-robot interaction, and artificial intelligence. Recent publications include articles in the following publications:

Communication Education
International Journal of Social Robotics
Communication Research Reports
Computers in Human Behavior
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Communication Studies

Dr. Edwards co-directs the Communication and Social Robotics Labs (www.combotlabs.org). He is a co-author on a Sage textbook entitled, Life in the Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging (2013/2016/2019). Dr. Edwards has received several top paper awards for his research. He serves on numerous editorial boards including Communication Education. Dr. Edwards has held offices at both national and regional communication conferences and is a Past-President and Executive Director of the Central States Communication Association. In 2009, Dr. Edwards received the WMU Distinguished Teaching Award (the highest teaching award given by WMU). He also has been awarded teaching awards from the WMU College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, and Texas Tech University.

For more information about his work, please see:

ResearchGate, ORCID, or Google Scholar