sbryant's blog

I am a PhD Candidate in the Affective Computing Group. The overall goal of my research is to foster intergroup understanding. Here, intergroup spans human diversity ranging from people of different gender, race, culture, ethnicity, age, economic class, and disability status. Drawing from ideas in social neuroscience, intergroup relations, and computer science, my specific research endeavors focus on the design and implementation of computational technologies that support human beings the development of empathic capacities. Further, because empathy is rooted in emotional self-awareness, much of my research is in the development of technologies to foster internal reflection on feelings.

I am currently working in Birmingham, Alabama where they have just received 15,000 XO laptops. See side tab for more information on this project I'm doing in conjunction with g8four.