Older Adults
Younger AdultsCory-Ann Smarr
Research Interests
I am working on the following projects in the HFA Lab:
- Investigating age-related differences in how individuals recognize emotion displayed by robots and virtual agents.
- Identifying needs of older adults and caregivers accommodated by a personal robot’s (PR2) mobile manipulation capabilities, as well as the factors that will lead to acceptance of such robotic assistance in a home environment.
Education
- Completing the requirements for Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology
- Master of Science, Engineering Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology, West Virginia University, 2007
Affiliations and Professional Positions
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society National Chapter
- Student Affiliate of APA, APA Division 21
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Georgia Tech Chapter, Secretary 2009-2010
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Aging Technical Group, Webmaster 2009-2012
Curriculum Vitae
- PDF version of CV
Contact Information
- Office Location : Psychology Building, Room B77
- Phone Number : 404-894-8344
- Fax: 404-894-8905
- E-mail: cory-ann.smarr@gatech.edu
Selected Publications
- Fausset, C. B., Bujak, K. R., Kline, K. A., Beer, J. M., Smarr, C.-A., Adams, A. E., McBride, S. E., & Burnett, J. S. (in press). Educating Future Human Factors and Ergonomics Professionals: Navigating from Theory to Practice. Ergonomics in Design.
- Smarr, C.-A., Fisk, A. D., & Rogers, W. A. (2011). Dynamic vs. static: Age-related differences in recognizing emotive facial expressions in a virtual agent. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting (pp. 1957-1961). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
