Hi! I'm Jocelyn, a Master's student at the MIT Media Lab in the Personal Robots Group, advised by Professor Cynthia Breazeal. I graduated from MIT in 2021 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science alongside a minor in Economics.

My research is broadly situated in the field of human-centered AI and aims to advance computational approaches for human-AI interactions that promote human-human connection, empathy, and prosociality as well as evaluate where AI systems fail to do so. I believe that responsibly designed AI can be used as a tool to better contextualize, understand, and express the human experience, both on an individual and interpersonal level. My work focuses on developing social and emotional reasoning capabilities in artificial agents in parallel to understanding the mechanisms behind human communicative behaviors. I use these insights to design new human-AI interactions that foster prosocial interactions. Additionally, I am interested in evaluating the underlying capabilities, safety, and alignment of social-emotional AI systems and place a strong emphasis on assessing the impact of interactive systems in the real world, across applications including emotional wellbeing, communications, and learning.

In the past, I've worked at Facebook (Software Engineering Intern), Citadel (Software Engineering Intern), and Affectiva (Data Science Intern), where I've developed full stack applications, backend infrastructures, and machine learning pipelines. Aside from my work, I like to sketch characters and write anything ranging from poems to essays to novels. My awarded creative works often center around themes of racial identity, the meaning of art, and the digital age. Check out the rest of this site to learn more, and feel free to reach out!