Human Factors/Applied Cognition, PhD

Rydia Weiland

Human Factors/Applied Cognition: Artificial intelligence, social robots, trust in automation, explainable AI

Hello! I'm Rydia, I'm currently a third-year PhD student in the Hemodynamics, Automation, Resilience & Trust lab (HeART), Human Agent Interaction (HAI), and Applied Psychology and Autonomous Systems lab (ALPHAS). My research interests include anthropomorphism, trust in AI, human-robot interaction, and human-AI teaming. In my spare time, I like to swim, play piano/ukulele, read, cosplay, and play video games.

Selected Publications

R. R. Weiland, M. Ji Kim and E. K. Phillips, "The Effect of 3D/VR on the Perception of Robot Humanlikeness *," 2023 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), Charlottesville, VA, USA, 2023, pp. 67-71, doi: 10.1109/SIEDS58326.2023.10137841. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10137841

Courses Taught

PSYC 301-203 Research Methodology Lab (Fall 2023)

PSYC 309-202 Sensation, Perception, & Information Processing Lab (Fall 2024)

PSYC 405-001 Mystery, Murder, & Madness (Spring 2025)

PSYC 325-DL2 Clinical Psychology (Fall 2025)

PSYC 340-DL1 Human Factors Psychology (Fall 2025)

Education

Masters of Art (M.S.) in Human Factors & Human Factors & Applied Cognition Psychology from George Mason University

Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Human Factors & Applied Cognition Psychology and Clinical Psychology from George Mason University

Associates of Science (A.S.) in Psychology from Northern Virginia Community College

In the Media

ALPHAS Lab Human-Machine Collaborations Coverage https://www.gmu.edu/news/2023-02/working-improve-human-machine-collaborations