I am a Master's student of
Societal Computing
at Carnegie Mellon University
with a passion for building
human-centered computational tools,
advised by
Hirokazu Shirado.
2025 | Claggett, E., Kraut, Robert E., Shirado, H. “Relational AI: Facilitating Intergroup Cooperation with Socially Aware Conversational Support” Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. |
2025 | Claggett, E., Shirado, H. “Making Pairs That Cooperate: Chatbot Assessment of Receptiveness in Human Conversations” Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. |
2024 | Sony Computer Science Laboratories | Research Intern |
2019-2022 | eMediCall Inc. & Employee Insights | Full Stack Web Developer |
2019-2021 | Electronic Theatre Controls | Software Engineer Intern |
2020 | Red Alpha | Software Development Intern |
2018 | Mindgrub | Associate Web Developer |
2024 | Carnegie Mellon University Social Agents |
Teaching Assistant |
2023 |
University of Tokyo Summer Institute for Computational Social Science |
Teaching Assistant |
2021 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Intermediate Japanese II |
Teaching Assistant |
2019 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Intermediate Japanese |
Teaching Assistant |
Under the supervision of Hirokazu Shirado, I study the effects of computer-mediated communication on the development of social relationships between diverse people. My work spans the implementation and experimental validation of AI interventions to help these relationships blossom.
My colorful past experiences at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Kyushu University have filled my life with friendships that I cherish dearly. In my time off, I will travel any distance to reconnect with them.