Julie Carpenter, Ph.D.

CV/Résumé (highlights)

Education

University of Washington — Seattle, WA
Ph.D., Learning Sciences, 2013

Dissertation: The Quiet Professional: An investigation of U.S. military Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel interactions with everyday field robots. (2013).

University of Washington — Seattle, WA
M.S., Technical Communication/Human-Centered Design and Engineering, 2007

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY
M.S., Technical Communication, 2004
Area of Concentration: Human-Computer Interaction

University of Wisconsin — Madison, WI
B.A., Communication Arts, 1999
Area of Concentration: Film, Radio, and Television Theory

Publications and presentations

(Name appears as both J. Carpenter and J. Hillan)

Books

• Carpenter, J. (November, 2024). The naked android: Synthetic socialness and the human gaze. UK: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780367772529.
  
• Carpenter, J. (2016). Culture and human-robot interaction in militarized spaces: A war story. USA: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781472443113.

Book Chapters

• Carpenter, J.Asimov Cocktail. (2025). G. Friesinger, Grenzfurthner, J., & Ablinger, F. (Eds.) In Roboexotica: Beautiful Failure. Vienna, AUT: edition mono/monochrom. ISBN: 978-3-902796-99-8.
• Carpenter, J. Emotional intimacy and the idea of cheating in committed human-human relationships with a robot. [2023]. In Gender in AI and robotics: The gender challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective, pp. 77-92. Jordi Vallverdú, UAB, Ed. Switzerland: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21606-0_5.
• Carpenter, J. (2021). Robots as solace and the valence of loneliness.; In A. Campbell, Ed, The Love Makers. Ed. UK: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN: 9781912685844.
• Carpenter, J. Kill switch: The evolution of road rage in an increasingly AI car culture. (2020). Funded under Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group (California Polytechnic State University); National Science Foundation, Grant No. 1522240. In E. De Visser, R. Pak & E. Rovira [Eds.] Living with robots: Emerging issues on the pschological and social implications of robotics.. Amsterdam: Elsivier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815367-3.00004-9.
• Carpenter, J. (2016). Deus Sex Machina: Loving robot sex workers, and the allure of an insincere kiss. In J. Danaher & N. McArthur (Eds.), Robot Sex: Social, Legal and Ethical Implications. (2017.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262036689.003.0014.
• Carpenter, J. (2013). Just Doesn’t Look Right: Exploring the impact of humanoid robot integration into Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society (pp. 609-636). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing. DOI:10.4018/978-1-4666-2211-1.

Peer-reviewed journals

• Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin-Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2009). Gender representation in humanoid robots for domestic use.International Journal of Social Robotics (special issue). 1(3), 261-265. The Netherlands: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-009-0016-4.
• Reichenbach, J., Bartneck, C., & Carpenter, J. (2008). The Carrot and the stick: The role of praise and punishment in human-robot interaction. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and communication in biological and artificial systems; special issue of on "Human and robot interactive communication." 9 (2), 179-203. Oxford, UK: Ingenta.
• Hillan, J. (October, 2003). Physician use of patient-centered Web logs and journals. Clinical Medicine and Research. 1(4), 333-334. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries.
• Hillan, J. (July, 2003). PatchWorx: Connecting ill and disabled children in an online community. Clinical Medicine and Research. 1(3), 259-260. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings - Full papers

• Carpenter, J. (2009). Why send the Terminator to do R2D2’s job?: Designing androids as rhetorical phenomena. Proceedings of HCI 2009: Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century. Cambridge, UK. Sept. 1.
• Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin-Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2008). Invisible machinery in function, not form: User expectations of a domestic humanoid robot. Proceedings of 6th conference on Design and Emotion. Hong Kong, China.
• Carpenter, J., Eliot, M. & Schultheis, D. (2006). Machine or friend: understanding users’ preferences for and expectations of a humanoid robot companion. Proceedings of 5th conference on Design and Emotion. Göteburg, Sweden.
• Reichenbach, J., Bartneck, C., & Carpenter, J. (2006). Well done robot! The importance of praise and presence in human-robot collaboration. Proceedings of RO-MAN 06: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 86-90. Hatfield, UK.
• Bartneck, C., Reichenbach, J., Carpenter, J., & Hupfeld, F. (2006). Use of praise and punishment in human-robot collaborative teams. Proceedings of RO-MAN 06: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 177-182. Hatfield, UK.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings - Short papers and presentations

• Carpenter, J., Davis, J. Erwin-Stewart, N. Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2008). Gender representation in humanoid robots for domestic use. 1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships. June 12-13. Maastrict, The Netherlands.
• Carpenter, J., Eliot, M. & Schultheis, D. (2006). The Uncanny Valley: Making human-nonhuman distinctions. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Science, 81-82. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
• Carpenter, J. (2006). Exploring Human-Centered Design in Human-Robot Interaction. Presented at HRI Young Researchers Workshop, in conjunction with HRI 2006. Salt Lake City, UT.
• Hillan, J. (2005) The necessity of enforcing multidisciplinary research and development of embodied Socially Intelligent Agents. Proceedings of AISB 2005. British Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 133-140. Hertfordshire, UK.

Other publications

• Carpenter, J. (2014, September). The existential robot: Living with robots may teach us to be better humans. Issues, 108, 39-42.
• Carpenter, J. (2016, May). Shaping the future of war: The important questions. Los Angeles Review of Books Digital Edition. In, The digital revolution: Debating the promise and perils of the Internet in the last years of the Obama administration, (Eds. M. Pridmore-Brown & J. Crockett), 84-89.
• Carpenter, J.Why Project Q is more than the world's first nonbinary voice for technology. (2019, November-December). ACM Interactions.Vol. XXVI.6., p. 56.

Select invited panels and speaking/presentations

• AI in Love/L’IA et l’amour.Policy Horizons Canada’s Future of AI: Policy Considerations. (February 14, 2025).[panel].
• Carpenter, J. (2023, August 18). Finding your career North star in AI and ethics. Females in AI Ethics: Safeguarding Humanity. (Remote). Steam Bloom.
• Carpenter, J. (2021, May 20). I, AI. [keynote]. Augmented Authorship – Digital Strategies for Artistic Collaboration. Haus der Elektronischen Künste (HEK). Basel, Switzerland.
• Carpenter, J. (November, 2019). Flipping the script: Q and nonbinary voice. "Why is AI a woman? ": Design for Different Futures. [Panel]. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA.
• Asmussen, E. & Carpenter, J. (2019, June). Jury co-presentor for Project Q. Cannes-Lions International Festival for Creativity. Cannes: France.
• Sherman, R. & Carpenter, J. (2019, June). Jury co-presentor for Project Q. Cannes-Lions International Festival for Creativity. Cannes: France.
• Carpenter, J. (2018, August 21). UX Week. Dark patterns and the ethics of robot design. San Francisco, CA.
• Carpenter, J. (2016, November 4). The robot is the medium: Our ethical responsibilities as makers. 6th Digital Ethics Symposium. Loyola University. Chicago, IL.
• Carpenter, J. (2016, March 3). Humans + Robots: Dream Machines. TEDxEAL. Odense, Denmark.
• Carpenter, J. (2014, May 14). DroneU: The emotional consequences of operating a military drone. Future Tense/SLATE.
• Carpenter, J. (2014). The Robot Accommodation Dilemma: Human-field robot interactions, attachment, and operator decision-making. IDGA Counter-IED Training Forum. Arlington, VA.

Awards and Nominations

Honored to be a 2x recipient (2019, 2020) of:

• Lighthouse3 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and Beyond
• Lighthouse3 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2020 and Beyond.

As research consultant partnered with VICE-Copenhagen, VIRTUE-Worldwide, Copenhagen Pride, and EqualAI for Project Q, VUI (2019).

• 4 x Cannes Lions: 1 x Glass, 3 x Bronze.: International Festival of Creativity
• 4 x Lovie: 2 x Silver Lovie, 1 x Lovie For Good, 1 x People’s Voice
• 4 x One Show shortlist: Cultural Driver, Experiential Radio & Audio, Innovation in Radio & Audio, Innovation in Public Relations
• Beazley Design of the Year award shortlist via the Design Museum of London
• 1 x Fast Company’s 9 Best Interactive Designs of the Year
• 1 x Danish Digital Award: Gold, Big Idea

Volunteer Research Experience

External Research Fellow, Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group
California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly), 2015-Present
Ethics, risk, and social concern assessment. Publishing projects. Engage policymakers, business, academia, as well as the broader public on key issues in science and society.

Research Consultant, VICE/VIRTUE/Copenhagen Pride, Copenhagen, DK, 2018–2020
Co-developed Q (1.0), the world’s first gender-ambiguous voice user interface. Ongoing ethics, risk, and social concern assessment. Science communication at an international level. Engage and educate policymakers, business, academia, as well as the broader public on gender, technology, and ethics.

Advisor, Human-Machine Teaming (HUM–T) in Trusted Autonomous Systems (TAS) Operations (Australian Defence Group)
2022-2023
HUM–T must be safe, trusted in military deployment, and enable flexible operations without undue operational restrictions. This project explored the development of appropriate safety requirements and frameworks, including appropriate methods to manage and communicate these, for HUM–T operations. Under the direction of Research Fellow Dr. Zena Assad.

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