Chelsea R. Frazier

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Chelsea R. Frazier is an emerging researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, social cognition, and trust. Her scholarship centers on how people perceive and respond to artificial agents, with a particular focus on the psychological construct of *perceived agency* — the degree to which humans attribute autonomous, intentional qualities to robots and AI characters. Frazier's most significant contribution to the field has been bringing methodological rigor to a previously fragmented area of study. Recognizing that researchers lacked consistent tools for measuring perceived agency, her 2024 paper, "The Perception of Agency" (23 citations), provided a foundational definition and framework that is already shaping how the field approaches this question. Her follow-up work on scale reduction and construct validity refined these measurement tools further, making them more practical for experimental use. Most recently, Frazier has extended her inquiry into the domain of trust, arguing that perceived agency is not merely a theoretical curiosity but a meaningful predictor of how much people trust robots — a finding with significant implications for robotics design and deployment. With a growing citation record and a coherent, cumulative research agenda, Frazier is establishing herself as a thoughtful voice in the human-robot interaction community.