Jesus D. Rodriguez
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Jesus D. Rodriguez is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of social robotics, human-robot interaction, and critical technology studies. His work interrogates how societal biases—particularly those around gender and race—are reproduced and amplified through our interactions with artificial agents. In his most-cited study, Rodriguez conducted a groundbreaking mixed-methods investigation into the verbal abuse of female-gendered robots, revealing that people not only engage in such behavior unabashedly but that these patterns also cut across racial lines, mirroring and even exceeding the objectifying treatment of actual people. This provocative work, with 8 citations, has laid essential groundwork for understanding how robotic design can inadvertently encode and perpetuate social inequities. By centering the often-overlooked dimensions of racialization and humanness in human-robot dynamics, Rodriguez challenges the field to move beyond purely technical considerations and confront the ethical and social implications of embodied AI. His research is vital for students and scholars seeking to build more equitable, reflective technologies.
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