Ivan Amaya Vazquez
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Ivan Amaya Vazquez investigates the intersection of social robotics, racialization, and gender dynamics, probing how human biases extend to human-machine interactions. His most cited work, a 2018 preliminary study with 8 citations, breaks new ground by examining whether the documented verbal abuse of female-gendered robots varies across racial lines and how this treatment compares to the objectification of actual people. This research challenges assumptions about anthropomorphism and reveals how societal prejudices—including racism and sexism—are reflexively mapped onto robotic forms. By centering the often-overlooked dimension of racialization in human-robot interaction, Amaya Vazquez contributes a critical, intersectional lens to the field of social robotics. His work not only documents troubling patterns of user behavior but also raises urgent ethical questions about design, representation, and the reinforcement of harmful stereotypes through technology. For students and researchers, his scholarship offers a vital framework for understanding how robots can become mirrors of our most entrenched social inequalities.
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