Jean E. Fox Tree

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Jean E. Fox Tree is a leading scholar in the study of human communication, with a particular focus on how language and interaction are shaped by technology. Her research spans discourse markers, conversational fluency, and the psychological dynamics of mediated communication, including telepresence robots and machine agents. In her influential work on *Psychological distance in mobile telepresence* (2021, 32 citations), Fox Tree explores how remote presence technologies alter interpersonal connection, revealing key insights into the cognitive and social effects of physical separation. More recently, her experiments on robot pilots and conversational fluency (2023) demonstrate how mediated settings influence attitudes and negotiation in dialogue, while her work on framing and machine speech (2023) shows that how we conceptualize a voice—as human or machine—can matter more than the speech itself in shaping perceptions of trustworthiness and intelligence. With a career dedicated to understanding the subtle mechanics of talk, Fox Tree’s research has significant implications for human-robot interaction, virtual collaboration, and the design of more natural communication technologies. Her work continues to inform how we navigate an increasingly mediated social world.