Jordan Tschida

Arizona State University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Jordan Tschida is a rising voice in human-robot interaction, with a focused research agenda on social robotics for aging populations. Her work addresses the critical public health challenges of loneliness and social isolation among older adults. In her 2025 study, "Exploring Social Robots for Healthy Older Adults: Aging With Companionship," Tschida investigates how robotic companions can provide meaningful social support, directly examining older adults' conversational preferences to ensure these technologies are both acceptable and effective. Complementing this, her framework paper, "Characteristics of social robots: A framework for development," distills insights from a four-month study to define the essential features social robots must possess for successful interaction with both cognitively healthy individuals and those with dementia. Though early in her career, with each of these foundational papers already garnering 3 citations, Tschida is establishing a practical, user-centered blueprint for the next generation of assistive robotics. Her work is notable for bridging engineering design with gerontology, ensuring that technological innovation is grounded in the real-world needs and desires of the people it aims to serve.