Casey Randazzo
Casey Randazzo investigates how communities use digital platforms and artificial intelligence, such as large language models, to organize collective action. Her research focuses on Human-AI organizing, examining how interactions between humans and AI agents influence disaster response and recovery.
Casey Randazzo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Her research investigates how humans organize using communication technologies, with a focus on disaster recovery and response. She examines the roles of humans, AI agents, and discourse in shaping how information flows, tensions are managed, and communities mobilize. Dr. Randazzo draws on computational and qualitative methods, including network analysis, experimental simulations such as generative agent-based modeling, and thematic discourse analysis. Her research program demonstrates how communication processes and emerging technologies influence organizing during times of disruption.
Dr. Randazzo has published in leading journals and proceedings and has presented her work at research conferences spanning communication, computer-human interaction, and social networks. Her scholarship has been recognized with honors, including the 2024 Top Paper Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association. At UCSB, Dr. Randazzo teaches courses on organizational communication, technology, and social networks.
Ph.D. (2025), Rutgers University, Department of Communication
Master’s (2021), Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information
B.S. (2013), Cornell University, Department of Communication
Coursework toward B.S., Raritan Valley Community College, Department of Communication
