Kylie Falcione's research focuses on understanding how and when media use becomes problematic. She investigates this question through an innovative mix of methods, including brain imaging, community-driven research, mixed-method survey studies, computer vision, longitudinal analyses, and computational approaches with big data. Her work has advanced the field by identifying key drivers of gaming disorder, developing clinical cut-off scores for the Problematic Media Use Measure, and uncovering brain mechanisms linked to the comorbidity between gaming disorder and mental health challenges. Kylie's research has been published in leading outlets such as JAMA Network Open, NeuroImage, and The Handbook of Mental Health Communication. She is currently on the academic job market.

Veronica critically engages with the intersection of mental health and her research, with a particular focus on how effective communication and strong relationships can enhance overall well-being. Her professional trajectory is fundamentally geared towards conducting in-depth investigations to reinforce relational dynamics, amplify mental well-being, and thus catalyze conditions conducive to holistic thriving.

Nan Wilkenfeld is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Human-Machine Communication (HMC). Her interdisciplinary research explores the complex interactions between humans and emerging technologies, with a focus on agency, power dynamics, and synchrony in human-robot collaboration. Nan’s work bridges interpersonal and organizational communication theories to deepen our understanding of how people navigate and negotiate their relationships with intelligent systems, such as exoskeletons and conversational agents. 

Her published research appears in top-tier journals, including Frontiers in Robotics and AI and Human-Machine Communication, addressing key issues such as authenticity in human-machine relationships and institutional logics in technology adoption. In addition to her research, Nan is passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of scholars, guiding students through courses on human behavior and communication in digital contexts. 

She is also the social media manager for the Human Machine Communication Interest Group at ICA. 

Brittany Wheeler is a graduate researcher in the Media Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her current projects include studies of 1) bullying within higher education in online environments, 2) social determinants of online hate speech, and 3) risk factors of cyber-sexual harassment. Her work draws on both quantitative and computational methods to understand these online processes. Brittany's research has appeared in outlets such as Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Journal of Homosexuality, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.