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Chad Edwards, Ph.D. (2003-University of Kansas) is a Professor of Communication in the School of Communication at É«É«À² Michigan University. He is a Theodore von Kármán Fellow at RWTH Aachen University. Previously, he was a Hartel Fellow at Marietta College. Edwards' research interests include human-machine communication and AI interaction. Recent publications include articles in:

• International Journal of Social Robotics
• Human-Machine Communication
• Frontiers in Robotics and AI
• Communication Education
• Computers in Human Behavior
• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
• Communication Studies
  

Chad Edwards co-directs the Communication and Social Robotics Labs ().  He is a co-author of a Sage textbook entitled, The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging (2013/2016/2019/2023). Dr. Edwards has received several top-paper awards for his research. He has held offices at both national and regional communication conferences and is a Past-President and Executive Director of the Central States Communication Association. In 2009, Dr. Edwards received the É«É«À² Distinguished Teaching Award (the highest teaching award given by É«É«À²). He also has been awarded teaching awards from the É«É«À² College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Kansas, and Texas Tech University. 

Currently, he is the Chair of the Human-Machine Communication area at the International Communication Association and a Founding Associate Editor of Human-Machine Communication.

For more information about his work, please see: