Dissertation: Understanding Users' Mental Models of Flexibly Configurable Multi-Robot Systems view

Awarded the Dr. Bhakta Rath and Sushama Rath Research Award which recognizes the Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate whose thesis demonstrates the greatest potential for societal impact

Conference & Journal Papers

Embedding Compassion in Social Robot Design: A Conceptual Framework for Value Integration view

Alexandra Bejarano, Theo Lazarri, Qin Zhu

Journal of Responsible Technology, 2026

Designing Artificial Identity: The Identity Design Framework and Research Agenda view

Karla Bransky, Penny Sweetser, Patrick Holthaus, Guy Laban, Katie Winkle, Neziha Akalin, Ashita Ashok, Jihye Lee, Rucha Khot, Alexandra Bejarano, Jorrit Thijn, Roger K Moore, Minsu Jang, Joel Fischer, Minha Lee

ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS), 2026

The Valley of Ontological Friction: Motivating, Framing, and Guiding HRI Research on Verisimilitude and Its Implications view

Tom Williams, Alexandra Bejarano

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2026

CLSTR: Capability-Level System for Tracking Robots view

Alexandra Bejarano, Claire Bonial, Tom Williams

IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025

Hardships in the Land of Oz: Robot Control Challenges Faced by HRI Researchers and Real-World Teleoperators view

Alexandra Bejarano, Saad Elbeleidy, Terran Mott, Sebastian Negrete-Alamillo, Luis Angel Armenta, Tom Williams

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2024

Degrees of Freedom: A Storytelling Game that Supports Technology Literacy about Social Robots view

Terran Mott, Mark Higger, Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2024

No Name, No Voice, Less Trust: Robot Group Identity Performance, Entitativity, and Trust Distribution view

Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2023

You Had Me at Hello: The Impact of Robot Group Presentation Strategies on Mental Model Formation view

Alexandra Bejarano, Samantha Reig, Priyanka Senapati, Tom Williams

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2022

Robot Co-design Can Help Us Engage Child Stakeholders in Ethical Reflection view

Terran Mott, Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2022

How end-user programmers forage in online repositories? An information foraging perspective view

Sandeep Kuttal, Se Yeon Kim, Carlos Martos, Alexandra Bejarano

Journal of Computer Languages, 2021

Remote pair programming in online CS education: Investigating through a gender lens view

Sandeep Kuttal, Kevin Gerstner, Alexandra Bejarano

IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2019

Workshop Papers & Late-Breaking Reports

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Ethics of Compassionate Robots in Elementary Education view

Alexandra Bejarano, Hong Tran, Qin Zhu

Late Breaking Report, HRI 2026

Prototyping a User Interface for Multi-Robot Speech Control view

Alexandra Bejarano, Sebastian Negrete-Alamillo, Terran Mott, Tom Williams

Late Breaking Report, HRI 2024

A Gender-Controlled Replication Study on Deconstructed Trustee Theory view

Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

Workshop on Robo-Identity, HRI 2024

A Preliminary Multi-Level Service Blueprint of Robot End-User Development in Socially Assistive Robots view

Saad Elbeleidy, Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

Workshop on End-User Development, HRI 2024

Conversations with Identity Performing Robots: Considerations for Algorithms and Interfaces view

Alexandra Bejarano, Sebastian Negrete-Alamillo, Tom Williams

Workshop on Human-Robot Conversational Interaction, HRI 2023

Understanding and Influencing User Mental Models of Robot Identity view

Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

Pioneers Workshop, HRI 2022

Designing for Perceived Robot Empathy for Children in Long-Term Care view

Alexandra Bejarano, Olivia Lomax, Peyton Scherschel, Tom Williams

Brief Research Report, ICSR 2021

Design, Performance, and Perception of Robot Identity view

Ryan Blake Jackson, Alexandra Bejarano, Katie Winkle, Tom Williams

Workshop on Robo-Identity: Artificial identity and multi-embodiment, HRI 2021

On the Flexibility of Robot Social Identity Performance: Benefits, Ethical Risks and Open Research Questions for HRI view

Katie Winkle, Ryan Blake Jackson, Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

Workshop on Robo-Identity: Artificial identity and multi-embodiment, HRI 2021

Cognitive Architectural Control for Free-Flying Robots on the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway view

Jon Emmanuel Serrano, Shania Jo Runningrabbit, Sayanti Roy, Alexandra Bejarano, Tom Williams

Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction for Space Robotics, ICSR 2020

Identity Performance in Multi-Robot Distributed Systems view

Tom Williams, Daniel Ayers, Camille Kaufman, Jon Serrano, Shania Jo Runningrabbit, Sayanti Roy, Poulomi Pal, Alexandra Bejarano, Ryan Blake Jackson

Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction for Space Robotics, ICSR 2020

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