Andrea L. Guzman

Faculty Associate

Associate Professor of Communication, Northern Illinois University

alguzman@niu.edu

Andrea L. Guzman, PhD, is an associate professor of communication at Northern Illinois University. Her research focuses on Human-Machine Communication, specifically people’s interactions with and perceptions of various forms of artificial intelligence, including voice-based assistants and generative AI, and the implications of AI adoption for media industries and different sectors of society. Guzman is lead editor of The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication and editor of Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, and Ourselves. Guzman has been published in top journals, including Communications of the ACM, New Media & Society, and Computers in Human Behavior. Guzman is currently co-authoring a book regarding voice assistants for Polity.