✦ EMMA GUEORGUIEVA ✦
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B.A.
Psychology Honors
University of Texas at Austin
2023
M.A.
Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
2025
Ph.D.
Social & Personality Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
IN PROGRESS
IN PROGRESS
4th-Year Ph.D. student in Social & Personality Psychology @ The University of Texas at Austin
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I study
how language reflects psychological processes
& behavior, and how we can ethically develop
emotionally intelligent AI systems
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AFFILIATIONS
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CASCog Lab
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UT NLP Group
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Consortium on Moral Decision-Making
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Natural Language Processing
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Human-AI Interaction
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Emotionally Intelligent AI
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Empathic Communication
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Ethics & Responsible AI
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MY PAPERS
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INTERESTING PAPERS
NEWS & UPDATES
🎉 AUGUST 2026
Attending the
Summer Institute for Computational Social Science at Stanford University!
🎉 JUNE 2026
Gave a talk at the
AI & Social Research Conference at Penn State!
📰 MAY 2026
Featured in
Marginalia Science's Newsletter!
🎉 MARCH 2026
Exhibited research at the SXSW EDU Expo!
🎉 MAY 2025
Began summer internship in Human-Centered AI @ Toyota Research Institute!
🎓 MAY 2025
Earned my Master of Arts in Psychology!
🎉 MARCH 2025
Invited Speaker at SXSW Panel
"Speaking the Same Language: What Makes a Social Brand?"!
ARCHIVED NEWS
☕ Coffee Count: 745
Favorite shops:
• Epoch Coffee
• Jo's Coffee
• Merit Coffee
• Desnudo Coffee
My usual:
Iced Vanilla Latte
✦ CURRENTLY READING
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Matt Salganik
Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age
Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows
✦ INTERESTING PAPERS
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Bender et al., 2021
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
Yin & Xiao, 2026
The Words That Can't Be Shared: Exploring the Design of Unsent Messages
🗄 ARCHIVED NEWS
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🎉 OCTOBER 2025
Presented a poster at the Princeton Summit for Affective Science in Princeton, NJ!
🎉 MARCH 2025
Gave a symposium talk at the Society for Affective Science in Portland, OR!
🎉 JULY 2024
Presented a poster at the Cognitive Science Society Conference in Rotterdam, NL!
🎉 APRIL 2024
Presented a poster at the Multi-University Workshop at Toyota Research Institute in Los Altos, CA!
🎓 JULY 2023
Began my Ph.D. at UT Austin, advised by Dr. Desmond Ong!
🎓 MAY 2023
Earned my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Highest Honors!
🏆 APRIL 2023
1 of 6 undergraduates to receive the UT Co-Op George H. Mitchell Award for Undergraduate Excellence!
🏆 APRIL 2023
1 of 15 seniors to receive the
Dean's Distinguished Graduate Award!
🏆 APRIL 2023
Awarded a Florence V. Graduate Scholarship! ($25,000)