Srishti Goel
Position title: Junior Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: sgoel46@wisc.edu
Srishti Goel recently earned her PhD from Yale University where she worked on understanding how humans infer others’ emotions using computational modeling and behavioral tasks. During her residence at the Institute for Diversity Science, she will work with affiliate Paula Niedenthal on a project about how people from racially or economically marginalized communities understand Emotion AI, a tool that tracks people’s facial muscle movements to detect emotions. They will additionally examine how awareness of biases within Emotion AI shift people’s perceptions of the tool. Findings from the research will provide critical insights into the limitations and risks of Emotion AI and will underscore the importance of ethical and inclusive practices in its development and application.
Research Areas: AI for understanding emotions, emotion perception, cross-cultural examination.