Research Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in our research projects! We are currently running two studies. Please find more details about each study below.
Current Studies: If you are interested in participating in any of our ongoing studies below, click to learn more or participate at any time!
Participate in our in-person studies!
Let’s Read with AI Reading Partner! (Home Visit)
Who: Children ages 3 to 5 years who speak English, have not yet started kindergarten, and live in the New River Valley and surrounding areas of Virginia, USA, and their parents.
What: 5 home-visit sessions (20 min each)
- During two sessions, children will play math and word games.
- During three sessions, they will read a storybook with our AI smart speaker.
- Parents will also complete a 10-minute online survey about their child’s background and media use.
How: Click to learn more about our study and fill out our interest form.
Questions? Contact the researcher: koeun@vt.edu or jisun@vt.edu
The Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board has approved this experiment for human subjects research (IRB # 22-357).
Let’s Read with AI Reading Partner! (School Visit)
Who: Children ages 3 to 5 years who speak English and have not yet started kindergarten and their parents.
What: 5 sessions at your child’s school (20 min each)
- During two sessions, children will play math and word games.
- During three sessions, they will read a storybook with our AI smart speaker.
- Parents will also complete a 10-minute online survey about their child’s background and media use.
How: Click to learn more about our study and fill out our permission and consent forms.
Questions? Contact the researcher: koeun@vt.edu or jisun@vt.edu
The Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board has approved this experiment for human subjects research (IRB # 22-357).
Completed Projects
Synchronous Video Storybook Reading