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