Shane Saunderson

Overview

Shane Saunderson is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Degroote School of Business and an expert in the design and psychology of interactions with social machines. His research investigates the ways in which we anthropomorphize humanlike technologies (i.e. robots and AI agents), the influence they have on the people who use them, and the implications of embedding them into our homes and workplaces. Particularly as these technologies are being looked to as solutions to help older adults age gracefully and in place, it is critical to understand how they fit into our social fabric and change the nature of our humanity

Affiliations

• Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
• Assistant Professor, Degroote School of Business, Information Systems
• Member, McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre (MDTRC), McMaster University

Education

• B.Eng, McGill University
• MBA, Toronto Metropolitan University
• PhD, University of Toronto