Leila Takayama

Leila Takayama

  • Associate Professor, Computational Media
  • Computational Media
  • Social Sciences 2, Room 381
  • Leila Takayama is an associate professor of Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz. Upon joining the faculty in 2016, she founded the Re-embodied Cognition (ReCo) Lab. Prior to UCSC, she was a senior user experience researcher at GoogleX, and was a research scientist and area manager for human-robot interaction at Willow Garage. She is a World Economic Forum Global Future Council Member and Young Global Leader. In 2015, she was presented the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Early Career Award. In 2012, she was named a TR35 winner and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company. With a background in Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Human-Computer Interaction, she examines human encounters with new technologies. Dr. Takayama completed her PhD in Communication at Stanford University. She also holds a PhD minor in Psychology from Stanford, a master's degree in Communication from Stanford, and bachelor's of arts degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley. During her graduate studies, she was a research assistant in the User Interface Research (UIR) group at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
  • Human-robot interaction
  • PhD in Communication, 2008, Stanford University
  • MA in Communication, 2008, Stanford University
  • BAs in Cognitive Science and Psychology, 2003, UC Berkeley

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