Landon J. BartlettHuman-Computer Interactions

PSYCHOLOGY × HUMAN–COMPUTER INTERACTION

Atlanta, GA · Georgia Tech

Understanding people.
Questioning AI.
Imagining better futures.

I’m Landon, an HCI researcher exploring how AI shapes the way we think, connect, and flourish together.

Explore my research ↓M.S. Human–Computer Interaction
Georgia Institute of Technology

01 — SELECTED WORK

Questions into research.

From psychological experiments
to human-centered inquiry.

GVSU · CO-INVESTIGATORManuscript in preparation

When success involves AI,
who deserves the credit?

Examining how social status and deservingness shape envy toward AI use in the workplace.

Experimental designQualtricsSPSS
MY CONTRIBUTION

Co-developed the experiment, built recruitment and study materials, drafted IRB documentation, and analyzed data.

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Research question

How does AI-assisted success affect judgments of employees, including deservingness, social status, and envy?

Approach & outputs

Experimental vignettes and psychological measures, supported by literature review and quantitative analysis. Findings have been presented at research conferences and Student Scholars Day; a manuscript is in preparation.

Development of Social Cognition Lab, with Dr. Naomi J. Aldrich.

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RESEARCH ARTIFACT / 01↗
Research poster: Perceptions of Employee Behaviors and Artificial Intelligence in the WorkplaceWorkplace AI · Social cognition · Envy
AUTODESK · INDUSTRY PARTNER PROJECTOngoing

Helping students find
knowledge in community.

Investigating college students’ use of Autodesk Community forums and the barriers to seeking and sharing support.

Literature reviewStakeholder analysisSurvey design
MY CONTRIBUTION

Led research and discovery, including competitive analysis, and contributed to IRB preparation and potential user surveys.

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Research focus

Understanding the resource-seeking routes students take and how community-based support can better meet their needs.

Work in progress

Research framing, a review of alternative support platforms, and methodology development inform the team’s next steps. This is a graduate industry-partnered HCI project.

GEORGIA TECH · DESIGN INTELLIGENCE LABOngoing

What happens when AI
enters our social world?

Exploring how AI affects relationships in online communities, with the SAMI research team.

Relational AIResearch synthesisBehavioral coding
MY CONTRIBUTION

Review relational AI literature and help develop a codebook and an AI-assisted approach to examining relationships.

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Research focus

How do AI systems shape relationships, social interaction, and community life?

My role

As a research assistant, I contribute to literature review, coding development, and discussions about the study’s direction.

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GEORGIA TECH · HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGNOngoing

Staying close,
even from a distance.

Understanding the barriers to maintaining friendships during postgraduate education, and translating research into opportunities for meaningful social connection.

User researchDigital ethnographyDesign opportunities
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My contribution

I contribute to research on friendship maintenance and collaborate on ideation and evaluation of a social-connection artifact. The project connects user needs with interaction concepts and iterative design.

02 — THREADS THROUGH MY WORK

Technology changes us.
How is a question worth asking.

01

Cognition & agency

How do AI tools influence attention, judgment, and our ability to remain authors of our own thinking?

02

Community & connection

What happens to trust, reciprocity, and shared knowledge when AI becomes part of community life?

03

Human–AI flourishing

How might intelligent systems support reflection, care, and agency for the people who use them?

03 — ABOUT ME

A foundation in psychology.
A curiosity about
what comes next.

I’m a graduate HCI researcher at Georgia Tech, bringing a psychology and experimental research foundation to questions about people and technology.

My experience spans social cognition, language, cross-cultural emotion research, and human–AI interaction. I’m interested in research that helps us understand people’s experiences and turn that understanding into more thoughtful systems.

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Portrait of Landon J. Bartlett
Landon J. Bartlett · Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology

M.S. Human–Computer Interaction
Psychology concentration · 2026–present

Grand Valley State University

B.S. Psychology · 2026
Summa Cum Laude · McNair Scholar

RESEARCH TOOLKIT

Experimental design · Interviews · Literature review · Quantitative and qualitative analysis · Behavioral coding · Research ethics

TOOLS I WORK WITH

Qualtrics · SPSS · PsychoPy · Mangold INTERACT · Wolfram Mathematica · Figma

04 — RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS

Other lines of inquiry.

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2024–2025

Children, language & large language models

Interview data, word-association networks, and analysis of child and ChatGPT responses.

GVSU · Language Lab
2025–2026

Emotion across cultural contexts

Literature review, SPSS analysis, and behavioral coding of mother–child interactions.

GVSU · Emotion Lab
2025–2026

Cognition & decision-making

Experimental procedures, PsychoPy behavioral tasks, and exploratory AI methods.

GVSU · Cognitive Science & Decision-Making Lab
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMSView presentations

Envy, Merit, and Employee Performance in the Age of Workplace AI

Oral presentation · Student Scholars Day · Grand Valley State University

Emotion Socialization in Cultural Perspective: Creating a New Framework for a Western-biased Instrument

Oral presentation · Student Scholars Day · Grand Valley State University

Emotion Socialization in Cultural Perspective: Investigating the Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale

Poster · 65th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association · William James College

Perceptions of Employee Behaviors and Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Poster · 65th Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association · William James College

The Role of Deservingness and Social Status in Shaping Envy and Attitudes Toward AI

Poster · University of New Mexico McNair Scholars Research Conference

The Role of Deservingness and Social Status in Shaping Envy and Attitudes Toward AI

Poster · Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences · Michigan State University

The Role of Deservingness and Social Status in Shaping Envy and Attitudes Toward AI

Paper presentation · Summer Scholars Showcase · Grand Valley State University

Investigating Shared and Unique Associations on People-Related Terms in School-Aged Children and Large Language Models

Poster · Student Scholars Day · Grand Valley State University

Burning in Hell: A Call for Human Rights

Poster · Annual Student Showcase · Mid Michigan College