Upcoming Presentations

Keeping the Human in Humanitarian: A Mind Perception Account of AI's Effects on Donations to Humanitarian Organizations

HOPE Workshop in Notre Dame, Indiana (September 24-26, 2026)

AI offers humanitarian organizations (HOs) new opportunities to expand their operational capacity, but what happens when the use of AI conflicts with what donors expect of an HO? This research examines how AI adoption shapes private donor support, showing that AI involvement can undermine perceptions of an organization’s humanitarian mission and reduce giving. The findings highlight an important tension between technological efficiency and the human relationships on which HOs depend.

Designed to Influence: How LLM Orientation Shapes Moral Decision-Making

CIST in San Francisco, California (October 31-November 1, 2026)

INFORMS Job Market Showcase in San Francisco, California (November 1-4, 2026)

This talk will discuss how the design of large language models (LLMs) shapes users’ moral behavior. Across two experiments, we compare LLMs that provide guidance grounded in a specific moral tradition with those that defer moral resolution to the user. We find that morally directive architectures exert greater influence on behavior, even when users perceive themselves as less influenced, raising important implications for the ethical design and governance of AI systems.