We use natural language processing and text analysis to examine a variety of psychological processes. Current projects involve:


Improving tools for measuring police performance and expertise in training and operational settings

Analyzing social interactions in law enforcement using computer vision

Detecting and measuring procedural justice 

Public perceptions of the police: changes across time and events

Persuasion in online verbal behavior using large-scale, real-world data

The development of common-ground understanding in computer-mediated communication

Compromise and interaction dynamics in international relations negotiations

Human-chatbot interactions