Dr. Craig is an Assistant Professor of Computer-Mediated Communication in the School of Communication, Journalism, and Media and Lab Director for the Communication and Social Robotics (COMBOT) Lab at Central Michigan University. His research examines how people communicate with and through machines, such as human-AI communication and AI-mediated communication. Contexts for this work include but are not limited to privacy, social media platforms, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), social computing, and human-robot interaction. Dr. Craig’s work has been published in outlets such as Human-Machine Communication, Computers in Human Behavior, Telematics and Informatics, Communication Quarterly, and the proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Dr. Craig has also contributed to multiple handbooks, such as the De Gruyter Handbook of Media Technology and Innovation, De Gruyter Handbook of Robots in Society and Culture, and the SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication. Before coming to CMU, Dr. Craig was the inaugural College of Communication and Information Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Information Integrity Institute at Tennessee’s flagship university, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Dr. Catherine Luther, Faculty Mentor).

In addition to presenting his work in the United States and abroad at venues such as the National Communication Association and International Communication Association conferences, Dr. Craig has served as a conference fellow for the Questioning Reality Conference and attended the selective and invite-only unconference, Social Science Foo Camp at Meta HQ in Menlo Park. Undergraduate or graduate students interested in joining COMBOTLABs-CMU should email Dr. Craig directly.

Outside of academia, Dr. Craig was the coalition director for the Michigan Coalition for HIV Health and Safety, where he educated lawmakers about HIV and legislation to modernize Michigan’s HIV laws in Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Craig has also worked as a consultant for political campaigns and organizations on matters related to strategic communication, including opposition research, disinformation, and emerging media and technology.