Hyesun Chung Wins George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
April 22, 2026
Hyesun Chung received the
George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
from the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 21.
The award recognizes the best doctoral dissertation in applied experimental and engineering psychology.
Hyesun Chung's dissertation, "From Dyads to Teams: Modeling Multi-Referent Multi-Level Trust in Multi-Agent Human-AI Teams,"
examines human-AI collaboration within complex team settings. The research explores how trust develops at both individual and team levels
across different team configurations. It offers new frameworks, empirical insights, and design recommendations to support more effective and
trustworthy human-AI systems. As part of the award, she will present her research at the 2027 APA Convention.