Dr. Filippou is an assistant professor of Finance and Dean’s Emerging Scholar at Florida State University. His research focuses on asset pricing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, international finance, and macro-finance. He serves as a senior associate editor of the Journal of Applied Economics and has held prior and visiting appointments at leading business schools.

Dr. Armstrong is a professor of information systems who studies the human side of technology, focusing on change, learning, and digital interaction. Her current research centers on artificial intelligence, including its impact on workforce skills, early-career opportunities, and cognitively engaged aging in place.

Dr. Shao is an assistant professor in the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University and an affiliated faculty member in two research centers. Her work focuses on developing and evaluating AI‑powered digital health interventions, emphasizing LLM‑based chatbots and human‑centered, adaptive methods to enhance behavioral health support.

Dr. Lisa B. Hightow‑Weidman is a Distinguished McKenzie Professor, the Associate Dean for Research, and the Director of FSU’s Institute on Digital Health and Innovation. A leading physician‑scientist, she develops scalable digital health interventions to improve access and outcomes and is internationally recognized for her work in HIV prevention and care.

Dr. Cammy Crolic is an assistant professor and Dean’s Emerging Scholar in the Dr. Persis E. Rockwood School of Marketing at the Herbert Wertheim College of Business. Dr. Crolic studies consumer behavior, and her research interests include consumer interactions with new technology, such as AI-generated imagery and chatbots. She has published in top-tier marketing journals and was both a finalist for the Robert D. Buzzell Best Paper Award and the winner of the John A. Howard AMA Doctoral Dissertation Award.