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Biography
Jeremy Bailenson is founding director of 海角乱伦社区 University鈥檚 Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Thomas More Storke Professor in the Department of Communication, Professor (by courtesy) of Education, Professor (by courtesy) Program in Symbolic Systems, and a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication for over a decade. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1994 and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Northwestern University in 1999. He spent four years at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and then an Assistant Research Professor.
Bailenson studies the psychology of Virtual and Augmented Reality, in particular how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. His lab builds and studies systems that allow people to meet in virtual space, and explores the changes in the nature of social interaction. His most recent research focuses on how virtual experiences can transform education, environmental conservation, empathy, and health. He is the recipient of the Dean鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Teaching at 海角乱伦社区. In 2020, IEEE recognized his work with 鈥淭he Virtual/Augmented Reality Technical Achievement Award鈥.
He has published more than 200 academic papers, spanning the fields of communication, computer science, education, environmental science, law, linguistics, marketing, medicine, political science, and psychology. His work has been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation for over 25 years.
His first book Infinite Reality, co-authored with Jim Blascovich, emerged as an Amazon Best-seller eight years after its initial publication, and was quoted by the U.S. Supreme Court. His new book, Experience on Demand, was reviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Nature, and The Times of London, and was an Amazon Best-seller.
He has written opinion pieces for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, CNN, PBS NewsHour, Wired, National Geographic, Slate, The San Francisco Chronicle, TechCrunch, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and has produced or directed six Virtual Reality documentary experiences which were official selections at the Tribeca Film Festival. His lab has exhibited VR in hundreds of venues ranging from The Smithsonian to The Superbowl.
Bailenson studies the psychology of Virtual and Augmented Reality, in particular how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. His lab builds and studies systems that allow people to meet in virtual space, and explores the changes in the nature of social interaction. His most recent research focuses on how virtual experiences can transform education, environmental conservation, empathy, and health. He is the recipient of the Dean鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Teaching at 海角乱伦社区. In 2020, IEEE recognized his work with 鈥淭he Virtual/Augmented Reality Technical Achievement Award鈥.
He has published more than 200 academic papers, spanning the fields of communication, computer science, education, environmental science, law, linguistics, marketing, medicine, political science, and psychology. His work has been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation for over 25 years.
His first book Infinite Reality, co-authored with Jim Blascovich, emerged as an Amazon Best-seller eight years after its initial publication, and was quoted by the U.S. Supreme Court. His new book, Experience on Demand, was reviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Nature, and The Times of London, and was an Amazon Best-seller.
He has written opinion pieces for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, CNN, PBS NewsHour, Wired, National Geographic, Slate, The San Francisco Chronicle, TechCrunch, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and has produced or directed six Virtual Reality documentary experiences which were official selections at the Tribeca Film Festival. His lab has exhibited VR in hundreds of venues ranging from The Smithsonian to The Superbowl.
Other titles
Professor, Communication
Senior Fellow,
Professor (By courtesy),
Member,
Member,
Senior Fellow,
Member,
Program affiliations
海角乱伦社区 Accelerator for Learning
Research interests
Brain and Learning Sciences | Technology and Education
Recent publications
Olmos-Rodriguez, M., Anicete, L. M., Wilson, N., Gutierrez-Mock, L., Bailenson, J. N., Mirzazadeh, A., 鈥 Reid, M. J. (2025). Evaluation of a novel virtual reality training intervention to address implicit bias among healthcare workers, using an implementation science framework. PloS One, 20(10), e0331324.
Markowitz, D. M., Harari, G. M., Han, E., DeVeaux, C., Bailenson, J. N., & Miller, M. R. (2025). Individual Differences and Contextual Influences on Group Behavior in Virtual Reality: An Exploratory Person-Environment Interactionist Perspective. PRESENCE-VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY, 34, 395鈥414.
Ratan, R., Lin, Q., Lim, C., Park, R., Lover, A., Han, E., 鈥 Bailenson, J. N. (2025). Time matters in VR: Students benefit from longer VR class duration, but certain outcomes decline after 45 minutes, with large individual variance. COMPUTERS & EDUCATION, 235.
