Andrea Stevenson Won

Associate Professor, Department of Communication

About

Andrea Stevenson Won directs the Virtual Embodiment Lab. The lab's research focuses on how mediated experiences change people’s perceptions, especially in immersive media. Research areas include the clinical applications of virtual reality, and how nonverbal behavior as rendered in virtual environments affects collaboration and teamwork. Andrea Stevenson Won completed her PhD in the Virtual Human Interaction Lab in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. She also holds an MS in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Courses Taught

COMM 4380: Communication in Virtual Worlds
COMM 7990: Graduate Research
INFO 4900: Independent Reading and Research
COMM 4990: Independent Research
INFO 7900: Independent Research
COMM 6820: Quantitative Research Methods

Contact Information

471 Mann Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

(607) 255-2161

a.s.won [at] cornell.edu

Andrea Stevenson in the news

Andrea Stevenson Won, associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and her students visit the Center for Teaching Innovation’s Creative Technology Lab.

News

August 12, 2026

Cornell expands AI Critical Literacy Program for incoming students

After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.

Neurobiology and Behavior
Communication

News

April 29, 2026

COMM Updates - 4/29/2026

April 29, 2026 Awards Undergraduate student Rafaela Dandolfo Bustamante has been named the inaugural Marshall Engaged Scholar. As part of the program, Rafaela will spend summer 2026 working in public media at KNPR in Las Vegas. When she returns...