Bio

Margaret L. Charleroy

After graduating from Princeton High School in 2002, Maggie came to F&M to fulfill what would be a college career built on both randomness and success. As a Psychology major and Science, Technology, and Society minor, Maggie has spent countless hours molding future generations of sexbots through the robotic technology. After trying multiple algorithms spiced with a little bit of Barry White, this project has rendered much success for Maggie and her faculty advisor Dr. Tony Chemero.

When Maggie is not busy with her sexbot farm in the Artificial Intelligence lab, Maggie is busy with other coursework that examines the codependence of Science, Technology, and Society, particularly that of medicine and society. Her past research includes work with Dr. Kirk Miller and Dr. Sean Flaherty, which examined pregnancy outcomes in Amish, African-American, and Hispanic Women in Lancaster. The research was funded through the Central Pennsylvania Center of Excellence for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes and aimed to examine and establish interventions for high risk women before they should become pregnant. Working with Dr. John Campbell in the Department of Psychology, Maggie has studied the relation of personality and politics through the 2004 election. Her current work with Dr. James Strick, Patient Rights vs. Patent rights that is being conducted as a senior honors thesis, examines the policy, economics, and public health of the international drug industry as it functions with access to essential medicines in developing nations.

Maggie's friends have compared her to a real-life version of Ask Jeeves, since her natural inquisitiveness has provided her with a wealth of useless knowledge. Perhaps this is why she has been on honors list and elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi, the Delphic Society, and Black Pyramid honor societies.

When Maggie ventures out of the lab, you are apt to find her on the golf course or practicing her slap shot with the Central Penn Blades women’s ice hockey team. Maggie also enjoys torturing young, unassuming underclassmen as a teaching assistant for Design & Statistic lab.

Maggie will begin her graduate work in the History of Medicine & Biological Science at the University of Minnesota, under the advisement of Dr. John Eyler, in the Fall.

*This programming project would not have been possible without inspiration from the sexbot master, Jason Striegel. Thank-you to Jason for all of the feedback and guidance in creating the programming for the sexbot farm.*