Conducting HCI and social computing research in the HCI Group at Stanford
Spring rotation with Jeff Hancock at Stanford SML (Social Media Lab)
Winter rotation with Angèle Christin
Collaborated with Ralf Herbrich in the AI and Sustainability cluster at Hasso-Plattner Institut
Pre-PhD work through Harvey Mudd’s CS summer research program and CMU ISR’s REUSE program
Summer research with Jim Boerkoel in HEATlab
Summer REU mentored by Toby Jia-Jun Li
Summer research advised by Zachary Dodds
Background
Fifth-year PhD candidate in Computer Science in the HCI Group at Stanford University
Research broadly falls within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Social Computing
Combines empirical work and system design/building to critique and reimagine online spaces that mediate social interactions
Cares about creating online spaces with better social and psychological outcomes
Current interests include: rethinking social media feed paradigms, folk theories/mental models of algorithmic systems, and designing platforms that support relationship formation