research experience

Optimizing Spotify users' experience: UX research project

August 2024 - October 2024

an independent human-centered research project; conducted Spotify user interviews, applied thematic analysis techniques to interview content in order to determine which of Spotify's features were/were not adequately meeting the needs of users. for more details about the project, click here

Influencers and self-employment: exploring influencer's potential impact on self-employed workers' career journeys

February 2024 - present

research assistant in UMSI project assessing the potential relevancy and impact that self-employed influencers and their content have on both aspiring and current self-employed workers.
conducted interviews and wrote recruitment survey questions; conducted qualitative (thematic) analysis on both interview content and social media posts shared by interview participants. wrote and revised sections of research paper and assisted in the submission process.

Hazel @ FPLab

May 2024 - September 2024

contributed to ongoing programming language research via Hazel, a "live functional programming environment that is able to understand, manipulate, and even run incomplete programs, i.e. programs with holes."