Research paper published in CHI 2026 conference; Research Assistant from June 2025 - May 2026
research assistant in EECS' Social Computing Lab project which assessed how people apply
generative AI to make sense of emotionally complex or ambiguous situations
requiring subjective interpretation, through the lens of tarot.
wrote recruitment survey questions, scheduled and lead all participant interviews,
conducted thematic analysis on interview data, contributed significantly to
writing the research paper as co-first author, assisted in the submission process.
i also aided in brainstorming for future work, including a quantitative study which will use
a web application to give participants tarot readings, some of which
will include embedded AI interpretations and measure their responses.
Research paper published in CSCW 2026 conference; Research Assistant from February 2024 - June 2025
research assistant in project exploring 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 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.
Conducted project from 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
Research Assistant from 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."