I'm a fifth year PhD candidate at the Berkeley School of Information, advised by Professor Niloufar Salehi. I study algorithmic systems, focusing on high-stakes settings, and how to enact human values in sociotechnical design and AI policy. I rely on mixed methods, participatory design, and value-sensitive design methods to facilitate my work.
In another life, I researched task design, organizational behavior, and team viability with Dr. Mark Whiting and Professor Michael Bernstein at Stanford HCI, built chatbots to understand how listening and talking to an AI agent can lead to more instances of self-disclosure, and drove the design direction of UC Berkeley's largest non-partisan political magazine.
My research career began at UC Berkeley, where I earned an interdisciplinary major in Computer Science, Interaction Design, and Critical Theory. I am lucky to have been involved with the Berkeley Basic Needs Center, Innovative Design, ASUC OCTO, and Barbell at Berkeley.
In other contexts, I enjoy yoga, snowboarding, and rollerblading. Talk to me about all things design, mental health & wellness, and how music embodies our cultural zeitgeist!
05/12/25 – I'm thrilled to share that I'll be relocating to New York City during the summer to join STAC: Sociotechnical Alignment Center and FATE at Microsoft Research as a PhD intern! I'll be working under the mentorship of Dr. Jennifer Wortman Vaughan and Dr. Jean Garcia-Gathright!
04/26/25 – I'll be giving a talk at CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan!
1/17/25 – I've advanced to candidacy! Thank you Catherine Albiston, Morgan Ames, Coye Cheshire, and Niloufar Salehi for being part of my committee.
1/14/25 – Our team from the UC Berkeley School of Information is excited to invite submissions to our Open Panel, Sociotechnical Perspectives on Public Interest Technology (#67), at the upcoming Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference in Seattle from September 3-7, 2025!
11/14/24 – Presented my work at CSCW 2024!
10/17/22 – Facilitated and co-organized "Who Has an Interest in Public Interest Technology?": Critical Questions for Working with Local Governments & Impacted Communities, a workshop at CSCW 2022.
09/22/22 – Gave a talk about Democratic Engagement and Procedural Justice in Algorithmic School Assignment at Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, in Washington, DC
09/21/22 – Awarded Meta Resarch Grant for Fairness in Two-Sided Markets: "Community-centered design of school assignment mechanisms for equity"
01/01/22 – Awarded Grant from the National Science Foundation on "DASS: Legally & Locally Legitimate: Designing & Evaluating Software Systems to Advance Equal Opportunity"
01/01/21 – Earned the Center for Technology, Society, and Policy Fellowship for 2021
My—non-research related—projects.