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May 21, 2026 This summer I am teaching Ethical Vibe Coding (TECHIE 1121) to high school students as part of Cornell Tech’s Summer Innovation Intensives. Students learn to build real apps with AI tools while centering human values, probing bias, and reasoning about what “AI for good” really means.
May 19, 2026 Co-teaching the Conscientious Tech Design Workshop again this summer for Siegel PiTech PhD Impact Fellows, supervised by Prof. Helen Nissenbaum, helping fellows explore the ethical dimensions of public interest technology in their own projects.
Apr 20, 2026 Co-organizing three workshops in 2026: Bridge Over Troubled Water on combating deceptive patterns (CHI 2026), Interrogating GenAI Augmentation for CHIworkers on professional autonomy and accountability (CHIWORK 2026), and “Nobody Did This” on accountability in agent-mediated collaboration (CSCW 2026).
Oct 02, 2024 Passed Qualification Exam: Empowering Ethical Technology Design
Presented research on how designers face pressures from competitive market demands, regulatory constraints, rigid design norms, and technical architecture, leading to unethical products. Two presented projects address these pressures through developing ethical UX metrics and setting norms for transparent data-sharing policies. View slides here.
Mar 21, 2024 As an awarded Digital Life Fellow, I presented my work on Bright Patterns at the Digital Life Initiative’s Seminar.
Jun 01, 2023 Started my collaboration Expanding AI Audits to Include Instruments: Accountability, Measurements, and Data in Motion Capture Technology with Responsible AI Researchers from NYU, Univeristy of Michigan, and Intel.
Oct 15, 2022 Assembled my PhD Committee. Fortunate to do a minor in Ethical Perspectives overseen by Helen Nissenbaum.
May 15, 2022 Received the Siegel Public Interest Technology Impact Fellowship. Working with the YAI organization on how to integrate AI seizure detection into people with IDD’s residences.
Feb 15, 2022 Started Graduate Research Assistantship on Cross Cultural Driving Simulator.
Sep 15, 2021 Joined Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Teaching assistant in Human Computer Interaction.