News

2024

2023

Nov 2023: My amazing colleague Jimmy Lin presented our poster on Relay: A collaborative UI Model for design handoff at UIST 2023!
Sept 2023: Co-organized and presented at Karlsruhe Institute for Technology in Karlsruhe, DE
April 2023: I gave a Google Sponsor Invited Talk on "Transitioning from Academia to Industry" to an audience at the CHI 2023 Conference in Hamburg, DE
Jan 2023: Excited that our case study led by my former student researcher, Yuwen Lu, has been accepted at CHI 2023!

2022

June 2022: Attended C&C 2022 in Venice, Italy and joined insightful discussions at the virtual brainstorming workshop
May 2022: Attended CHI 2022 in person in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was wonderful to meet new and old friends post-pandemic

2017-2021 (Graduate School)

Dec 2021: I accepted a job as a UX Researcher at Google, working on the Material Design team
Nov 2021: I passed my dissertation defense! Say hello to Dr. Knearem :D
July 2021: Was accepted into the CI Fellows Program as a postdoctoral scholar at University of California San Diego
May 2021: Started a summer UXR internship with GoogleAI on the AIUX team
Received the Penn State College of IST Award for Excellence in Teaching Support, which recognizes outstanding commitment to student learning, reflective teaching practices, leadership, and a commitment to professional growth as a teacher. March, 2021
April 2021: Awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship, and taught IST 402 Community Informatics (Emerging Technologies)
June 2020: Started a summer UXR internship with Facebook on the Ads and Business Platform team
May 2019: I passed my Dissertation Proposal!
August 2017: Welcome to Penn State! I am starting my PhD in Information Sciences and Technology under Dr. John M. Carroll. Excited to be part of the College of IST.