Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Computer Science and Data Science Education
- Learning Sciences
- Data Visualization
Education
- Ph.D., Human-Centered Design and Engineering (conc. Computing Education and Learning Sciences), University of Washington, 2026 (expected)
- M.S., Human-Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, 2023
- B.A., in Applied Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 2021
Research Experience
- Learning and Design Lab, University of Washington (2022 - Present)
- Working on the development of tools and curricula for the joint teaching of computer science and data visualization.
- Human-Centered Data Science Lab, University of Washington (2021 - Present)
- Working on the design of a novel visualization known as the BeadPlot which is aimed at visualizing the text of research papers to allow researchers to draw information from them more quickly.
- RISE Lab, UC Berkeley (2020-2021)
- Worked on the CovidVis project. Studied the impact of visualizations on user perception of COVID-19 intervention measures and the potential to utilize visualizations more effectively to better convey key insights from data.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Summer 2018)
- Developed methods to analyze climate simulation data for robust tropical cyclones using in-house program TECA—Toolkit for Extreme Climate Analysis.
Industry Experience
- 2Sigma School, Learning Sciences Researcher (Contract, Jun 2023-Present)
- Working on the development of novel techniques to construct and deliver introductory computer science and data science courses.
- UpLimit, Course Instructor and Course Development Partner (Contract, Mar 2023-Present)
- Actively teach and manage one of Uplimit’s highest-rated courses, the Python Crash Course.
- Assist in the development of introductory data science and visualization courses.
- Nutanix, Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2020)
- Worked with the Acropolis Hypervisor Team in order to improve efficiency and decrease workload within Nutanix’s hypervisor product. Set the stage to eventually achieve a 60% reduction in the amount of time one of the processes in the Acropolis system spends on a compute-heavy task.
Publications
Talks
The Limits of Computing
Guest lecture at UC Berkeley, The Beauty and Joy of Computing, Berkeley, California
History of Cryptography
Guest lecture at UC Berkeley, The Beauty and Joy of Computing, Berkeley, California
Finding Ease in Your Pain
Talk at Final Keynote Presentation for Public Speaking and Presentations at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California
History of Cryptography
Guest lecture at UC Berkeley, The Beauty and Joy of Computing, Berkeley, California
BeadPlots: A Visualization Technique to Enhance Readability of Academic Papers
Talk at Preliminary Exam Presentation for Human-Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Taking Stock of Concept Inventories in Computing Education
Talk at Conference Presentation at ACM ICER 2023, Chicago, Illinois
Teaching
Awards
- 2021-22 UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant
- 14 teaching assistants (TAs) received this award in 2021-2022, out of an Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department with several hundred TAs.
- 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
- Awarded to top 10% of graduate and undergraduate student instructors in UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
- 2017 Edward Frank Kraft Award for Freshmen
- Awarded to freshmen who achieve a 4.00 GPA in their first fall semester at Berkeley who complete full-time units.