Academia / Research
Investigating how technology shapes human agency.
Through tangible interfaces, human–AI experiments, material investigations, and qualitative research, I explore how designed systems influence what people do, understand, and experience.
Selected research
Domesticated
2026
University of Washington · Undergraduate Thesis
Independent Designer, Researcher, Fabricator & Programmer
Three interactive wooden objects exploring how the response rules of machines shape human movement, adaptation, and perceived control.
Experimenting with Generative AI to Reflect
2025
University of Washington, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Undergraduate Researcher · Directed Research Group with Jennifer Turns
Five exploratory experiments examining how AI-mediated reflection influences the experience of autonomy, guidance, and control.
Data Material Traces: To Reveal or Not to Reveal
2024–2025
University of Washington, Interaction Design
Undergraduate Researcher & Manuscript Co-author · Advised by Audrey Desjardins
Material experiments exploring how disclosure and the withholding of context shape interpretations of intimate personal information.
Healthcare at the Edges
2025
University of Washington, Interaction Design · Field Studies
Design Researcher · Collaborative Project with Macks Brooks and Kaitlyn Ellington · Advised by Audrey Desjardins
A collaborative study with 15 participants investigating how trust, relationships, and regional context shape rural healthcare practices.
Research interests
Human experience & interaction
How do interfaces shape the way people understand, navigate, and experience the systems around them?
Information & complex systems
How can design translate complex operational information into clear, usable interfaces without losing its nuance?
Speculative design & possible futures
How can speculative practice open new questions about technology, human experience, and the futures we design toward?
Research experience
University of Washington / Interaction Design
Graduated Cum Laude, June 2026. My academic grounding in interaction design informs an ongoing interest in the relationship between people, information, and systems.
NASA Langley / Operational interfaces
At NASA Langley, I translate complex operational data into clear interfaces for engineers—a practical context for exploring how design supports understanding within complex systems.
Publications & writing
Data Material Traces: To Reveal or Not to Reveal
Manuscript Co-author · Advised by Audrey Desjardins · 2024–2025