About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland’s Information School, advised by Dr. Amanda Lazar at The Health Aging and Technology (THAT) Lab. My research sits in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), draws on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and contributes to designing with older adults and people with cognitive impairments.

I focus on designing technologies with older individuals with cognitive impairments by studying and incorporating their existing approaches and resources used in their everyday lives. My research pays particular attention to the approaches and resources people use for setup and preparation, an area in technology use that often involves challenges related to aging and cognitive changes. By examining people’s technology routines to uncover helpful approaches they have developed, and by observing their DIY setups for tactics that support cognitive changes, I hope to contribute these empirical insights to future inclusive technology design. My research seeks to bring technology closer to all people and prepare them to enter different technology environments with comfortable and familiar approaches and resources they could use independently.

My research uses methods that closely work with people, such as ethnographically informed methods, including interviews, diary studies, technology probes, and co-design workshops. My work has been published in CHI, CSCW, and ASSETS.

Prior to my Ph.D., I earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, where I worked with Dr. Sang Won Lee to design interactive systems that facilitate empathy among users.