CV

A brief summary about me. Please see the PDF for complete details.

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Education

2022 – present

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Northwestern University
Dissertation: Designing sociotechnical learning environments to support student self-efficacy in computing education
Advisor: Dr. Eleanor O'Rourke
Committee: Dr. Michael Horn, Dr. Marcelo Worsley, Dr. Amy J. Ko

Cognitive Science Certificate, Reflective and Effective Teaching Certificate. Relevant coursework includes: human-computer interaction, qualitative methods, community-engaged research, knowledge representations, design for learning, data visualization

2018 – 2022

B.S. in Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Minor in Mathematics. Graduated as a Distinguished Chancellor's Scholar, James Scholar, and with Highest Honors.

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Research experience

Sept 2022 – present

Graduate Research Assistant

Delta Lab, Northwestern University
Advisor: Dr. Eleanor O'Rourke

Studying how to design sociotechnical learning environments that support student self-efficacy in computing education

🔗 Delta Lab
Aug 2021 – May 2022

Undergraduate Researcher

ORCHID Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Dr. Brian Bailey

Studying disparities in students' self and peer evaluations in group work settings

🔗 ORCHID Lab
Jan 2021 – May 2022

Undergraduate Research Intern

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Advisor: Dr. Kaiyu Guan

Studying machine learning for classification of satellite and street-view impacts of crop fields

🔗 NCSA SPIN
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Academic service

2026

Reviewer

ACM TOCEACM ICER 2026
2025

Reviewer

ACM CHI 2026
2024

Reviewer

ISLS 2025
2023

Student Volunteer

ACM ICER 2023ACM IDC 2023ACM SIGCSE TS 2023
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Department service

Workshop on Advancing Theory, Research, and Practice for Generative AI in University-Level Computing Education
2026 Workshop Co-organizer
CS PhD Advisory Council
2023 - 2026 Board Member
Graduate Women in Computing
2026 Supporting board member
2024 - 2025 Co-chair
2022 - 2024 Co-organizer
Graduate Society of Women Engineers
2024 - 2025 Outreach Chair
2023 - 2024 Publicity Chair
2023 General Board Member (supporting the Outreach Committee)
PhD Student Visit Day & Orientation
2023 - 2026 Student Committee Member
CS Education Reading Group
2023 Co-founder & Co-organizer
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Professional experience

Mar 2024 - June 2024

Graduate Engagement Opportunities Program Practicum Student

Northwestern-Evanston Township High School Partnership Office

Conducting focus groups and analyzed qualitative data to elevate student voices in the program evaluation process for the Women in STEM and Women in Engineering student groups

May 2022 - Aug 2022

Software Engineer Intern

Lyft
May 2021 - Aug 2021

Software Engineer Intern

Lyft
May 2020 - Aug 2020

Software Engineer Intern

Facebook

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