I am a Fourth-year PhD student at School of Education, UC Irvine, working with Dr. Shayan Doroudi and Dr. Kylie Peppler. Previously, I received my Master's degree in Educational Technology from Teachers College, Columbia University and earned my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Art History from Smith College. I also had the opportunity to research at URCS and Zhejiang Lab.
My research has been published in HCI and learning sciences conferences, such as ACM CHI, ACM IDC, and ISLS. My main area of research is Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Learning Sciences, and Media and Communication.
✨Looking for Summer 2026 industrial and academic internship in user research, mixed-method HCI research, and human-centered AI related roles.
Research Interests
As a life-long learner myself, I benefit from the knowledge I encounter daily and contribute what I know and learnt back to the community. My research is driven by the question:
How do people create, communicate, and construct knowledge as both learners and contributors within and beyond classrooms?
In a rapidly changing digital world, I focus on how emerging technologies, such as AI, reshape these fundamental practices. Right now, my research focuses on three areas:
1. Developing theoretical understanding of how AI functions as a mediator and facilitator to reshape people's collaborative discourses.
2. Designing interactive and effective curriculum to help novices learn how to be responsible media consumers and producers with AI.
3. Generating design frameworks and strategies within tools themselves to help mitigate risks such as over-reliance and loss of creative agency.
