I am a Fourth-year PhD candidate 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.
Research Interests
I study the cognitive processes of learning through communication, and how AI intervenes in those processes. I'm interested in these two subtopics:
Learning by communicating with AI
The learner's communicative partner is AI. What cognitive processes
are activated or suppressed? How do we design AI interactions that
foster cognitive engagement rather than passive consumption?
Learning through AI-mediated communication
AI sits between humans. When AI facilitates or mediates peer
discussion, what happens to the sender and receiver cognitively?
