Welcome to my website! I am a social scientist with 9+ years experience strategizing on, designing, conducting, disseminating, and evaluating research. My career interests are in mixed-methods user experience research (UXR) and market research. See the portfolio page for a recent case study and for examples of my professional and personal writings.
ReSEARCh interests
My research philosophy strikes a healthy balance between generative and evaluative research, and quantitative and qualitative methods. I also focus on balancing speed with rigor. Ultimately, my goal is to work with my cross-functional partners to better understand how the user, consumer, or member interacts with the product, and ensure the product delivers on its core mission — and meets internal KPIs.
I enjoy conducting research on digital products (apps, software, digital communications) in a variety of domains: health and wellness, AI, and emotional wellbeing. I also enjoy using my skillset to embark on research in new domains. There’s joy in discovering new domains, I believe.
Previously, my doctoral dissertation combined social psychological research on emotion with political science research on civic participation. Methods included survey research, A/B testing, and quantitative data analysis.
See a co-authored, peer reviewed publication in the American Journal of Political Science
TEACHING and mentorship
I value mentoring junior researchers on my team, helping them to level up their quantitative and/or qualitative skillsets, as well as organizational awareness and working on cross-functional teams. I also value receiving mentorship from more senior colleagues in the field.
Previously, I taught a 300-level course on the politics behind public policy in the United States from 2017-2020. The course was a bedrock course for political science and public policy students alike, and it was one of the most widely taken courses in political science at Ohio State.
My teaching was recognized with the department’s Francis R. Aumann Award for Distinguished Teaching 2018-2019.
MEDIA
View my University of Maryland commencement speech and other media I’ve participated in.