News
2026
CSCW 2026
March 2026
My first-author paper has been conditionally accepted to CSCW 2026, “‘In-Parallel with Someone Else’: Self-Employed Creative Careers Inspired by Social Media Influencers”, co-authored with Matthew Prock and Julie Hui.
Rackham Predoc Fellowship
March 2026
I’m honored to have been selected for the Rackham Predoc Fellowship Program! 📚 This program will support the last three terms of my Ph.D.
CHI 2026
January 15, 2026
Two papers I am a co-author on have been conditionally accepted to CHI 2026!
“Instructional Mechanisms for Professional Writing: A Comparison of Scaffolded Annotation and ChatGPT,” co-authored with Becky Matz, Mark Mills, and Julie Hui.
“I Know I Can Do the Job, It’s Just Putting It Down”: Using Personas as a Mirror to Identify Strengths,” led by Julie Hui and co-authored with Mila Filipof, Soyoung Lee, Mustafa Naseem, and Tawanna R. Dillahunt.
2025
CRA UR2PhD invited panelist
October 29, 2025
I am an invited panelist for the CRA’s UR2PhD program where I will discuss my research and journey into my doctoral program.
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 14, 2025
I received the Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (Candidate) in the amount of $3,000 to fund my doctoral research! I am grateful for the financial support from the Rackham Graduate School.
Accepted to the AoIR 2025 DC
Niterói, Brazil
October 15, 2025
My dissertation research was accepted to the 2025 Association of Internet Researchers Doctoral Colloquium. I’m excited to share my work with other Internet researchers and get feedback on my early dissertation work.
Selected as a CAI Research Fellow
Ann Arbor, MI
This summer, I will be working with the UM Center for Academic Innovation as a Research Fellow where I’ll be continuing research on the digital writing tool, Lettersmith, and preparing a manuscript for publication.
CAI Research & Analytics showcase
Ann Arbor, MI
April 30, 2025
I will be giving a Lightning Talk and presenting a poster on the efficacy of Lettersmith–a digital writing support tool–at the Center for Academic Innovation’s Research and Analytics showcase.
Passed dissertation proposal milestone
Ann Arbor, MI
April 18, 2025
I successfully passed the dissertation proposal milestone of the UMSI Ph.D program 🎊 In my dissertation proposal, I outline three studies I plan to conduct for my dissertation, which aims to understand what career messages young adults might encounter on social media and how they interpret and experience these messages.
2024
CSCW 2024
San Jose, Costa Rica
November 9-14, 2024
I will be attending CSCW 2024 and presenting my pre-candidacy research, "Social Media as a Lens into Careers During a Changing World of Work.” This paper is co-authored with my advisor, Julie Hui.
Passed field preliminary milestone
Ann Arbor, MI
August 16, 2024
I successfully passed the second major milestone of the UMSI Ph.D program, the field preliminary 🎉 In my field prelim, I synthesized literature to examine how user-generated content on social media may affect emerging adults’ career awareness and aspirations.
LaunchX Guest Speaker
Ann Arbor, MI
July 16, 2024
I will be presenting my research on social media and career development to high school students who are part of the LaunchX program for aspiring entrepreneurs.
CSCW 2024
April 18, 2024
My pre-candidacy paper was accepted to CSCW 2024, with the help of my awesome co-author and advisor, Dr. Julie Hui! 📝
CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women
Minneapolis, MN
April 11-13, 2024
I have been selected to participate in the 2024 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women.
2023
Passed pre-candidacy milestone
Ann Arbor, MI
December 11, 2023
I successfully defended and passed my pre-candidacy milestone, the first milestone of my doctoral program 🎉
CSCW 2023
Minneapolis, MN
October 14-18, 2023
I will be attending CSCW 2023 in-person! A paper I co-first-authored and received a Best Paper Award for will be presented by my co-author, Kat Roemmich.
Pre-candidacy proposal approved
Ann Arbor, MI
April 21, 2023
My pre-candidacy proposal was approved by my advisors! 📝 I will be conducting interviews throughout the summer to talk with social media users about their experiences with and perceptions of career-related social media content.
2022
CSCW 2022
Virtual
November 8-11, 2022
I will be attending CSCW 2022 virtually! A video recording of my first first-author paper (co-authored with Ben Zhang and Dr. Oliver Haimson) will be shown on Friday, the 11th.
i3 2019 Concluding Institute
Austin, TX
July 13-16, 2022
After a two-year break due to the pandemic, I will be returning to the iSchool Inclusion Institute (now at the University of Texas-Austin) for the 2019 cohort’s Concluding Institute 💚
Graduated from UMSI with a BS in Information
Ann Arbor, MI
May 1, 2022
I graduated from the University of Michigan’s School of Information with a Bachelor of Science in Information and a focus on User Experience (UX) design 🎓
Ph.D. offer accepted!
Ann Arbor, MI
February 2, 2022
I accepted my offer to the Ph.D in Information program at the University of Michigan’s School of Information!
2021
Finalist for Outstanding Undergrad Researcher Award
Ann Arbor, MI
December 22, 2021
I am a finalist for the 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for the Computing Research Association (CRA)!
Theresa Noel Urban Blaurock Research Award
Ann Arbor, MI
May 10, 2021
I received the UMSI Theresa Noel Urban Blaurock Research Award, which recognizes my research accomplishments during the 2020-21 academic year!
Honorable Mention for Faculty Choice Award
Ann Arbor, MI
April 27, 2021
I received the Honorable mention for the Faculty Choice Award for my presentation in the 2021 Spring Student Project Exposition! I presented the project, “Major Life Transitions, Identity Change, and Social Media.”
UMSI Spring 2021 Virtual Exposition
Virtual
April 16, 2021
I will be presenting the “Major Life Transitions, Identity Change, and Social Media” project.
2019
iConference 2020
November 19, 2019
Our poster, “Exploring the perceptions of race on video game covers” was accepted to iConference 2020. This paper is a result of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) program.
i3 Inclusion Institute (i3) program
April 29, 2019
I was accepted to the 2019 i3 cohort which will take place at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’ll be spending four weeks learning about the information sciences and developing my leadership and research skills.
UROP 2019 Spring Symposia
Ann Arbor, MI
March 21, 2019
I presented the Major Life Transitions project, led by Dr. Oliver Haimson and received a Best Poster award