About Me

I am an Embedded Ethics Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, jointly appointed at the Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) and the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.

I study the digital safety and security needs of marginalized and vulnerable populations. I use human-centered and social-scientific methods to understand the harms that users face when interacting with digital systems, how they protect themselves from harm, and how to design interventions to support users’ protective strategies. At Stanford I work with Zakir Durumeric in the Empirical Security Research Group. I also work closely with Elissa Redmiles (Georgetown University).

I completed my PhD in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I was advised by David Lee. During my PhD I also worked closely with Elissa Redmiles as a visiting student at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. Prior to my PhD, I received a B.S degree in Joint Computer Science and Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College where I was supported by a 4 year President’s Scholarship. My time at Harvey Mudd contributed greatly to my passion for scholarship and learning.

View my CV (updated March 2024)