About me

I am a mixed-methods HCI researcher with over a decade of professional experience in user-centered design and user experience research.

Professional experience

Affiliate Assistant Professor

University of Washington, Human Centered Design & Engineering 2024-present

Senior Product Design Producer II

CrowdStrike, Product Design 2023-2024

Senior UX Research Scientist II

CrowdStrike, Product & Engineering 2020-2023

Senior Design Researcher

Wikimedia Foundation, Technology 2015-2020

Community Research Lead

Wikimedia Foundation, Community Engagement 2013-2015

Research Strategist

Wikimedia Foundation, Grantmaking & Programs 2011-2013

Teaching and curriculum development

Human Centered AI

HCDE 564 Human Centered Research & AI, University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2026-2027

HCDE 560 HCAI Fundamentals. University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2026

Usability Testing

HCDE 517. University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2026-2027

Introduction to Cybersecurity

CSS 110. University of Washington - Bothell, Undergraduate Minor in Cybersecurity 2026

Human Centered Data Science

DATA 512. University of Washington, Master in Data Science 2017-2019, 2025

Qualitative Research Methods

HCDE 519. University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2025

User Centered Design

COMMLD 511. University of Washington, Master in Communication Leadership 2026

HCDE 518. University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2024

Human Data Interaction

HCDE 410. University of Washington, Undergraduate Minor in Data Science 2020

Data Science for UX Researchers

HCDE 598, University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2016

Theoretical Foundations of Human-Centered Design & Engineering

HCDE 501, University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2013

Concepts in Human-Computer Interaction

HCDE 419, University of Washington, Bachelor in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2012

Education

PhD in Human-Centered Design & Engineering

University of Washington 2013

Dissertation: Coordinating the Commons: Diversity & Dynamics in Open Collaborations. (via ACM)

Advisory committee: Mark Zachry (chair), Cecilia R. Aragon, Robert M. Mason, David W. McDonald, Karine Nahon (qualifying exams), Judith Ramey (qualifying exams)

Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering

University of Washington 2010

Specialization: User-centered design

Bachelor of Liberal Arts

St. Johns College 2005

Thesis: An Excess of Equality: Democratic and Aristocratic Mores in Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America

Affiliations

Community Data Science Collective

Affiliate Researcher

Partnership on AI (2018-2020)

Working group on Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI

Service

Program committees

  • 2017-2020. ACM Conference on Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
  • 2019-2020. WikiWorkshop
  • 2012. ACM Conference of the Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
  • 2011. Annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR)

Peer review

  • ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
  • ACM Conference on Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
  • International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym)
  • Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS)
  • Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (JCSCW)
  • WikiWorkshop

Mentoring

My work in the press