Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• TIDAL Lab Research Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  • Conducted a mixed-methods analysis of children's collaboration while playing an iPad game • Systematically compared how two different interfaces influenced children's behavior • Ran statistical analysis in Excel and Stata and synthesized quantitative findings for publication • Conducted a mixed-methods analysis of children's collaboration while playing an iPad game • Systematically compared how two different interfaces influenced children's behavior • Ran statistical analysis in Excel and Stata and synthesized quantitative findings for publication



Adler Planetarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Identified usability and accessibility issues of an interactive touch table in an existing museum exhibit • Iterated on existing UI in order to align with reading comprehension of children aged 6-13 • Held feedback sessions with 25 middle school youth to refine exhibit prototypes • Translated findings into design suggestions • Identified usability and accessibility issues of an interactive touch table in an existing museum exhibit • Iterated on existing UI in order to align with reading comprehension of children aged 6-13 • Held feedback sessions with 25 middle school youth to refine exhibit prototypes • Translated findings into design suggestions



Vulcan LLC

• United States
• Executive Offices
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Arts & Entertainment Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Designed a Smartsheet dashboard to improve internal communication between 6 departments • Facilitated the transition to the new calendar system utilizing principles of change management • Assisted with planning and day-of operations for the 2019 Seattle Art Fair

• Curatorial Intern at Living Computers: Museum + Labs

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  • Designed a mixed-methods study to evaluate visitor experiences in an existing museum exhibit• Achieved buy-in from key stakeholders to move forward with my proposed design recommendations



Museum of Glass

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student lead and Android developer

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Led a team of other 3 students in developing an Android application featuring museum artifacts • Designed the front-end of the application based on data from my 2018 ethnographic study • Collaborated with curators and exhibit designers to design a physical kiosk to house the application • Led a team of other 3 students in developing an Android application featuring museum artifacts • Designed the front-end of the application based on data from my 2018 ethnographic study • Collaborated with curators and exhibit designers to design a physical kiosk to house the application



University of Puget Sound

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writing Advisor

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  • Tutored undergraduate students in writing across the disciplines• Held review sessions for intro computer science courses• Co-designed workshops with faculty on different aspects of the writing process including peer review and brainstorming

• Bangs Collier Research Scholar

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Conducted an ethnographic study on the use of educational technology in art museums• Paper accepted and presented at the 2018 Art Museum in the Digital Age conference in Vienna, Austria



University of Puget Sound

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Washington NASA Space Grant Scholar

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Built a computer program to study the habits of people learning to program • Paper accepted and presented at the 2018 Koli Calling International Conference on Computer Science • Built a computer program to study the habits of people learning to program • Paper accepted and presented at the 2018 Koli Calling International Conference on Computer Science