I'm a PhD student in the Department of Operations, Information, and Decisions at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. I am part of the Computational Social Science Lab, led by Professor Duncan Watts.
I use technology-mediated interactions and computational tools to study collaboration, conflict, and teamwork. My research asks: How do groups become more than the sum of their parts? When do interactions spark joy and shared purpose, and when do they descend into intractable disagreements? A strong undercurrent of my work is the recognition that social dynamics are multidimensional phenomena; I use machine learning models to uncover aspects of these phenomena that may not otherwise be apparent.
To this end, I also build tools that help make it easier to think about teams in multidimensional ways, including a design space of team tasks (preprint) and a Python-based toolkit for analyzing conversational data (Project Website) (PyPI).
I study a variety of settings, from games in a virtual laboratory, to video-based negotiations, to debates in online forums, to groups and teams in the field.
Before Wharton, I earned my Bachelor's in Computer Science (2020) and my Master's in Symbolic Systems (2021) at Stanford University, specializing in human-computer interaction. I am grateful to have been advised by Professors Michael Bernstein and Melissa Valentine.